General Links:

John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior liberal arts college of the City University of New York dedicated to education and research in the fields of criminal justice .

L.E.A.P., Law Enforcment Against Prohibition consists of current and former members of law enforcement who support drug regulation rather than prohibition.

Drug War Facts offers statistics related to the war on drugs.

The U.C.R. for all your crime statistics needs.

IPUMS is where the fun begins. Access to census data for researchers.

Crime and Justice News from Criminal Justice Journalists. Get all the day's news you can use, if, of course, you are interested in crime and justice news. I subscribe to their daily mailing list.

Officer Down Memorial Page is dedicated to the memory of police officers killed in the line of duty.
Class links:
 
Recommended police readings
 A still incomplete but good list of books and articles related to police and crime prevention.
Corrections Links Professor Mellow's extensive list of corrections links.
Formating notes for writing
assignments
 If I'm grading your papers, you should really read this.
ASA and APA Style

For your references, citations, and bibliography, you must learn and use an accepted style, such as American Sociological Association (ASA) style or American Psychological Association (APA) style. As a sociologist, I'm partial to ASA.

Generally, in the text, an author's last name is followed by the year of publication in parenthesis. When listing references in a bibliography, the necessary information includes book name, book author, place of publication, year of publication, and publisher must be listed. For instance: Moskos, Peter. 2008. Cop in the Hood: My Year in Baltimore's Eastern District. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. For an article, you must include the article title and the journal title and volume. For instance: Moskos, Peter. 2007. "Nine-One-One and the Failure of Police Rapid Response." Law Enforcement Executive Forum. 7(4): 137-150.

Simple, easy, get it right.

Grammar 101

 

 Are you in college but have trouble with basic English writing? Did you never learn English grammar in high school? Do you not really know what makes a complete sentence? If so, this may help. It's a draft of a work in progress, so corrections and suggestions are more than welcome. After you master this, go on to Social Science Writing Style.
Social Science Writing Style This is very useful guild to help you write your academic papers (ie: most everything you write in college). Written by Professor Schulz, I couldn't have said it better myself, so I didn't.
Professor Moskos's 10 rules for
writing
 If I'm grading your papers, you probably should read this before turning in your paper. You should also edit and proofread your paper before turning it in.
Academic writing needs academic
sources
 What does it mean to write an academic paper? At the very least, cited academic sources. Read this for a list of accepted "academic" sources.
A guide to writing: The Elements of Style

Here's a link to a 1918 version of The Elements of Style. At times it's a bit dated, but a surprisngly useful and accessable guide to writing. You can buy the current version in the bookstore for less than $10.
2012 Job Postinsg for John Jay College's Dept. of Law and Police. Police
Criminal Justice
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