search | site map | contact



CRFC Publications

Online Publications
Print Publications
Publications from the Constitutional Rights Foundation in Los Angeles
CRFC Publications Order Form (PDF)

For more information, e-mail crfc@crfc.org , or call 1-800-801-9933.



Online Publications




Giving Back: A Community Service-Learning Manual for Youth Courts

The number of Youth Courts - also known as teen or student courts - continues to grow across the country. Community service is one of the most used sentencing alternatives for these courts. Quality community service learning resources are important to help address the goals of the balanced and restorative justice movement and the educational needs of the youthful offender. To meet this need, CRFC has developed a community service learning manual providing adaptable examples to meet a variety of sentencing and learning needs.



Chicago Directory of Law-Related Education Resources [145K]
Print edition: $2.50 each
Third Edition
An essential teacher's guide to locating materials, speakers, and field experiences for the teaching of law-related education. This 60-page publication lists over 130 organizations and their law-related areas of expertise. The book also includes reference pages for field experiences and the effective use of community resource people. Publication supported by the Chicago Bar Association.


Legal Circle - CRFC Newsletter, available in pdf format online.


Trainers Times - LRE oriented semi-annual newsletter, available in pdf format online.



Print Publications

Violence-prevention Outcomes in Civic Education (VOICE)
$20.00 Each
VOICE combines law education, peer mediation and service learning to educate 4th grade through middle school students about our democratic government and offers ways to resolve conflicts peacefully. The curriculum features over 50 lessons designed to increase academic achievement, foster peaceful resolution of conflict, and spark community service.

Primary VOICE: Literature and the Law
$20.00 Each
Primary VOICE is an innovative primary grades social studies curriculum that incorporates conflict resolution, law-related education, and service learning while promoting critical readings skills. Using children's literature, the twelve lesson curriculum introduces students to the concept of governance, develops their understanding of responsibility, focuses them on conflict resolution, and engages them in a service learning project.

Set of VOICE and Primary VOICE: $35.00


It’s Yours: The Bill of Rights
Student Edition: $3.00 each
Teacher Edition: $5.00 each
Eight units of interactive lessons on U.S. government and the Bill of Rights, focusing on the structure of U.S. government and on the rights of free speech, equal protection, religion, and the rights of the accused. A great case study resource for the classroom, this 112-page text applies the Bill of Rights to situations from everyday life. The teacher’s guide provides instructions for structuring lessons and for the effective use of community resource people in the classroom.

Jefferson Foundation Materials
Class set of 35 booklets: $10.00
Six student booklets ideal for class/community forums on a variety of proposals that would change the structure of the Constitution. Should the federal judiciary be elected? Should there be term limits for Congress? Should the President be limited to a single six-year term? Should we directly elect the President? Should we change the way campaigns are financed? Should a national process for initiatives and referenda be established?

Service Learning and the Social Studies
$1.00 each
A 12-page introduction educators to a model of service learning which emphasizes the exploration of public policy as it relates to social issues in the community. It includes a step-by-step process for implementing service learning, reproducible handouts, and resource lists for additional assistance. Designed for use with high school students, it can be adapted for upper middle school students as well.

Working Together: We the People
$12.95 each
Five copies or more: $11.95 each
Fifteen simple lessons to bring the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights to life. Designed to introduce law and citizenship into U.S. history and government courses, the text helps students understand democratic principles and how these principles related to their daily lives. Students explore issues such as handgun control, civil law, police-community relations, and juvenile justice. Each lesson includes discussion questions, motivational strategies, and interactive role-plays. The use of outside resource persons is encouraged to provide realism and positive role models.

Working Together: Lessons in Justice
$12.50 each
Five copies or more: $11.50 each
Interactive lessons on law and citizenship for grades 5-9. Organized to fit into a U.S. history curriculum, lessons focus on subjects such as the American Revolution, the Old West, civil rights, and the three branches of government. Lessons stress cooperative learning and critical thinking, and are strengthened when used with a resource person. Each include suggestions on resource persons.



Publications from the Constitutional Rights Foundation in Los Angeles.

For more information on these publications, visit the CRF-LA publications site.


The Challenge of Violence
The Challenge of Information
The Challenge of Diversity
The Challenge of Governance
Each 72-page volume in the Challenge series addresses key challenges facing the American democratic and pluralistic republic under the framework of the Constitution and its Bill of Rights through concise readings, discussion questions, and classroom activities.

Youth and Police
Educate students about the law, improve police-community relations, and involve middle-school youth in service learning activities to improve public safety.

Criminal Justice in America
The most comprehensive secondary text on criminal law, procedure, and criminology. Features up-to-date statistics, expanded case studies, and newly revised readings.




Last updated: February 15, 2007

Please forward all inquiries regarding the website to webmaster@crfc.org , or use the contact form . This website is provided courtesy of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago. Copyright 1998-2002.