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On-line Criminal Justice Discussion Groups and E-Journals

On-line Criminal Justice Discussion Groups and E-Journals

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Criminal Justice Mailing Lists

Mailing List Indices:
Individual Lists:
  • 3STRIKES: An activism-oriented California list supporting efforts toward abolishing the unjust 'three-strikes-you're-out' sentencing laws in that beleaguered state.  Presumably the discussion of similar laws in other states is welcome here as well.  To subscribe, send email to <listserv@CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU> saying "subscribe 3strikes FirstName LastName".  Hosted by the University of California at Berkeley.
  • ABOLISH: The Abolish List is a moderated group for those who seek the abolition of the death penalty.  It also includes news of capital cases as well as calls for action and any discussion -- religious, political, philosophical, etc. -- pertaining to abolition.  To subscribe, send the message: "subscribe abolish firstname lastname" (no quotes) to: listserv@SJUVM.stjohns.edu
  • ACT-MA:  Massachusetts-area activism list.  "the Greater Boston Progressive Events List ... a shared resource of the local progressive community."   To join, send email to majordomo@igc.org saying "subscribe act-ma"
  • AFN:  The Afrikan Frontline Network distribution list disseminates by, for, and about worldwide liberation struggles, police brutality cases, updates on political prisoners/POW's, and other pertinent information to people of color and to anti-imperialist groups and activists around the globe.  Subscribers receive news via
    Sis. Marpessa Kupendua -- contact her at <nattyreb@ix.netcom.com> for subscription information.  Volume is heavy -- about 10 to 15 messages per day.   Some information is also posted on the AFN web site: <http://www.afrikan.net>.
  • AMNESTY-L:  News list of Amnesty International, the global human rights activism organization.  One-way only -- you cannot post to this list.  To subscribe, send email to <majordomo@oil.ca> saying "subscribe amnesty-l"
  • Badges Law Enforcement Discussion Group
  • Brazos-L a community forum
  • BRC-ALL:  The general international mailing list of the Black Radical Congress (BRC), open to all BRC members "and our allies".  Intended to 'define Black politics at the cutting edge of the new information age.  Postings encouraged "on any matter ...relevant to the struggle of our people here in the USA or around the world".  Intended for "lively debates, discussions, and polemics about facts, theories, events, and whatever else ... is relevant to our peoples' struggle".  Moderated by "a team of moderators from the national cyber organizing committee".  To subscribe, send email to <majordomo@igc.org> with the message
    saying "subscribe brc-all".
  • CERJ:  The distribution list (does not support discussions) of the Campaign for Equity-Restorative Justice (CERJ). Bulletins, news articles, announcements, etc., pertaining to the need for justice reform and the excellent Equity-Restorative Justice (ERJ) methods that may usually be used to replace those methods that do not work (such as punishment in general; imprisonment and execution in particular).   Circulation is 500+.  This is a manually-maintained list: to subscribe, send an email post to <info@cerj.org> giving your name and your state/province/country of residence.
  • CJHTML-L: 'The List of Criminal Justice Webmasters'. This is a specialized list, mostly composed of criminal justice officials who work with the Internet.  They tolerate non CJ types, but sometimes not gladly.  KEEP YOUR POSTS ON-TOPIC which means talk about your web sites, work over the net, etc. from mostly a technical frame of reference, but only if you work in the justice fields or on justice issues.  To subscribe, send email to listserv@@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM saying simply "subscribe CJHTML-L FirstName LastName"  Your subscription may be challenged if you are not a criminal justice system official, but it also may be approved regardless.  You will be asked to post an introduction to the list.   The individual listowner is Steve Dykehouse, a corrections professional.
  • CJMOVIES:  AKA the "Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture", its purpose is "to serve the criminal justice community by providing film reviews and original essays on the intersection of popular culture with criminal justice.  Film reviews provide an opportunity for criminal justice educators to utilize popular culture as a pedagogical tool.  Essays provide dialogue on the role of popular culture in criminal justice.  Critical reviews are invited of films, documentaries, plays, lyrics, and other related visual and performing arts.  Reviews published upon editorial approval.  Invites original manuscripts from all social scientific fields on the topic of popular culture and criminal justice." To subscribe, send email to <listserv@cnsibm.albany.edu> with the following text in the body of the message: "subscribe cjmovies firstname lastname".
