http://www.800padutch.com/amish.shtml - Describes Amish subculture
http://members.aol.com/maggyblu/rocky1.htm - Sociological study of the subculture of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
http://www.otal.umd.edu/~rccs/intro.html - New subculture in the making, cyberculture

Socialization
http://www.beritsbest.com/SeriousStuff/Health/index.shtml - Addresses issues of child and health care
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/ - Consortium for children, youth, and family well-being
http://www.kidpower.org/ - Helps children and teens empower themselves at school and in their neighborhoods
http://www.hud.gov/kids/ - Helping children become good citizens

Reports on media and development:

http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Media/effects.html

http://www.yesintl.com/title2.htm - International youth connections
yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Children/ - More links related to children

Deviance

Sociological theories and perspectives on deviance:

http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/crime/crim.htm
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/5889/index.htm
http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/crime/devmap.htm - Deviance map

Sexuality
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/sex/ - History of sexuality
http://www.ilga.org/ - International Lesbian and Gay Association
http://www.feminist.com/repro.htm - Women, Feminism, and Sexuality (including many links to sites dealing with sexual, gay/lesbian, and reproductive issues.)
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/ssss/ - Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/ - Kinsey Institute
http://www.agi-usa.org/ - Allen Gutmacher Institute for the latest statistics, research, and information on procreation, contraception, and abortion

Discussion of and information on Transgender issues and the intersexed:

http://www.ifge.org/
http://www.gendersanity.com/index.shtml
http://www.transfeminism.org/

Websites on Gay Rights:

http://ffq.qc.ca/marche2000/en/di_lesbi/index.html - Information document on the rights of lesbians
http://www.iglhrc.org/ - International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

Sites dealing with violence against women and children, rape, and sexual harrassment:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/about.htm
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/index.html
http://www.rainn.org/

Information on sexual issues:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/SEXPLORATIONH_Front.asp - Advice on Sexual Issues

Sexual health:

http://www.sexhealth.org/
http://www.siecus.org/pubs/biblio/bibs0009.html - For general sex education and sex and disability, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.

Social Stratification

Information on the economy:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html - Economic indicators
http://www.dol.gov/ - Department of Labor
http://www.federalreserve.gov/ - Federal Reserve Board
http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/ - U.S. Budget Figures
http://www.cbo.gov/ - Congressional Budget Office
http://www.census.gov/ - SES Indicators
http://stats.bls.gov/ - Work force statistics
http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm - Employment data
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/poverty.htm - Poverty guidelines, research, and measurement
http://www.census.gov/ - Statistics on teh economic health of families

Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Minorities

Links for resources on race and ethnicity:

http://www.mosaicweb.vom/interrac.htm
http://eserver.org/race/default.html

Immigration:

http://library.thinquest.org/26786/en/home/help.php3
http://www.ercomer.org/wwwvl/ - WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Issues
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/ - Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)

Living in a Multicultural Society:

http://racerelations.about.com/newsissues/

Teaching About Diversity:

http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-21926,00.html

On racial stereotypes in the media:

media-awareness.ca/eng/issues/minrep/getinvolved/kidtalk.htm

On reducing prejudice and discrimination:

http://www.hatewatch.org/
http://www.adl.org/

Native American websites:

http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html
http://www.nativeweb.org/
http://www.doi.gov/ - Department of Interior - Access Restricted in Compliance with court order.

African Americans:

http://www.africana.com/
http://www.blackplanet.com/
http://www.blackfacts.com/
http://www.asalh.com/ - Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/ - Africans in America

Asian Americans:

http://www.AsianAvenue.com/
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/irie/aar/
http://www.seacaef.org/
http://asiapacificuniverse.com/

Latinos:

http://www.latino.com/
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ecuapita/latam.html
http://www.latinworld.com/index.html

Middle Easterners:

http://www.peachnet.edu/galileo/internet/area/mideast.html

Gendered Inequality
http://www.socwomen.org - Sociologists for Women in Society

Women in Politics:

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/
http://www.ipu.org/iss-e/women.htm

