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From trying to track down an old room mate to getting maps and directions to drive across country, this research section can get you pointed in the right direction.   
 
Banking

The National Check Fraud Center
Your Complete Source for assistance, information, and alert reports regarding
counterfeit checks - forgery - check fraud - bank fraud and white collar crimes.


The Net Check Commerce Bureau
Netcheck was established in 1995 to promote ethical business practices worldwide and to increase consumer and corporate confidence in purchasing products and services on the Internet.
 
Drug Information
 
Drug Slang
The Street Terms database contains over 2,300 street terms that refer to specific drug types or drug activity.
 
Drug Fact
Learn more about drugs, their use and side effects.

How to Recognize a Clandestine Methamphetamine Lab
What they are and what to look for

The Office of National Drug Control Policy
The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program. The goals of the program are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences.

RX List - The Internet Drug Index
Search databases for drug imprint codes, descriptions, manufacturer or NDC codes,  indications, side effects, interactions, and foreign brands.

Stop Drug.org
Have you found a drug and don't know what it is?  See if you can find it at Stop Drug.org.

Drug Enforcement Administration

 
 

Switchboard

Yahoo People Search

Who Where?

Any Who

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

 
Gangs, Occult and Hate Groups
 
Gangs
Awareness, Prevention, Intervention
 
Midwest Gang Investigators Association
The Midwest Gang Investigators Association exists as a non-profit educational organization with its focus on combating criminal street gangs through: Training (law enforcement, parents, teachers, etc.), and Providing information and guidance to parent, teachers, students, etc.

Gangs OR Us
The goal of Gangs OR Us is to provide law enforcement and corrections personnel, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens, the assistance and knowledge necessary to determine if street or prison gangs are in your community or corrections facility.

Gang Information

The New Lexicon of Hate
The changing tactics, language and symbols of America's Extremists

Occult Archive

The Occult: Various Viewpoints

Occult World Ledger

Grants & Grant Research
 
Identity Theft
 

Identity Theft Resource Center
Nationwide nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and implementing a comprehensive program against identity theft -- in supporting victims of identity theft, broadening public awareness and understanding of identity theft, and decreasing the potential victim population

U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Since Identity Theft crimes often involve the mail, the U.S. Postal Inspectors are tasked with investigating those cases. If you wish to file a complaint contact your local Inspector

U.S. Secret Service
The United States Secret Service not only protects the President of the United States but they are also charged with investigating Financial Crimes associated with Financial Institutions. Their investigations may include Bank Fraud, Access device Fraud, computer fraud, and more. They do not normally investigate cases that involve small dollar amounts.

Internet Fraud Complaint Center
The Internet Fraud Complaint Center works with the FBI and National White Collar Crime Center. Their site provides statistics and allows victims to file a complaint.

Privacy Rights ClearingHouse
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse provides information about Identity Theft, as well as, Financial Privacy and Internet Privacy Information. Their site contains numerous Publications to help assist victims.

Identity Theft and Fraud

ID Theft: When bad things happen to your good name

Social Security Administration:  ID Theft

 
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)   877-IDTHEFT (438-4338)
 
 
 
TransUnion  To report fraud: 800-680-7289
 
Experian  To report fraud: 888-397-3742
 
Equifax  To report fraud: 800-525-6285
 
Investigative & Misc.
 
Virtual Gumshoe
Links to investigative resources available on the Web
 
Crawls the web for the best crime and law enforcement sites
 
The Internet Crime Archives
Everything you ever wanted to know about serial killers, mass murderers and the like...
 
 
Investigative Resource Center
Confidential Investigations & Fact-Finding Worldwide
 
Investigative Links
Powerful search tools for all investigators
 
Crime Scene Search
Adapted from the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training's workbook for the "Forensic Technology for Law Enforcement"
 
Death Investigation:  A Guide for the Scene Investigator
This handbook is intended as a guide to recommended practices for the investigation of death scenes. Jurisdictional, logistical, or legal conditions may preclude the use of particular procedures contained herein.
 
A Guide for Explosion Bombing Scene Investigation
This guide provides an investigative outline of the tasks that should be considered at every explosion scene
Eyewitness Evidence:  A Guide for Law Enforcement
A guide to recommended practices for the collection and preservation of eyewitness evidence
 
Fire and Arson Scene Evidence: A Guide for Public Safety Personnel
A guide to recommended practices for the collection and preservation of evidence at fire/arson scene
 
What Every Law enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence
A quick overview on the collection and preservation of DNA Evidence
 
An online investigation system used by law enforcement to recover stolen property, help stop meth makers, reduce metal theft, and solve crimes
 
Refdesk
A free and family friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based reference resources
 
Crime Case Files
Online resource of information related to crime
Language
 
Roget's Thesaurus
Search the headwords or full text of Roget's Thesaurus version 1.02 (supplemented: July 1991) released to the public domain
 
A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms
A few American Sign Language terms to help those of you who are trying to communicate with a person who signs
 
 
Translation Services
Foreign language translation services available free on the internet
 
 
 
 
 
Laws
 
American Law Source On-Line
Provides links to all the crime statistic databases available
 
LawGuru
Your (re)search ends here.... and it starts here too. Get free direct access to over 250+ legal search engines and tools from one convenient page. Search legal documents, directories, federal and state statutes, court cases and decisions, and much much more.
 
State Laws
WashLaw WEB links you to law related resources on the Internet. In addition to specialized subject areas, you may access information about Law Schools and Law Libraries. You can search full text for the law and law journals, as well as browse law library catalogs.
 
United States Constitution
Get to know it! 
 
Bill of Rights
United States Bill of Right
 
United States Codes
Generated from the most recent versions made available by the US House of Representatives.
 
Decisions of the United States Supreme Court
The Legal Information Institute offers Supreme Court opinions under the auspices of Project Hermes, the court's electronic-dissemination project.  This archive contains nearly all opinions of the court issued since May of 1990
 
Maps and Directions
 
BatchGeo
Map multiple locations at once
 

Rand McNally

Maps.Yahoo.com

Map Blast

Maps on Us

MSN Maps & Directions

Maps.com

Lycos Road Maps

Excite Maps & Directions

How far is it?
The home of the distance service

Area Code Decoder

 
Missing and Abused Children
 

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Child Welfare Information Gateway
Provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.

Bruise Age Dating Chart
Investigating child abuse

Child Age and Developmental Skill
Important tool when interviewing suspected Child abuser

Child Sexual Abuse

When You Suspect Child Neglect

Missing and Exploited Children's Training programs
Sponsored by OJJDP and Fox Valley Technical College

Scams
 

Heart of America Crime Prevention Association

Farmers & Merchants Bank and Trust

Moms Work at Home Site

Terrorism

The Counter-Terrorism Page

Center for Defense Information Terrorism Project

Terrorism: Questions and Answers

 
Time
 

Time Service Department U.S. Naval Observatory
The Time Service Department, U.S. Naval Observatory is the official source of time used in the United States.

Official U.S. Time

The World Clock - Time Zones

 
Virus, Hoax, Urban Legends and Internet
 
Computer Virus Myths
Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, hysteria, and the implications if you believe in them.

Symantec AntiVirus Research Center

 

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