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Sociology: Deviance (Crime): Home

Possible Topics

•Crime stats (international, national, state, local)

•Patterns of crime

•Specific Crime (violent crime, white collar crime, etc…)

•Juvenile delinquency

•Punishment

•Punishment v. rehabilitation

•Crime and drug use

•Crime and mental illness

•Capital punishment

•Crime and a specific demographic group (i.e. race)

•Hate crime

•Crime Prevention

Websites suggested by your teacher


 

 

 

National, State and Local Crime Statistics

360 Degrees: Perspectives on the U.S. Criminal Justice System (SIRS)

•       http://bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=31

•       http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/crimestats

•       http://www.goccp.maryland.gov/msac/crime-statistics.php

•       http://www6.montgomerycountymd.gov/poltmpl.asp?url=/content/pol/media/crimestats.asp

 

Mental Illness and Crime 

·         www.nami.org

·         http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Issue_Spotlights&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=60725

 

Hate Crime

·         http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/hate_crimes

·         http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/hate-crimes-law/c/adl-approach-hate-crimes-laws.html

 

Drug Use and Crime

·         http://www.ncadd.org/index.php/for-youth/drugs-and-crime/230-alcohol-drugs-and-crime

 

Juvenile Justice System

·         http://www.djs.state.md.us/

·         http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/stats/

 

Death Penalty

•       http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FactSheet.pdf

•       http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty

•       http://www.aclu.org/capital-punishment

•       http://www.goccp.maryland.gov/capital-punishment/documents/death-penalty-commission-final-report.pdf

•       http://www.people-press.org/2012/01/06/continued-majority-support-for-death-penalty/

•       http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/15/maryland-death-penalty/1989977/

•        http://www.cbsnews.com/2741-202_162-976.html