  • CJTREAT:  List dedicated to treatment issues within Criminal Justice Prisons Systems -- all aspects of treatment behind the walls and in community corrections, including, but not limited to Medical, Mental Health, Substance Abuse Counseling, Recreational Therapy, Education and Schools, Halfway Houses, Parole and Probation Programs, Behavior Modification, and any other treatment provided for Criminal Justice Offenders.  Open to all interested parties -- self-introduction to the list is encouraged.  To subscribe, send email to <Majordomo@lists.downcity.net> with the following command in the body of your email message: subscribe cjtreat
  • CJUST-L: Except for POLICE-L, which is a closed list not reviewed here, this is the world's largest discussion list dedicated to justice issues.  Subscribership currently hovers around 1200.  A high- volume list with a very eclectic group of subscribers, including many students.  To subscribe, send email to <LISTSERV@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> saying simply "subscribe CJUST-L FirstName LastName"  Hosted by the City University of New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
  • CORREX: The USA's National Institution of Corrections' "public forum for the discussion of corrections issues and practices and for the exchange of views and information".  Also intended to facilitate communication between the Institute and field practitioners, policy makers, researchers, etc.  No marketing announcements or advertisements. The NIC is a US Government agency.  To subscribe, send email to <correx-request@www.nicic.org>.   Leave the subject line blank, and include the word "subscribe" in the body of the message.
  • CRIMINOLOGY:  Academically-oriented criminology discussion list.  To subscribe, send email to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.GMD.DE saying "subscribe criminology FirstName LastName".  Hosted by a German adacemic institution.  Postings are usually in English.
  • CRIMNET:  An Australian-based professional and academic resource, mostly for announcements and networking.  Does not usually support discussions.  Some examples of posting categories: research
    projects, seminars, conferences, workshops (including upcoming events, calls for papers), education courses, visitors, staff movements, positions vacant, publications (including books, journals, seminar proceedings).  To subscribe, send email to <majordomo@law.usyd.edu.au> saying simply "subscribe crimnet".  You many be asked to identify yourself and explain your purposes or intentions in subscribing.
  • CRIT-L:  CRIT-L is the discussion list of the Critical Criminology Division of the American Society of Criminology.  It is intended for "discussion of issues relevant to Division business, dissemination of information of interest to members and guests, and for discussing topical criminal justice news".   Discourages cross-posting. To subscribe, send email to <listproc@sun.soci.niu.edu> saying simply "subscribe crit-l FirstName LastName"  Hosted by the Northern Illinois University Department of Sociology.
  • DEATHPENALTY:  Abolition-oriented list for discussions pertaining to state-sponsored retributive homicide.  To subscribe, send email to listproc@assocdir.wuacc.edu saying "subscribe deathpenalty FirstName LastName".  Hosted by Washburn University in Kansas, USA.
  • Death Penalty News
  • DISPUTE-RES:  This list is designed to promote communication about dispute resolution, about the teaching of dispute resolution, and about issues experienced by persons involved in dispute resolution. To subscribe, send a message to <listserv@listserv.law.cornell.edu> saying "subscribe dispute-res firstname lastname".  Host:  Cornell University's School of Law.
  • DRC-NATL:  The email distribution list of the Drug Reform Coordination Network's rapid-response-team -- 8000+ subscribers as of Dec. '98, and growing fast.   By far the largest email list that CERJ deals with, DRC-NATL is a one-way list, not a talk group.  It carries weekly news bulletins, occasional action alerts, and urgent announcements relating to drug policy reform.  Web sites for DRCNet are at <http://www.drcnet.org>, <http://www.stopthedrugwar.org>, and <http://www.druglibrary.org>.  To subscribe, visit the web site at <http://www.drcnet.org/signup.html> and enter your name, e-mail address and state or country. If you don't have web access, e-mail your information and signup request to <drcnet@drcnet.org>.