Women in Business:

http://www.catalystwomen.org/

Global Activism:

http://www.womenswire.net/
http://www.isp.msu.edu/WID/

Men's Issues:

http://www.nomas.org/ - NOMAS: National Organization for Men Against Sexism

Mating and Marrying

Household Statistics:

http://www.census.gov/

Latino Families:

http://www.elclick.com/

Asian-American Families:

http://www.cacf.org/

African-American Families:

http://www.blackparenting.com/

Family Violence:

http://www.famvi.com/
http://www.silcom.com/~paladin/madv/

Divorce:

http://www.divorcenet.com/

Children and Divorce:

missouri.edu/xplor/hesguide/humanrel/gh6600.htm

http://www.iglhrc.org/news/factsheets/marriage_981103.html - Worldwide summary on domestic partnerships, cohabiting, and marriage

Cohabiting:

http://hometown.aol.com/cohabiting/

Domestic Partnerships:

cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/scotts/domestic-partners/mainpage.html
http://www.aclu.org/issues/gay/dpmodel.html

http://thomas.loc.gov/ - Locate the full text of the Defense of Marriage Act

Resources for Single Parents:

http://www.singlemoms.org/

Economic Factors
http://www.dol.gov - Information on job growth at the Department of Labor
http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm - Employment Statistics

Organized Labor:

http://www.aflcio.org/ - AFL-CIO
http://www.ilo.org - International Labor Organization

Women and Labor Unions:

http://www.aflcio.org/women/

Affirmative Action Facts and Myths:

http://www.feminist.org/other/ccri/aafact_menu.html

Gender Diversity in the Work Place:

http://www.analytictech.com/mb021/gender.htm

Women and Minority-owned Business Information:

http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/1992/

Corporate Welfare:

http://www.corporations.org/welfare/

Corporate Culture:

http://www.ibm.com/employment/us/ - IBM's employment website

Corporate Philanthropy:

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Power, Politics, and the Military

Various Governmental Forms:

http://socialist.org/base.html - Democratic socialism

American Civil Liberties Union:

http://www.aclu.org/ - Information on first amendment rights

Censorship:

http://www.ala.org/bbooks/
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html

Voting:

http://www.fairvote.org

Political Action Committees (PAC's):

http://www.commoncause.org/ - Common Cause - PAC Watchdog
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/ - PAC political campaign donations

Election Information:

http://www.dnet.org/ - The Democracy Network, run by the League of Women Voters

Gender Gap in Voting:

http://www.feminist.org/research/report/84_seven.html
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Book_Excerpts/PowerElite.html - C. Wright Mills' The Power Elite

United States Military Websites:

http://www.defenselink.mil/ - Department of Defense

American Military Forces:

http://www.army.mil/ - The Army
http://www.usafa.af.mil/ - The Air Force
http://www.navy.mil/ - The Navy
http://www.usmc.mil/ - The Marines
http://www.cga.edu/ - The Coast Guard

Military Families:

http://www.nmfa.org/ - Resources

Racial/Ethnic Groups and The Military:

http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/integrate/CHRON1.html
http://www.mosaicweb.com/afric_military.htm

Women in the Military:

http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/women/womtoc.htm
http://www.gendergap.com/military.htm
http://www.minervacenter.com/

Gays in the Military:

http://www.sldn.org/templates/press/index.html?section=3
http://members.aol.com/co501boy/BGL.htm
http://www.california.com/~rathbone/links001.htm

Sexual Harassment in the Military:

http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/sex/haras.htm

Military Industrial Complex:

http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/papers/micr/

Educational Systems

General Education Informational Sites:

http://www.ed.gov/ - Department of Education
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education.html - Data from the census
http://www.aera.net/ - The American Educational Research Association
http://www.nea.org/ - National Education Association
http://www.usstudents.org - The United States Student Association
http://www.edweek.org/ - Educational policy in national and local news

http://www.ncpie.org/ - National Coalition for Parental Involvement in Education
http://edreform.com/ - Center for Educational Reform

School Vouchers:

