Buffalo Criminal Law Center - Criminal Law Resources on the Internet

Buffalo Criminal Law Center

Criminal Law Resources on the Internet

Introductory Note: This page provides on-line access to criminal law materials from the United States and throughout the world, including, among other things, criminal codes, criminal procedure codes, and enforcement codes. For a dynamic website integrating these materials into a comprehensive and systematic collection of interconnected annotated codes, court opinions, and commentary, go to the Penal Law Web. For a web digest of New York criminal law, click here.

Argentina

Penal Code

Penal Procedure Code

Australia

Model Criminal Code

Commonwealth Criminal Code Act (1995)

Crimes Act (New South Wales)

Austria

Penal Code

Prosecutors' Law

Bolivia

Penal Code

Canada

Criminal Code (Department of Justice of Canada)

Chile

Penal Procedure Code

Colombia

Penal Code

Finland

Penal Code

France

Penal Code

Penal Code (in English)

Code of Criminal Procedure

Code of Criminal Procedure (in English)

Germany

Penal Code (StGB) (in German)

alternate site

alternate site (partial)

Code of Penal Procedure (StPO) (in German)

Enforcement Code (StVollzG) (in German)

Penal Code (in English (1987))

Penal Code (German-English version)

Penal Code (in English (Oxford Comp. L. Soc'y; HTML))

Code of Penal Procedure (StPO) (in English (Oxford Comp. L. Soc'y; HTML))

Transgressions Law (OWiG) (in German)

Federal Legislative Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt)

Criminal Law in the German Supreme Court (alternate site (HRR-Strafrecht)

Selected Court Opinions (English)

Federal Department of Justice (Bundesministerium der Justiz)

Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Penal Law

Bibliography of English language publications on German criminal law

Juristisches Internetprojekt Saarbrücken

Israel

Penal Law

Plea Bargaining Reform Bill

Italy

Penal Code

Mexico

Federal Penal Code (Codigo Penal Federal)

Federal Penal Procedure Code (Codigo Federal de Procedimientos Penales)

Nigeria

Criminal Code
Shari'ah Penal Code (Zamfara State of Nigeria)

Puerto Rico

Penal Code

Spain

Penal Code (recent amendments)

Sweden

Penal Code (English) (from Swedish Ministry of Justice)

Switzerland

Penal Code (German, French, Italian) (Swiss Government Site)

Tunisia

Penal Code

Penal Procedure Code (Code de Procedure Penale)

United States

Federal Materials

Code of Criminal Law & Criminal Procedure (Title 18, United States Code)

Proposed New Federal Criminal Code (1971)

U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

Federal Rules of Evidence

Federal Guidelines for Searching & Seizing Computers

Uniform Code of Military Justice (Title 10, Chapter 47, United States Code)

U.S. Congress

Senate

House of Representatives

Information on Federal Legislation

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (overview)

U.S. Sentencing Commission

Reports to Congress, including reports on cocaine and federal sentencing policies

U.S. Courts

Supreme Court (Criminal Cases)

U.S. Department of Justice

Bureau of Justice Statistics (Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics)

Justice Information Center

National Institute of Justice

State Materials


Criminal Codes • Alabama • Alaska (ti. 11) • California • Delaware (ti. 11) • District of Columbia (ti. 22) • Florida (ti. XLVI) • Idaho • Indiana • Iowa (subtitle 1) • Kansas (ch. 21) • Kentucky (Ti. XL & L) • Maine Crimes (Ti 17) Maine Criminal Code (Ti 17-A) • Maryland (art. 27) • Massachusetts • Minnesota • Mississippi (ti. 97) • Missouri • Montana • Nevada (ti. 15) • New Hampshire • New Mexico (ch. 30) • New York Penal Law (annotated) Non-Penal Law Penal Law (NYS Assembly) • North Carolina • Ohio • Oklahoma (ti. 21) • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Dakota (ti. 22) • Tennessee (ti. 39) • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia (ch. 61) • Wisconsin Criminal Code (chs. 938-951) • Wyoming	Criminal Procedure Codes • Alabama • Alaska (ti. 12) • California (pt. 2) • Delaware (ti. 11, pt. II-III) • District of Columbia (ti. 23) • Florida (ti. XLVII) • Idaho • Indiana • Iowa (subtitle 2) • Kansas(ch. 22) • Kentucky • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Minnesota • Mississippi (ti. 99) • Missouri • Montana • Nevada (ti. 14) • New Hampshire • New Mexico (ch. 31) • New York Criminal Procedure Penal Law (NYS Assembly) • North Carolina (chs. 15, 15A, 15B) • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Dakota (ti. 23A) • Tennessee (ti. 40) • Texas • Utah • Vermont (ti. 13) • Virginia • Washington • Wisconsin (chs. 967-980) • Wyoming	Enforcement Codes • Alabama • Alaska (ti. 33) • California (pt. 3) • Delaware (ti. 11, pt. IV) • District of Columbia (ti. 24) • Florida (ti. XLVII) • Idaho • Indiana • Iowa (subtitle 3) • Kentucky (Title XL, chs. 439, 441) • Maine • Massachusetts • Michigan Department of Corrections Corrections Prisons Jails & Workhouses Houses of Correction Youth Training & Rehabilitation Girls' Training Schools • Minnesota • Mississippi (ti. 47) • Missouri • Montana (Law Enforcement) • Nevada (ti. 16) • New Mexico (ch. 33) • New York Corrections Law (NYS Assembly) • North Carolina • Rhode Island • South Carolina Law Enforcement Corrections • South Dakota Law Enforcement (ti. 23) Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole (ti. 24) • Tennessee Prevention and Detection of Offenses (ti. 38) Correctional Institutions and Inmates (ti. 41) • Virginia • Wisconsin Police (chs. 164-177) Corrections (chs. 301-304)