  • FACESP-L:  (Foro Electronico para Facilitadores)  A Spanish-language discussion on group facilitation.  Related to the GRP-FACL list -- see below for a general explanation.  To subscribe, Send email to <listserv@albany.edu>.  In the message area, type: subscribe facesp-l your name
  • FAMILY-GROUP: A somewhat academic or research-oriented discussion list on the specialized Restorative Justice method known as Family Group Conferencing, Community Justice Conferencing, or sometimes just 'conferencing'.  This method was originated by the Maori -- the indigenous peoples of New Zealand.  The list is mostly used to compare and contrast the two major western adaptations of FGC methods.  To subscribe, send email to LISTSERV@morgan.ucs.mun.ca saying simply "subscribe family-group FirstName LastName".  Hosted by a Canadian academic institution.  Listowner is University of Vermont Professor Gale Burford.
  • FARISLAW - Bulletin Subscriptions Includes Supreme Court Decisions from US Supreme Court, Canada Supreme Court, House of Lords, Australia High Court, South Africa Constitutional Court and the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
  • FNB-L:  The activism-oriented list of the loosely-knit grassroots Food Not Bombs confederation.  Also features material on the related Homes Not Jails group.  This list is intended "to tie together the disparate local vegetarian food service groups committed to social progress, consensus decision making, vegetarianism, and nonviolence ... dedicated to raising public awareness of homeless and poverty issues from housing to health."  To subscribe, send email to <majordomo@tao.ca> saying simply "subscribe fnb-l"
  • Forensics Discussion Group   FORENS-L@ACC.FAU.EDU  To subscribe send a message to FORENS-REQUEST@ACC.FAU.EDU and type "Subscribe FORENS-L your name" in the message box. Leave subject box empty.
  • GOVT-REFORM:  Devoted to the discussion of US government reform.   From the statement of the list's purpose:  "The new America will not be built by falling back on the 'infinite wisdom' of the long-dead founders, but by our own powers of reason, justice and ingenuity."  To subscribe, send an email message to <majordomo@colossus.net> with the following command in the body of the message: "subscribe govt-reform"
  • GRP-FACL:  "Mailing list for Group Facilitation -- Process expertise for group effectiveness".  This moderated forum focuses chiefly on the practical "process" aspects of facilitation, although theoretical issues are not excluded.   Participants share ideas and advice on situations, methods, and resources and pass on illustrations of exercises, models, metaphors, and war stories.  The focus is on group facilitation rather than training issues.  Recommendations of products and services of interest to facilitators may be made by those without a vested interest.   No cross-posting!  Large list -- 854 subscribers in 30 countries (as of 1/1/99).  To subscribe, send email to <LISTSERV@CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU> with the following message: "subscribe GRP-FACL".
  • GUBBIO-L:  An activism-oriented list maintained by the Franciscans (Order of St. Francis of Assisi), a service-oriented religious group that has a traditional concern with social justice issues.  The infrequent discussions mainly pertain to the list subscribers' chosen avenues of Christian service.  They sometimes welcome more general announcements of interest to their members. Many posts are in Spanish.  To subscribe, send email to <listserv@AMERICAN.EDU> saying "subscribe gubbio-l FirstName LastName".
  • HALFWAY-L:   A mostly-Canadian list for the discussion of the prison halfway-house movement and rehabilitation-oriented issues generally.  To subscribe, send email to listproc@pdomain.uwindsor.ca saying simply "subscribe halfway-l FirstName LastName".  Hosted by the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada.
  • HRAJ: List on "Human Relations, Authority and Justice: Experiences and Critiques".  An open, unmoderated forum designed to encourage the application of psychoanalytic and related psychodynamic approaches to the understanding of group, institutional, cultural and political processes.  Related to an electronic journal of the same name based at <http://www.human-nature.com/HRAJ/home.html>.   "Primitive, unconscious, irrational processes play a much larger part in human relations than is usually supposed.  Full account must be taken of these processes and ways found to understand and contain them."  To subscribe, send email to <listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu> with the following text in the message area: "subscribe hraj firstname lastname".
