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Criminal Law

Samuel C.P. Baldwin, Jr. and Troy C. Hansen are recognized throughout Southern Maryland as experienced and competent litigators and are respected by the area’s legal community. Baldwin & Briscoe, P.C. has a full service criminal defense practice and has successfully represented clients accused of committing offenses in the following areas:

 

Support  Groups

Mothers Against Drunk Driving - A renown group dedicated to the prevention of drunk driving and support victims of this crime.

 

Organizations

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences - A group of college professors devoted to the study of criminal justice issues

American Bar Association (Criminal Justice Section)- Responsible for the American Bar Association’s work on solutions to issues involving crime, criminal law, and the administration of criminal and juvenile justice. The Section plays an active leadership role in bringing the views of the ABA to the attention of federal and state courts, Congress, and other federal and state judicial, legislative, and executive policy-making bodies. The Section also serves as a resource to its members on issues in the forefront of change in the criminal justice arena.

American Council for Drug Education - A substance abuse prevention and education agency that develops programs and materials based on the most current scientific research on drug use and its impact on society.

American Society of Criminology - An international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

Bureau of Justice Assistance - Supports law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment, victim services, technology, and prevention initiatives that strengthen the nation’s criminal justice system.

Bureau of Justice Statistics - To collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.

Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice - CJCJ’s juvenile justice teams serve youth in the following phases of the juvenile justice process: Pre-adjudication, Adjudication, Post-disposition, and Parole and Reentry.

Children’s Defense Fund - Ensure every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start and a moral start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants - Organization that believes that prisons should be used only for those who absolutely must be incarcerated and that those who are incarcerated should have all of the resources they need to turn their lives around. We also believe that human rights documents provide a sound basis for ensuring that criminal justice systems meet these goals.

Criminal Justice Policy Foundation - A private, non-profit educational organization that promotes solutions to the problems facing the criminal justice system.

International Association of Chiefs of Police - World’s oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 20,000 members in over 89 different countries. IACP’s leadership consists of the operating chief executives of international, federal, state and local agencies of all sizes.

National Criminal Justice Association - The NCJA is a national voice in shaping and implementing criminal justice policy since its founding in 1971.

National Institute of Corrections - “The National Institute of Corrections is a center of learning, innovation and leadership that shapes and advances effective correctional practice and public policy.”

National Organization for Victim Assistance - The National Organization for Victim Assistance is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization of victim and witness assistance programs and practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental health professionals, researchers, former victims and survivors, and others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim rights and services.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention -  The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.

Office of National Drug Control Policy - The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation’s drug control program. The goals of the program are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences.

 

Articles/What’s New?

Rand Corporation - The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

RAND focuses on the issues that matter most such as health, education, national security, international affairs, law and business, the environment, and more. With a research staff consisting of some of the world’s preeminent minds, RAND has been expanding the boundaries of human knowledge for more than 60 years.