60 Best Criminal Justice Blogs and Websites

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Criminal Justice Blogs

Here are 60 Best Criminal Justice Blogs you should follow in 2023

1. Crime and Consequences

Crime and Consequences The Crime and Consequences Blog discusses crime and the criminal law. We approach criminal law issues from the perspective of victims of crime and the... law-abiding public. As most of the existing criminal law blogs are defense-oriented, this is a step toward balance in the blogosphere as a whole.more
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Facebook 1.1KTwitter 212 Frequency 6 posts / week Since Apr 2006 FeedSpot 2.4K Posts 5193 DA 25 Location US Get Email Contact

2. The Charles Smith Blog

The Charles Smith Blog I created the Charles Smith Blog in 2007 after I retired from The Toronto Star to permit me to keep digging into the story of the flawed pathologist a...nd the harm he had done to so many innocent parents and caregivers, and to Ontario's criminal justice system. The heart of the Blog is my approach to following cases which raise issues in all of these areas - especially those involving the death penalty.more
smithforensic.blog..
Twitter 1.3K Frequency 1 post / day FeedSpot 1.4K Posts 5020 DA 31 Location Canada Get Email Contact

3. Criminal Justice News

Criminal Justice News Providing criminal justice news to criminal justice practitioners, students and academics.
criminal-justice-o..
Frequency 1 post / day Since Dec 2005 FeedSpot 652 Posts 9394 DA 27 Get Email Contact

4. Grits for Breakfast

Grits for Breakfast Scott Henson is presently interim Executive Director at Just Liberty, a 501(c)4 focused on justice reform in Texas. A former journalist and political ...opposition researcher, Scott have laboured for more than two decades in Texas' criminal-justice reform movement, having been involved in passing some of Texas' most celebrated 21st-century reform legislation. He created Grits for Breakfast in 2004, having before then operated a criminal-justice reform site hand-coded in HTML beginning in 1997.more
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Twitter 7.6K Frequency 2 posts / quarter Since Dec 2003 FeedSpot 1.1K Posts 2380 DA 51 Location US Get Email Contact

5. Schneier on Security

Schneier on Security A blog by Bruce Schneier covering security and security technology also frequent posts about homeland security in particular. Bruce Schneier is an int...ernationally renowned security technologist and author. He is described by The Economist as a 'Security Guru'.more
schneier.com
Facebook 25.2KTwitter 145.7K Frequency 4 posts / week Since Oct 2004 FeedSpot 11.8K Posts 3736 DA 88 Location US Get Email Contact

6. Vera Institute of Justice

Vera Institute of Justice Vera works closely with government to build and improve justice systems that ensure fairness, promote safety, and strengthen communities.
vera.org/blog
Facebook 164.8KTwitter 74.1KInstagram 9K Frequency 3 posts / month Since Jun 2009 FeedSpot 576 Posts 472 DA 66 Location US Get Email Contact

7. Sentencing Law and Policy

Sentencing Law and Policy Sentencing Law and Policy blog provides information and commentary about guidelines and capital sentencing. Professor Berman is the sole creator and a...uthor of the Sentencing Law and Policy blog. Professor Berman provides consulting services on various cutting-edge federal sentencing issues. He also is frequently contacted by the media concerning sentencing developments.more
sentencing.typepad..
Twitter 4.9K Frequency 1 post / day Since May 2004 FeedSpot 684 Posts 11013 DA 56 Location US Get Email Contact

8. Innocence Project

Innocence Project The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices.
innocenceproject.org
Facebook 487.9KTwitter 167.2KInstagram 210.6K Frequency 2 posts / week Since Jan 2001 FeedSpot 381 Posts 715 DA 76 Location US Get Email Contact

9. Oxford Academic | Journal of International Criminal Justice Current Issue

Oxford Academic | Journal of International Criminal Justice Current Issue The Journal of International Criminal Justice aims to promote a profound collective reflection on the new problems facing international law.
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Facebook 1.1MTwitter 111.7K Frequency 3 posts / month FeedSpot 351 Posts 367 DA 93 Location US Get Email Contact

10. John Jay Research Office for the Advancement of Research

John Jay Research Office for the Advancement of Research Features research and scholarship from the academic community at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
johnjayresearch.co..
Facebook 1.4KTwitter 5.2K Frequency 1 post / week Since Oct 2015 FeedSpot 346 Posts 49 DA 89 Location US Get Email Contact