  • HNJ-L:  The activism-oriented list of the loosely-knit grassroots Homes Not Jails confederation.  Also features occasional material on the related Food Not Bombs group.  Topics of the list include, but are not limited to, homelessness, squatters' rights, and overincarceration.  Automated subscription mechanism, but strangely enough, one can subscribe by simply sending a message to <hnj-l-request@iww.org> saying "Please subscribe me to the HNJ-L list". Sponsored by International Workers of the World (the "wobblies"), a radical group whose rumored historical demise at the beginning of the 20th century is obviously exaggerated.
  • HRIGHTS: Designed for discussion of human rights issues, including civic, political, economic and social rights, as defined by international law.  Topics include, but are not limited to: protection, HR activism, sharing of HR information.   Not a forum for distribution of news or press releases, or actions on behalf of victims.  To subscribe, send a message to <hrights-request@lists.best.com> saying: "subsingle" (if you want to receive the list by individual messages) OR "subscribe" (if you want to receive the digest).  Visit the excellent web site at: <http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/lists/> for information on a number of other lists that have been set up for human rights concerns.
  • HUMANRIGHTS-L: A forum for the exhange of ideas, opinions and information.   Please take an active role in the discussion."  Hosted by Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas USA.  To subscribe, send email to <listserv@lawlib.wuacc.edu> with the following as the message text: subscribe HUMANRIGHTS-L firstname lastname.
  • JUSTICE:   A worldwide unmoderated forum for the discussion of issues related to prisons and justice reform.  This list is the officially-designated open forum for use by participants in the coalition Campaign for Equity-Restorative Justice (CERJ) -- even so, it is open to anyone and is not owned or operated by CERJ.   To subscribe, send email to <majordomo@scn.org> saying simply "subscribe justice"  Hosted by the Seattle Community Network, which is the Seattle Freenet organization.
  • JUSTICE-NEWS:  An activism-oriented sister list to PRISONACT-LIST. To subscribe, send email to <majordomo@igc.org> saying simply "subscribe justice-news".
  • JUSTINFO:  An electronic newsletter service sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.  Published the 1st and 15th of each month, it "provides the latest criminal justice news, information, services, and publications.  To subscribe, send the following message to <listproc@ncjrs.org>:  subscribe justinfo firstname lastname
  • JUSTLINKS: This is a one-way distribution list for weekly updates to the Rule of Law Sourcebook [http://www.rol.org].  It is intended to keep track of law and justice related resources on the Internet, thus it is a good place to announce your justice-related Web site or any other online information resource.  To subscribe, send email to <listserv@rol.org> saying simply "subscribe justlinks"
  • JUSTWATCH-L:  The 'International Justice Watch' list is a forum for the exchange of news and opinions on the work of the international war crimes tribunals for ex-Yugoslavia and Rwanda, as well as on related issues including the conflicts which gave rise to the tribunals, the project to establish an International Criminal Court, international humanitarian law (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes), and other contemporary armed conflicts and humanitarian emergencies.  The list is open to all who wish to engage in this discussion in a mutually respectful manner. Unmoderated, but with strict policies on civility.  To join, send an e-mail message to <LISTSERV@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU> with only the following command in the body of the email message: SUB JUSTWATCH-L your-first-name your-last-name.
