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General
The American Correctional Association (ACA) serves as the umbrella organization for all areas of corrections. The ACA is made up of 78 chapters including federal, state and military correctional facilities and prisons, county jails and detention centers. Along with providing expertise the American Correctional Association has created its own standards.
The American Jail Association (AJA) is dedicated to banding together all those concerned with or interested in the custody and care of persons awaiting trial, serving sentences, or otherwise locally confined; to improve the conditions and systems under which such persons are detained; advancing professionalism through training, information exchange, technical assistance, publications, and conferences; providing leadership in the development of professional standards, pertinent legislation, management practices, programs, and services; and presenting and advancing the interests, needs, concerns, and proficiency of the profession as deemed appropriate by the membership and their representatives.
The American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) is an international association composed of individuals from the United States and Canada actively involved with probation, parole and community-based corrections, in both adult and juvenile sectors. All levels of government including local, state/provincial, legislative, executive, judicial, and federal agencies are counted among its constituents. By taking the initiative, APPA has grown to become the voice for thousands of probation and parole practitioners including line staff, supervisors and administrators. Educators, volunteers and concerned citizens with an interest in criminal and juvenile justice are also among APPA's members. APPA will continue to effectively provide services to its constituents. The association represents a strong, unified voice for the field of community corrections.
Columbia University's Center for Violence Research and Prevention conducts and disseminates research on the causes and control of interpersonal violence. Through a diversified program of both basic and applied research, the Center's staff and associates work closely with, and are a resource to, researchers, clinicians, public and private agencies, and community organizations whose work addresses pressing violence problems.
The Council of State Governments' Public Safety & Justice Group provides policymakers across the country with research, information and policy options on today's most salient corrections and public safety issues. The Group staffs and coordinates the policy agenda for the CSG National Public Safety/Justice Task Force, a guiding body of public and private policy leaders that identify critical issues and priorities for states and provide a multi-branch public/private forum to discuss solutions for today's complex public policy problems. The Group also facilitates multi-state collaborative efforts, such as the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision and the Interstate Compact for Juveniles.
The National Association of Counties (NACO) is the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States. The NACO provides services including legislative, research and technical and public affairs assistance to its members. NACO works to improve public understanding of counties, serves as a national advocate for counties and provides them with resources to help find innovative methods to meet challenges. They maintain a web page dedicated to Justice and Public Safety issues.
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the improvement of justice. It’s mission is to provide leadership and assistance to the state courts.
The National Conference of State Legislatures maintains an area covering Criminal Justice issues.
The National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation's governors. NGA provides governors and their senior staff members with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key federal issues to developing policy reports on innovative state programs and hosting networking seminars for state government executive branch officials. The NGA Center for Best Practices focuses on state innovations and best practices on issues that range from education and health to Criminal Justice, Technology, Welfare Reform, and the Environment.
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is an agency within the Department of Justice. NIC provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to Federal, State, and local correctional agencies.
The National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) works to raise the level of professionalism among those in the criminal justice field through training and information. A key goal of NSA is to create interagency relationships between local, state and federal criminal justice agencies.
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) was created to provide federal leadership in developing the nation’s capacity to prevent and control crime, improve the criminal and juvenile justice systems, increase knowledge about crime and related issues and assist crime victims.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) supports the delivery of high quality training and technical assistance to the juvenile justice field.
Suicide Prevention and Counseling
Federal Occupational Health's Law Enforcement Assistance Program is designed to meet the particular needs of Law Enforcement personnel and their families, recognizing the unique occupational stressors to which they are frequently exposed.
The purpose of the National P.O.L.I.C.E. Suicide Foundation is to provide suicide awareness and prevention training programs and support services that will meet the psychological and spiritual needs of emergency workers and their families providing suicide related counseling and support for families and officers ( including law enforcement, paramedics, IRS agents, fireman and other emergency workers), provide encouragement and hope to families of suicide victims by helping them to understand and deal with their anger and guilt, provide educational seminars to educate the general public and government employees on suicide awareness, and provide a network of communication among suicide survivors.
Tears of a Cop (TOAC) is an "information-only" website providing reference and educational knowledge, with proper credits.

Part of Tears of a Cop, Survivors of Law Enforcement Suicide (SOLES) focuses on survivor issues. A Chat site is provided.
Training
The National Institutes of Corrections training resources featured on this web page can be accessed online in full-text. Titles may include facilitator and participant manuals, lesson plans, handouts, exercises, and/or overheads. Selected items are also available on CD-ROM. Also, many other NIC training resources are available in paper, videotape, and Internet streaming video formats.
African American Organizations
The National Black Police Association is a nationwide organization of African American Police Associations dedicated to the promotion of justice, fairness, and effectiveness in law enforcement.
The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives' mission is to ensure equity in the administration of justice in the provision of public service to all communities, and to serve as the conscience of law enforcement by being committed to justice by action.
Asian Organizations
The National Asian Peace Officers Association (NAPOA) fosters the development of professional and fraternal relationships within the Asian Pacific law enforcement communities throughout the United States. The goals of the association include promoting equal opportunity in the recruitment, professional development, and advancement of Asians in the law enforcement profession, as well as preserving and protecting the rights and opportunities of Asians in their respective agencies. The site includes links to regional organizations.
First People/Native American/Eskimo Organizations
The National Native American Law Enforcement Association (NNALEA) promotes and fosters mutual cooperation between American Indian Law Enforcement Officers/Agents/Personnel, their agencies, tribes, private industry and public.
Latino/a Organizations
The Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association (HAPCOA) is composed of command-level officers from local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and continues to provide yearly national conferences for training, networking, and establishing relationships and partnerships within the law enforcement profession.
The goal of the National Latino Peace Officers Association (NLPOA) is to promote equality and professionalism in law enforcement. The objectives of the organization are to create a professional association that provides its members and members of the community with career training; conferences and work shops to promote education, and career advancement; mentoring; and a strong commitment to community service. NLPOA maintains an academic scholarship program and continues to develop and operate community based programs aimed at preventing and reducing juvenile delinquency. NLPOA members also work at reducing neighborhood tensions through awareness programs and role model programs.
Women's Organizations
The International Association of Women Police strives to ensure equity for women in the criminal justice field.
The National Center for Women & Policing (NCWP), promotes increasing the numbers of women at all ranks of law enforcement as a strategy to improve police response to violence against women, reduce police brutality and excessive force, and strengthen community policing reforms.
Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) is an organization of women and men who work together to foster awareness of the value that women bring to law enforcement.