11. Jonathan Turley Blog

Jonathan Turley Blog Prof. Jonathan Turley is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory & ...tort law. He writes about Constitutional Law, Environment, Free Speech, Lawyering, Politics, Religion, Supreme Court, and more.more
jonathanturley.org
Twitter 475.6K Frequency 2 posts / day Since Aug 2007 FeedSpot 3.3K Posts 8471 DA 67 Location US Get Email Contact

12. AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO The AFL-CIO is an expression of the hopes and aspirations of the working people of America. We resolve to fulfill the yearning of the human spirit fo...r liberty, justice and community; to advance individual and associational freedom; to vanquish oppression, privation and cruelty in all their forms.more
aflcio.org/blog
Facebook 317KTwitter 160.2K Frequency 9 posts / week FeedSpot 552 Posts 2205 DA 73 Location US Get Email Contact

13. The Sentencing Project

The Sentencing Project The Sentencing Project has worked for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system for 30 years.
sentencingproject.org
Facebook 45.9KTwitter 46K Frequency 4 posts / week Since Aug 2013 FeedSpot 358 Posts 521 DA 67 Location US Get Email Contact

14. Death Penalty Information Center

Death Penalty Information Center Death Penalty Information Center, serving the media and public with analysis & information concerning capital punishment.
deathpenaltyinfo.org
Facebook 11.9KTwitter 15.1K Frequency 5 posts / week FeedSpot 353 Posts 1382 DA 69 Location US Get Email Contact

15. The Crime Report

The Crime Report Your Complete Criminal Justice Resource. The Crime Report (TCR) is the nation's only comprehensive news service covering the diverse challenges an...d issues of 21st century criminal justice in the U.S. and abroad. TCR is a member of the Investigative News Network of online investigative journalism sites.more
thecrimereport.org
Facebook 5.8KTwitter 16.7K Frequency 24 posts / week FeedSpot 3.5K Posts 31351 DA 61 Location US Get Email Contact

16. Prison Culture

Prison Culture Prison Culture blog is an attempt to document how the current prison industrial complex operates and to underscore the ways that it structures America...n society. Follow to get latest updates.more
usprisonculture.co..
Twitter 143.7K Since Jun 2010 FeedSpot 523 Posts 523 DA 53 Location US Get Email Contact

17. Prison Policy Initiative

Prison Policy Initiative The Prison Policy Initiative was founded in 2001 to document and publicize how over-criminalization undermines our national welfare. This blog provide...s research and advocacy about how mass incarceration affects individuals, communities and the national welfare.more
prisonpolicy.org/blog
Facebook 23.6KTwitter 72.5K Frequency 1 post / week Since Apr 2000 FeedSpot 1.1K Posts 295 DA 69 Location US Get Email Contact

18. Solitary Watch

Solitary Watch Solitary Watch is a nonprofit national watchdog group that investigates, documents, and disseminates information on the widespread use of solitary con...finement in U.S. prisons and jails.more
solitarywatch.org
Facebook 8.2KTwitter 18.8K Frequency 3 posts / week Since Dec 2009 FeedSpot 559 Posts 2033 DA 58 Location US Get Email Contact

19. Matt Mangino

Matt Mangino Matt Mangino is Attorney, former district attorney of Lawrence County and author of The Executioner's Toll, 2010.
mattmangino.com
Twitter 1.8K Frequency 5 posts / week Since Nov 2009 FeedSpot 130 Posts 2069 DA 30 Get Email Contact

20. JUSTICE BUILDING BLOG

JUSTICE BUILDING BLOG This blog has been called 'the definitive blog on miami criminal law' by the NY times, the washington post, the pope, and donald trump who also once s...aid it was 'really great'.more
justicebuilding.bl..
Twitter 851 Frequency 3 posts / week Since Nov 2005 FeedSpot 673 Posts 1400 DA 35 Get Email Contact

21. American Military University Edge

American Military University Edge AMU Edge is an online resource featuring content designed for military, veterans, public safety, intelligence, homeland security, emergency management..., space, and cybersecurity professionals, brought to you by American Military University.more
amuedge.com
Facebook 130.4KTwitter 3.2K Frequency 8 posts / week FeedSpot 351 Posts 5154 DA 59 Location US Get Email Contact