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/church-state/vouchers.html

Home Schooling:

http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/researchresources/
http://www.n-h-a.org/

Gender and Education:

http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/ge/ - Gender equity in sports and Title IX

Race and Education:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/economics/ - Blacks in higher education

Testing:

http://www.ets.org/ - The Educational Testing Service which administers S.A.T.s

Cooperative Learning:

http://www.clcrc.com/

Higher Education:

http://www.chronicle.com/ - Chronicle of Higher Education
http://www.acenet.edu/ - American Council on Education

Community Colleges:

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc/
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/

Open Admissions:

http://www.soc.qc.edu/ufs/Lavin.htm - Study on open admissions and consequences for ending it

Affirmative Action:

http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/EOP/OP/html/aa/aa-index.html - Report to President Clinton on Affirmative Action

http://www.usdla.org/ - Site promoting distance learning K-12 and in higher education

Religious Institutions

Religious Traditions:

http://home.about.com/religion/index.htm?PM=59_0239_T
http://www.edunet.ie/resources/religion.html - Data and statistics on membership in world religious traditions
http://www.vatican.va/ - The Vatican
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/english.html - World Council of Churches
http://www.religion-online.org/ - Access to hundreds of sacred texts

http://www.mothergoddess.com/ - Site on early earth goddess religions
http://www.arda.tm/ - Archive for studying American religion
http://www.religionnews.com/ - Religion news service

African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and African Religious Traditions:

http://afroamculture.about.com/culture/afroamculture/msub23.htm

http://www.promisekeepers.org/ - The Promise Keepers
http://www.americanhumanist.org - American Humanist Association
http://www.secularhumanism.org/ - Council for Secular Humanism

Women and Religion:

http://www.academicinfo.net/religwom.html
http://www.newvision-psychic.com/bookshelf/womenspirit.html - Extensive bibliography on women and religion

Wicca:

http://www.cog.org/

Unification Church:

http://unification.org/

Scientology:

http://www.scientology.org/

New Age Religions:

http://members.aol.com/theloego/welcome/index.html

Religious Tolerance:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/welcome.htm#new - Unbiased information about religion and religious groups

Criminal Justice System

Crime Theories:

http://www.crimetheory.com/

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/5889/index.htm
http://www.asc41.com/ - American Society of Criminology
http://www.crime.org/ - Shows how to access and use crime statistics

http://www.fbi.gov/ - Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm - Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ - U.S. Department of Justice statistics
http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/crimedev.html - More links, organizations, and journals
http://www.ncjrs.org/ - National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/gunlaw.htm - A guide to federal and state gun laws
http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/prisons/wom93 - Justice Department report on female criminals and women in prison
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wopris.htm - ibid.
http://www.nccd-crc.org/ - National Center on Crime and Deliquency reports on juvenile crime

Organized Crime:

american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/hpages/crime/text3.htm - Consequences of global organized crime
http://www.dso.com/ - Department of Defense, access to information on international organized crim and the drug trade

http://www.iir.com/nwccc.htm - National White Collar Crime Center provides information, statistics, and advice on prevention of white-collar crime

Drugs:

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/ - Partnership for a Drug-Free America
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDAHome1.html - National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.drugsense.org/ - DrugSense : Drug Policy Reform
http://www.csdp.org/ - Common Sense for Drug Policy

Police and Policing Issues:

http://www.officer.com/
http://police.sas.ab.ca/
http://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal/bustcardtext.html - Information on abuse by private police
http://www.leolinks.com/ - Directory of law enforcement sites

http://www.uscourts.gov/ - U.S. Court System

Prison Conditions:

http://www.bop.gov/
http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/prisons/
http://www.prisonactivist.org/
http://www.cjlf.org/
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/

Health, Illness, and the Delivery of Care
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm - Epidemiological statistics
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/health.html

Gender and Mortality Rates:

http://www.4woman.gov/

Minority Health:

http://www.omhrc.gov/
http://www.afroamerhealthdata.com/vital.html - Statistics on African-American population, health, and mortality rates

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