General Resources: Professional Organizations

American Correctional Association
4380 Forbes Boulevard, Lanham, MD 20706-4322
(800) 222-5646
www.corrections.com/aca/
The American Correctional Association is a multi-disciplinary organization of professionals representing all facets of corrections and criminal justice.

American Probation and Parole Association
P.O. Box 11910, Lexington, KY 40578
(606) 244-8203, Fax: (606) 244-8001
www.appa-net.org/
The American Probation and Parole Association is an international association composed of individuals actively involved with probation, parole and community-based corrections.

The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
1622 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 621-5661, Fax: (415) 621-5466
www.cjcj.org/
A private nonprofit organization whose mission is to reduce society's reliance on the use of incarceration as a solution to social problems.

Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)
1410 Donelson Pike A-17, Nashville, TN 37217
(615) 399-0900
www.grandlodgefop.org/
The Fraternal Order of Police is the world's largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers, with more than two thousand lodges and over 294,000 members.

International Association of Chiefs of Police
Publishers of The Police Chief
515 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314-2357
703-836-6767
The International Association of Chiefs of Police is the world's oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 19,000 members in over 100 different countries.

International Corrections and Prisons Association
340 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P9 Canada
(613) 943-3058, Fax: (613) 943-7844
The International Corrections and Prisons Association provides a forum for criminal justice professionals to join in a dialogue and to share ideas and practices aimed at advancing professional corrections.

The National Association of Drug Court Professionals
901 N. Pitt St., Suite 370, Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 706-0576, Fax: (703) 706-0577
www.nadcp.org/
The National Association of Drug Court Professionals seeks to reduce substance abuse, crime and recidivism by promoting and advocating for the establishment and funding of Drug Courts and providing for collection and dissemination of information, technical assistance, and mutual support to association members.

National Criminal Justice Association
444 North Capitol St., NW, Suite 618, Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 624-1440, Fax: (202) 508-3859
www.ncja.org/
The National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) exists to foster the development of criminal justice systems in the states and units of local government that enhance public safety; that prevent and reduce the harmful effects of criminal behavior on individuals and communities; that adjudicate defendants and sanction offenders fairly and justly; and that use their resources effectively and efficiently.

National Crime Prevention Council
1700 K Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20006-3817
(202) 466-6272, Fax: (202) 296-1356
www.ncpc.org/
The National Crime Prevention Council is a national nonprofit educational organization that serves as the nation's focal point and voice for crime prevention, a source of help for individuals, neighborhoods, communities, and governments. (They are also the McGruff people.)

National District Attorneys Association
99 Canal Center Plaza, Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 549-9222, FAX: (703) 836-3195
www.ndaa.org/index.html
The National District Attorneys Association was created to be the voice of America's prosecutors and to support their efforts to protect the rights and safety of the people.

National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
6001 Executive Blvd., Room 5213, Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 443-1124
www.nida.nih.gov/
NIDA's mission is to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.

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

U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530-0001
www.usdoj.gov/

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