  • JWV:  The JVW ('Justice Without Violence') discussion forum is an extremely high-volume list with a leftist politically-oriented purview-- not restricted to justice concerns as most people understand them.  This is the designated forum for discussing posts to the PNEWS-L list (see below for description) -- you are supposed to send your critiques of PNEWS-L posts to JWV.  Supposedly if you subscribe to PNEWS-L you are then automatically subscribed to JWV -- however, it is possible to subscribe to this list independent of the other.  565 subscribers at last count, and a very heavy volume. There is probably a digest option available.  Listowner of both lists affects the pseudonym "The Golem".  To subscribe, send email to <listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu> with the following as the message: "subscribe jwv firstname lastname"
  • Law Enforcement Analysts Mailing List
  • LE-HTML Mailing List for Police who are Webmasters
  • National Institute of Corrections listserv
  • NOVEMBER-L:  The open discussion and announcement list of the November Coalition, a very large cadre of activists dedicated to reversing overincarceration and the monstrous abuses of the US 'Drug War'. A list of special value to the families and loved ones of the 'Prisoners of War' -- especially those many thousands of people incarcerated for non-violent drug-related offenses.  To subscribe, send email to <listproc@november.org> saying "subscribe november-l FirstName LastName"
  • PATRICK CRUSADE:  The list of "People Aligned To Replace Injustice & Cruelty with Knowledge" - a national and international human rights organization, working toward a peaceful solution to the injustices we are seeing in our court and prison systems in America.  The P.A.T.R.I.C.K. list is an action list - some discussion - but mostly action to help individuals and to work with other human rights and restorative justice organizations to help affect the changes that are needed in the judicial and corrections system.  Some concentration on the case of Patrick Swiney, the listowner's husband and a policeman who is evidently in prison at least in part for witnessing to problems in the CJ system.  To Subscribe, email to <patrick@mediadinamics.com> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the Subject line.
  • PEACE: Intended to provide opportunities to access and contribute to peace studies literature, to read current work in the field, and for discussions.  Supports the development, documention, and discussion of peace studies curricula (inclusive of conflict resolution) and the building of a peace research database.   Materials shared here include bibliographies, article and book reviews, essays, current research, lectures, syllabi, working papers, peace studies literatures from diverse disciplines, and other work relevant to the fields.  To subscribe, send a message to <listproc@csf.colorado.edu> saying "subscribe peace firstname lastname".  Hosted by Communications for a Sustainable Future (CSF) at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • PNEWS-L:  Conference list for "left progressive news & views". Supposedly over 10 years old, its purpose is "to post essays and articles of interest to progressives", and get this (from its own self-description): "No right wing capitalist big "L" anarcho-Libertarians need apply."   For articles and commentary only ... NOT a discussion list.  651 subscribers at last count. Discussion of PNEWS-L posts is provided for on a high-volume sister list, JVW (Justice Without Violence) -- see above for description.  To subscribe, send email to <listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu> with the message saying: "subscribe PNEWS-L firstname lastname"
  • PRISON-L: Discussion list on prison issues and topics. To subscribe, send email to <listproc@lists.yale.edu> saying simply SUBSCRIBE PRISON-L FirstName LastName".  Hosted by Yale University.
  • PRISON-REHAB: The Prison Rehabilitation discussion list (known previously as the OSEPP list -- Organization for Sensible and Effective Prison Policy).  A low-volume discussion list for persons interested in (the lack of) prison rehabilitation, education and self help programs around the world.  Please feel free to share your comments, views, research, news stories (especially positive ones) with the group.   To join, send email to the group's moderator: <ljohnson@amandla.org>.
  • PRIVATE PRISON WATCH:  A periodic compendium of articles on the problems of prisons that have been privatized and are run by corporations for profit, and analyses of this practice as a trend in western society.  Though it has an international focus, the list also seeks to provide local communities with access to global information as a primary activist tool.  By special permission, the list 'windows' (links to and reproduces) the Prison Privatisation Report International, which is published ten times a year by the Prison Reform Trust (PRT), a UK charity.  This source publication is normally sold by subscription, so some unusual copyright restrictions may apply to the use of this list's posts.  For new subscriptions, or if you have information to share, contact <ppwatch@hotmail.com>.
