Criminal Justice
This guide provides access to criminal justice library resources.
United States Federal and State Statistics
- Bureau of Justice StatisticsOpening page provides a short list of subjects from which more specific and detailed information can be determined. Each section is uniquely organized, but covers information about abstracts, data collections, summary finding, index of available files, list of related sites. This Bureau is the United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation. Uniform Crime ReportsInformation collected from approximately 17,000 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. Characteristics, elements, volume, diversity and complexity of reported crime.
- Florida Department of Law EnforcementCrime statistics, publications, and more.
- ICSPR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ResearchEstablished in 1962, ICPSR is the world's largest archive of digital social science data. We acquire, preserve, and distribute original research data.
- National Archive of Criminal Justice DataSponsored by a number of government agencies to preserve and share data resources. Categorized by subject. Allows keyword searches.
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Research & StatisticsOJJDP uses the latest tools and resources to disseminate juvenile justice data, statistics, and research findings and make these findings more accessible and applicable to local needs and issues.
- Statistical Abstract of the United StatesThe Statistical Abstract of the United States, published from 1878 to 2012, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
- United States Census BureauNews, data tools, publications, and more published by the US Census Bureau.
International Online Resources
- UN Office on Drugs and CrimeNews, publications, reports, statistics, and more.
- EurostatEurostat is the statistical office of the European Union and provides high quality statistics and data on Europe.
Additional Online Resources & Reports
- Bureau of Justice Assistance"BJA supports law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment, victim services, technology, and prevention initiatives that strengthen the nation’s criminal justice system. BJA provides leadership, services, and funding to America’s communities."
- Crime SolutionsA central, reliable resource to help practitioners and policymakers understand what works in justice-related programs and practices.
- Death Penalty Information CenterAnalysis and information on issues regarding death penalty with links to problems on cost, racial disparity, trends in capital punishment, executions and individual state information.
- Internet Crime Complaint CenterAn easy-to-use site for reporting cyber crime. Serves as a central agency by federal, state, local and international law enforcements to receive any cyber crime complaints. A partner of the FBI.
- MunicodeOver 2,900 municipal codes spread throughout all 50 states.
- NamUsNamUs provides technology, forensic services, and investigative support to resolve missing person and unidentified remains cases.
- Office of Justice Programs"Works in partnership with the justice community to identify the most pressing crime-related challenges confronting the justice system and to provide information, training, coordination, and innovative strategies and approaches for addressing these challenges."
- United States Department of JusticeThe world's largest law office and the central agency for enforcement of federal laws.
- United States Sentencing CommissionAn independent agency in the Judicial Branch of government. Serves as an information resource for Congress, focusing on sentencing policies and guidelines. Has links to statistics and commissions by state.