22. Juvenile Law Center

Juvenile Law Center Breaking news, headlines, and press releases from the Juvenile Law Center. Juvenile Law Center advocates for rights, dignity, equity and opportunity f...or youth in the child welfare and justice systems.more
jlc.org/news
Facebook 10KTwitter 17.6K Frequency 6 posts / month Since Dec 2011 FeedSpot 498 Posts 167 DA 56 Location US Get Email Contact

23. Russell Webster - Criminal Justice

Russell Webster - Criminal Justice Get the latest developments in alcohol and drugs, criminal justice and payment by results.
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Facebook 497Twitter 13.8K Frequency 2 posts / week Since Apr 2015 FeedSpot 268 Posts 329 DA 45 Location UK Get Email Contact

24. CCJS Undergrad

CCJS Undergrad Leading in the development of criminology and criminal justice research and theory; the training of graduate students to conduct and understand basic ...and applied research; and the provision of undergraduate education of the highest quality.more
umdccjs.blogspot.com
Facebook 1.5KTwitter 173 Frequency 3 posts / week Since Oct 2011 FeedSpot 340 Posts 1597 DA 17 Location US Get Email Contact

25. National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance

National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance he National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance is a coalition of almost 600 members: artists, arts and Criminal Justice Sector organisations and individua...ls who work with prisoners, those on probation and ex-offenders in the community. We aim to ensure that people within the Criminal Justice System get access to arts opportunities as a springboard to positive change.more
artsincriminaljust..
Facebook 830Twitter 6.1K Frequency 3 posts / month Since Jul 2017 FeedSpot 340 Posts 278 DA 39 Location UK Get Email Contact

26. Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice - Raising Youth Justice

Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice - Raising Youth Justice The Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (CYCJ) supports improvement in youth justice, contributing to better lives for individuals and communities.
cycj.org.uk/blog
Facebook 619Twitter 9.4K Frequency 1 post / month Since Feb 2014 FeedSpot 149 Posts 132 DA 41 Location UK Get Email Contact

27. Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center

Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center Murray Newman is a former Chief Harris County Prosecutor practicing only criminal defense in Harris and Brazos Counties and the surrounding areas. A...n insider's view of what is really happening in the Harris County Criminal Courts.more
harriscountycrimin..
Facebook 752Twitter 2.4K Frequency 1 post / month Since Jan 2008 FeedSpot 485 Posts 311 DA 25 Location US Get Email Contact

28. Centre for Justice Innovation | Justice reform charity UK

Centre for Justice Innovation | Justice reform charity UK We combine research and real-world projects to develop new ideas and new practice in the British criminal justice system.
justiceinnovation...
Twitter 5.8K Frequency 1 post / week Since Sep 2013 FeedSpot 143 Posts 82 DA 38 Location UK Get Email Contact

29. ACUF Center for Criminal Justice Reform | Latest News

ACUF Center for Criminal Justice Reform | Latest News The Center for Criminal Justice Reform was established by the American Conservative Union Foundation to provide leadership for the growing conservativ...e consensus that our criminal justice system is badly broken, and that there are proven, conservative reforms that will keep the public safe while restraining costs.more
conservativejustic..
Facebook 9.6KTwitter 2.9K Frequency 4 posts / month Since Dec 2012 FeedSpot 149 Posts 117 DA 37 Location US Get Email Contact

30. David Breston

David Breston At the Law Office of David A. Breston, we work to level the playing field with the vast resources of the government, and provide outstanding legal adv...ice, representation, and results to clients accused of state and federal crimes throughout Texas. more
davidbreston.com/blog
Facebook 785 Frequency 1 post / month FeedSpot 231 Posts 96 DA 34 Location US Get Email Contact

31. glynn b. cartledge

glynn b. cartledge Keep up with articles from glynn b. cartledge.
glynnbcartledge.co..
Twitter 243Instagram 803 Frequency 2 posts / year FeedSpot 96 Posts 25 DA 6 Location US Get Email Contact

32. Justice System Partners

Justice System Partners We work to improve the safety and quality of life for offenders and communities through evidence-based strategies, systems, and data-based decisions a...nd practices.more
justicesystempartn..
Facebook 96Twitter 707 Frequency 1 post / quarter Since Apr 2015 FeedSpot 285 Posts 41 DA 21 Location US Get Email Contact