  • PROBATION-PRACTICE:  A British-based list dedicated to discussions of varying methods and practices in probation.  Not sure of the listserver address, though the domain names after the '@' sign are correct -- try sending an email message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk saying simply "subscribe probation-practice"
  • Profiling Mailing List
  • PUBPOL-L: Presentation forum "for professionals, graduate students, faculty, and staff in the fields of public policy, public administration, planning, and other related areas".  Covers current public policy issues, events and conferences, research, teaching, curriculum and courses, employment and career opportunities, activities of public policy practitioners, announcements of relevant Internet resources, and other topics of interest.  Encourages postings of newsletters, conference notices, etc.  NOT an appropriate forum for general discussion, however summaries of research findings and short responses to information search requests are welcome.  List is comparatively large -- it has around 1000 subscribers.  Postings average from 2 to 6 per day.  To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: <listserv@tc.umn.edu>.  In the text portion write: Subscribe PUBPOL-L Your Name
  • QUAKER-P:  The peace and justice discussion and bulletin list of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), who have a centuries-long tradition of being active around justice-related issues.  Open to anyone.  There are other Quaker-oriented discussion lists as well.  To join, send email to listserv@MAILER.EARLHAM.EDU saying simply "subscribe quaker-p FirstName LastName".
  • Spouses of Police
  • TODESTRAFE-NEIN:  ("DEATH PENALTY NO!")  A German-language abolitionist mailing list.  "Liebe Freunde und Todesstrafgegner ...Ich habe eine "abolition-list" in deutscher Sprache eingerichtet, die dem Austausch von Informationen zum Thema Todesstrafe dient.  Um sich anzumelden, senden Sie eine leere e-mail an <todesstrafe-nein-subscribe@makelist.com>.   Danke sehr!"
  • TRUTH IN JUSTICE:  Electronic newsletter of a non-profit organization "working to free wholly innocent men and women convicted of crimes they did not commit, and to prevent wrongful convictions by alerting the public to the vulnerabilities in the U. S. criminal justice system that make these miscarriages possible".   Consists of periodic updates regarding wrongful prosecution/conviction and related matters of interest.  To subscribe, use the listbot sign-up that appears on the index page of the web site at <truthinjustice-subscribe@listbot.comtruthinjustice-subscribe@listbot.com> Alternatively, send an e-mail request to Sheila Berry <dberry@i2020.net> or write email to <truthinjustice-subscribe@listbot.com>.
  • U.N.I.O.N. Electronic newsletter of United for No Injustice, Oppression or Neglect -- a politically 'centrist' California coalition for justice reform in that state.   Focus is partisan-political -- letter-writing and demonstrations.  Topics include prisoner abuse, the death penalty, Three Strikes and Mandatory Minimum laws, and the incarceration of addicts and the mentally ill.  Stated purpose of the organization is "to form a voting bloc that outnumbers and out-powers the CCPOA Prison Guard's Union and to back legislators in the mainstream, mostly Democratic party."  U.N.I.O.N. is prisoner families, legislators, 14 California journalists, attorneys and many organization directors.  Covers California news with one digest-style email daily, compiled and editorialized by
    U.N.I.O.N. Executive Director (and professional journalist) B. Cayenne Bird --  to subscribe, write to her at <Rightor1@aol.com>.   U.N.I.O.N. website is at http://hometown.aol.com/cayennpepr/politics/index.htm.
  • UNIVPD-L is a mailing list for sworn law enforcement officers. The purpose of this list is to provide a forum for law enforcement officers to discuss issues of campus safety, crime prevention and law enforcement as they relate to the campus environment.
  • UNOJUST-L: A low-traffic members-only list for individuals affiliated with the member organizations of the United Nations-related UNOJUST Program Network Institutes (PNIs).  The limited purpose of this very small list is to coordinate information sharing and technical standards development.  A list of the PNIs and access to their websites can be found at <http://www.unojust.org> under the "Members" section.
  • ZEIT-Reformwerkstatt:  A german-language list on the theme of "reforms". "Eine moderierte mailing-list rund um das Thema Reformen.   Es geht uns um Veraenderungen, die das Leben lebenswerter machen.  Fuer eine aktive Zivilgesellschaft, fuer Inklusion und Demokratie.  Welche Reformideen und erfahrungen sind positiv?  Welche Konzepte sind Irrwege?  Beitraege und Kritik sind willkommen, bitte schreiben Sie unter mailto:reform-l@zeit.de An- und Abmeldungen bis auf weiteres unter <http://www.ZEIT.de/tag/newsletter/reformwerkstatt.html>.   Interessante Debatten finden Sie auch unter <http://www.ZEIT.de/tag/debatte.html>

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