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Professional Associations

Statistics

Topics and Issues in Sociology

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Professional Associations
American Sociological Association
International Sociological Association
The Society for Applied Sociology
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Statistics Historical Census Browser (University of Virginia) -- "The data presented here describe the population and economy of the U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960"
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Institutes of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Environmental Protection Agency
FedStats

International Information:
CIA: The World Fact Book -- Includes information on the geography, people, economy, communication, transportation, military, transnational issues, and governments of the countries of the world. Government information includes constitutions, national holidays, political parties and leaders, diplomatic representatives in the U.S. and from the U.S. Maps with main cities are included along with the flag of the country in color.
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Topics and Issues in Sociology

General Sites
Child Welfare Information Gateway (Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information)
MLA’s Map of Languages in the United States

Crime and Delinquency
Identity Theft (online pamphlet from the US Dept of Justice-COPS)
Bureau of Justice Statistics' Drugs and Crime page
Center for Substance Abuse Research
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
FBI -- includes access to the Uniform Crime Reports
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Marriage and Family
Yahoo's History of Marriage links
Marriage & Family Processes -- created by Dr. Michael Kearl, Professor & Chair, Trinity University Department of Sociology

Religion
The Sociological Study of Religion (Hartford Seminary, Hartford Institute for Religion Research)