33. Officer 'Smith': Thoughts From Behind the Badge

Officer 'Smith': Thoughts From Behind the Badge The personal views of a California Peace Officer and widower. Be ye forewarned, not everything on this page is fit for children, liberals or Berkeley ...residents. I don't expect everyone to agree with everything I say, but personal attacks and irrelevant bullshit will not be tolerated.more
officersmith.blogs..
Frequency 1 post / quarter Since Sep 2007 FeedSpot 351 Posts 97 DA 20 Get Email Contact

34. Cop in the Hood

Cop in the Hood Peter Moskos is a professor in the Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in N...ew York City. A Princeton and Harvard trained sociologist, he was a Baltimore City Police Officer and is the director of John Jay College's NYPD Executive Master's Leadership Program.more
copinthehood.com
Twitter 11.7K Frequency 5 posts / year Since Aug 2007 FeedSpot 917 Posts 917 DA 47 Location US Get Email Contact

35. Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice CJCJ promotes balanced and humane criminal justice policies that reduce incarceration and promote long-term public safety. Covers articles on drug abu...se, juvenile justice, social justice and sentencing.more
cjcj.org/index.html
Facebook 2.6KTwitter 3.3K Frequency 3 posts / year Since Feb 2000 FeedSpot 898 Posts 230 DA 57 Location US Get Email Contact

36. Just Policy Blog

Just Policy Blog Justice Policy Institute is a national nonprofit organization that envisions a society with safe, equitable and healthy communities; just and effectiv...e solutions to social problems; and the use of incarceration only as a last resort.more
blog.justicepolicy..
Facebook 5KTwitter 35.2K Since Aug 2011 FeedSpot 354 Posts 96 DA 60 Location US Get Email Contact

37. Texas Prison Bid'ness

Texas Prison Bid'ness , Texas Prison Bid'ness is posting information about the growing prison-for-profit industry in Texas. Since the first prison-for-profit in the wor...ld opened in Texas in 1984, Texas has become home to scores of prisons of all shapes and sizes that are run for the profit of corporations. We'll be sharing information about the true costs of private prisons to individuals, families and communities in Tmore
texasprisonbidness..
Twitter 1.2K Since Mar 2007 FeedSpot 485 Posts 1372 DA 38 Location US Get Email Contact

38. Right on Crime - Fighting crime, prioritizing victims, and protecting taxpayers.

Right on Crime - Fighting crime, prioritizing victims, and protecting taxpayers. We conduct policy research and mobilize strong conservative voices to help promote cost-effective criminal justice systems at both the state and fede...ral level. more
rightoncrime.com/blog
Facebook 18.1KTwitter 11.8K Since Jan 2014 FeedSpot 354 Posts 308 DA 56 Location US Get Email Contact

39. Penal Reform International

Penal Reform International Penal Reform International develops and promotes fair, effective and proportionate responses to criminal justice problems worldwide.
penalreform.org/blog
Facebook 5.5KTwitter 6.1K Frequency 1 post / quarter Since Mar 2012 FeedSpot 343 Posts 141 DA 59 Location France Get Email Contact

40. Criminal Justice Alliance

Criminal Justice Alliance The Criminal Justice Alliance is a coalition of more than 90 organisations committed to improving the criminal justice system.
criminaljusticeall..
Twitter 16.1K Since Nov 2016 FeedSpot 344 Posts 67 DA 42 Location UK Get Email Contact

41. Prison Watch Network

Prison Watch Network Dedicated to gathering documentation directly from prisoners, from media and other sources about prisons and prisoners' human rights abuses.
prisonwatchnetwork..
Facebook 2KTwitter 23.3K Since Oct 2002 FeedSpot 352 Posts 21 DA 21 Get Email Contact

42. Wrongful Convictions Blog

Wrongful Convictions Blog This blog covers any and all issues wherever they arise in the world related to the problem of wrongful conviction of the innocent.
wrongfulconviction..
Twitter 722 Frequency 1 post / year Since Feb 2012 FeedSpot 486 Posts 212 DA 45 Get Email Contact

43. Transform Justice

Transform Justice Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, humane, open and effective justice system.
transformjustice.o..
Twitter 6.8K Frequency 4 posts / quarter Since May 2013 FeedSpot 119 Posts 238 DA 41 Location UK Get Email Contact

44. Pace Criminal Justice Blog

Pace Criminal Justice Blog A blog on Criminal Justice by Pace University.
pcjc.blogs.pace.edu
Since Jan 2013 FeedSpot 203 Posts 17 DA 70 Location US Get Email Contact

