Munch's Scream, Madonna set for summer return in Oslo http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2008/03/04/munch-paintings-return.html Edvard Munch: The Dance of Life Site http://muse.calarts.edu/~rjaster/edvard-munch/index1.htm Edvard Munch Online http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/munch_edvard.html Munch Museum [Macromedia Flash...

“The Rock”, the oft-used vernacular phrase used to describe Alcatraz, is perhaps one of the Bay Area’s most dramatic landscapes, and certainly it’s best known island. Over the past several hundred years, it has served at times as a place for protest by Native Americans and a place of incarceration for some of America’s most hardened (and colorful) criminals. The National Park Service recently...

Mexico vote takes pulse for presidential race http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2011/07/04/mexico_vote_takes_pulse_for_presidential_race/ Mexico arrests Zetas leader 'connected to attack' against ICE agents http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/07/04/mexico.arrest/ United Nations Human Rights: Mexico...

California a leader in number of youths in prison for life http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/scotus/la-me-juvenile19nov19,1,231437.story?coll=la-news-politics-supreme_court Crack cocaine sentence cut is stalled by retroactivity http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07323/835088-85.stm NPR: Should Sentencing Reform Be Retroactive? [Real...

Burger Billionaires and Felony Franks http://www.examiner.com/x-5940-SF-Restaurant-Business-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Burger-Billionaires-and-Felony-Franks Prison Puns Annoy Neighbors of Felony Franks http://www.wbur.org/news/npr/113742195 Vienna Beef: History of the Chicago Hot Dog http://www.viennabeef.com/culture/chgodoghistory.asp National Hot Dog & Sausage Council [Quick...

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is the office of the U.S. Department of Justice that "advances the practice of community policing in America's state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies." COPS was created in 1994, and since then it has worked to provide technical and practical assistance to thousands of law enforcement partners across the country. First-time...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has been concerned about so-called "cybercrime" for more than a decade, so it makes sense that the agency would have a useful site dedicated to providing the concerned public with information about its efforts to combat such crimes. Provided by the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the DOJ, this site offers information about...

It has become a truism that we live in an age of information. However, the true scale of the data currently available to the average citizen can still inspire some measure of awe. Such may be the experience when scouting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s crime website, which features a staggering array of crime statistics from around the country. Here readers may examine the statistics...

Created by the Department of Justice, the Crime Solutions website "uses rigorous research to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services." First-time visitors can use the site to learn about how these programs work via an easily understandable system that includes ratings such as effective, promising, and no effects....

Originally created in 1995 by the Texas State Legislature, and moved eight years later from the office of the Attorney General to Sam Houston State University, the Crime Victims' Institute provides studies of crime victims, online local and national resources for crime victims and links to criminal justice education. The "Publications" available on the site can be accessed on the far left hand...