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Problem Area: Crime, Violence, Drugs,...
Online Activities
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Go to the sites listed and find the specific areas mentioned in the capsules below.
- U.S. Department of Justice
This homepage includes a searchable index of organizational structure, news, issues, and press releases.
Click on New On Site or What's Hot. Based on your personal interests, pick one of these topics and write a short essay describing it in detail.
- Department of the Treasury
This is the homepage of the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, which is responsible, for example, for collecting tobacco taxes and ensuring compliance with tax statutes. Also accessible are statistics on arson and information on explosives.
Click on Firearms; then click on Youth Crime; there, you will find a description of the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative. Do you think that this plan will be effective in preventing future tragedies like those in Littleton, Colorado and in Jonesboro, Arkansas?
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
This homepage offers access to vast resources on what's new, multimedia channel, research, searchable databases, campaign information, and alcohol & drug facts.
Click on Drug Facts; then on Heroin/Morphine; then scroll down to the article “ Heroin Abuse in the United States.” Are there any facts here that you find surprising? What?
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
This is the homepage of the FBI. It details wanted fugitives, ongoing cases, congressional and public affairs, and crime statistics.
Click on “ Most Wanted.” Then, click on “Monthly Fugitives” and click on a few of the Fugitive Profiles. Are you surprised by the demographic characteristics of any of the people who are wanted by the FBI? Who did you expect to find here?
- Central Intelligence Agency
This official CIA web page includes news, publications, speeches, job information, and intelligence links.
Scroll down and click on CIA's Homepage for Kids. Explore this site. Do you think this is an effective strategy in attempting to encourage young people to take an interest in the nation's intelligence efforts?
- American Civil Liberties Union
This site contains highlights of the ACLU's work for police reform, index of ACLU criminal justice material, most recent ACLU news on criminal justice, and links to related sites.
Click on Police practices; then on racial profiling and scroll down to view the ACLU's "Bust Card". The ACLU has been criticized for being a "flaming-liberal" organization. How do you feel about their stance on police brutality? Do you agree with the ACLU? Why/why not?
- Corrections: World Wide Web Sites
Click on publications and scroll down to CT Magazine. Take a look at a couple of the abstracts of articles that have appeared recently in this publication. Most of America would rather forget that there are prisons and correctional officers. Regardless of whether you plan to seek a career in law enforcement, imagine that you are a correctional officer: What kinds of issues would you like to read about in your national organization's magazine?
- The Movement to End Gun Violence
This is the homepage of PAX. Links to an action arena, student center, about PAX, relevant laws, studies and reports, and suggestions for what individuals can do ("contact congress, sign the youth petition")
Click on ASK Campaign. What do you think of the ASK Campaign's approach to dealing with gun violence? Do you agree/disagree? Why?
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
This homepage includes news about efforts to reform the penal sanctions of the U.S. criminal justice system, including action alerts and addresses for requesting clemency.
Click on Facts and Stats. After examining this material, have your views on the death penalty changed in any way? Are you in favor of the death penalty? Opposed? Why?
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