45. The Criminal Justice Blog

The Criminal Justice Blog The Criminal Justice Blog is for policy makers, practitioners, academics and everyone interested in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
faithspear.wordpre..
Twitter 6.5K Frequency 1 post / quarter Since Nov 2012 FeedSpot 340 Posts 53 DA 17 Location UK Get Email Contact

46. Anthropoliteia

Anthropoliteia A blog offering critical perspectives on police, security, crime, law and punishment around the world.
anthropoliteia.net..
Facebook 3KTwitter 2.8K Since Jul 2009 FeedSpot 341 Posts 27 DA 37 Get Email Contact

47. Imagining Justice

Imagining Justice We are a critical social justice collective dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the dialectics of crime, justice, and social harm. . Our goals a...re to (1) provide our audience with alternative resources regarding criminalization, inequality, and social harm as well as (2) encourage more action-oriented relationships with groups or social phenomena of study.more
imaginingjustice.o..
Facebook 877Twitter 2.9K Since Nov 2003 FeedSpot 343 Posts 30 DA 14 Get Email Contact

48. David Bratzer

David Bratzer Writing about crime and justice from British Columbia, Canada. Opinions expressed here are my personal views.
davidbratzer.ca
Twitter 1.4K Since Jul 2012 FeedSpot 135 Posts 11 DA 17 Location Canada Get Email Contact

49. Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform

Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform is a non-profit educational and advocacy organization whose mission is to achieve a more humane, effective and ...coordinated criminal justice response for both victims and offenders.more
vermontersforcrimi..
Facebook 1.4KTwitter 986 Since Jan 2014 FeedSpot 222 Posts 26 DA 19 Location US Get Email Contact

50. Centre of Criminology Library Blog

Centre of Criminology Library Blog Your resource for news, research, opinion and comment in the world of Criminology and Criminal Justice, brought to you by the Criminology Library, Cen...tre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto.more
crimbrary.blogspot..
Twitter 623 Since Aug 2008 FeedSpot 385 Posts 422 DA 25 Location Canada Get Email Contact

51. CCCU Policing and Criminal Justice

CCCU Policing and Criminal Justice A blog by staff and students from Canterbury Christ Church University.
cccupolicingandcj...
Since Sep 2014 FeedSpot 130 Posts 38 DA 22 Get Email Contact

52. Media Coverage of Crime and Criminal Justice

Media Coverage of Crime and Criminal Justice The official blog associated with the book, Media Coverage of Crime and Criminal Justice!
mediacriminaljusti..
Since Jun 2012 FeedSpot 140 Posts 51 DA 16 Get Email Contact

53. Criminal Justice in Ireland | A contemporary blog on criminal justice issues

Criminal Justice in Ireland | A contemporary blog on criminal justice issues A contemporary blog on criminal justice issues
criminaljusticeini..
Frequency 1 post / year Since Mar 2016 FeedSpot 129 Posts 30 DA 18 Location Ireland Get Email Contact

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Criminal Justice Bloggers

Top Authors, Journalists, and Publishers covering Criminal Justice. Get Spreadsheet.
Blogger Name Email Blog Link Total Blog Posts
Douglas A. Berman sentencing.typepad.com 738
Harold Levy smithforensic.blogspot.com 737
jonathanturley jonathanturley.org 612
Kenneth Quinnell aflcio.org/blog 430
Bruce Schneier schneier.com 233
shandelman thecrimereport.org 175
Michael Rushford crimeandconsequences.blog 88
Kent Scheidegger crimeandconsequences.blog 75
Dr. Jarrod Sadulski amuedge.com 65
Kimberly Arsenault amuedge.com 63
Russell Webster russellwebster.com/category/criminal-justice 57
Breanna Bishop sentencingproject.org 56
Elizabeth Berger crimeandconsequences.blog 53
Ilan Fuchs, Ph.D. amuedge.com 49
Dr. Bethanie Hansen amuedge.com 47
andrea cipriano thecrimereport.org 45
Tracy Siska chicagojustice.org/news 44
Dr. Bjorn Mercer amuedge.com 43
Roxanne Barnes solitarywatch.org 43
Bill Otis crimeandconsequences.blog 38
Dr. Kandis Y. Wyatt, PMP amuedge.com 30
Alicia Maule innocenceproject.org 29
Wes O'Donnell amuedge.com 29
Allison G. S. Knox amuedge.com 26
Erica Bryant vera.org/blog 24
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