Research Guides: Criminal Justice Research Guide: Statistical Sources

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National Online Resources

FBI Crime Data Explorer The FBI's Crime Data Explorer (CDE) aims to provide transparency, create easier access, and expand awareness of criminal, and noncriminal, law enforcement data sharing; improve accountability for law enforcement; and provide a foundation to help shape public policy with the result of a safer nation. Use the CDE to discover available data through visualizations, download data in .csv format, and other large data files.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics A collection of more than 100 published and unpublished sources regarding criminal justice topics in the United States.
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. The online version includes monthly updates to tables, deep searching at the line-item level, powerful facets for narrowing search results, image and spreadsheet versions of all current and historical tables, along with links to provider sites. Contains statistics related to: Population -- Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces -- Health and Nutrition -- Education -- Law Enforcement, Courts and Prisons -- Geography and Environment -- Elections -- State and Local Government Finances and Employment -- Federal Government Finances and Employment -- National Security and Veterans Affairs -- Social Insurance and Human Services -- Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings -- Income, Expenditures, Poverty and Wealth -- Prices, Business Enterprise -- Science and Technology -- Agriculture -- Forestry, Fishing and Mining -- Energy and Utilities -- Construction and Housing -- Manufactures -- Wholesale and Retail Trade -- Transportation -- Information and Communications -- Banking, Finance and Insurance -- Arts, Recreation and Travel -- Accommodation, Food Services and Other Services -- Foreign Commerce and Aid -- Puerto Rico and the Island Areas -- International Statistics.
Bureau of Justice Statistics All Data Analysis Tools Dynamic data analysis tool allows you to generate trend tables and figures of arrest data since 1980, including national arrest estimates and agency-level counts by offense, age, sex, and race.
Bureau of Justice Statistics A resource for information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the U.S.
National Crime Victimization Survey The Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the nation's primary source of information on criminal victimization. Each year, data are obtained from a nationally representative sample of about 240,000 interviews on criminal victimization, involving 160,000 unique persons in about 95,000 households. Persons are interviewed on the frequency, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. The NCVS collects information on nonfatal personal crimes (i.e., rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated and simple assault, and personal larceny) and household property crimes (i.e., burglary, motor vehicle theft, and other theft) both reported and not reported to police. Survey respondents provide information about themselves (e.g., age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, marital status, education level, and income) and whether they experienced a victimization. For each victimization incident, the NCVS collects information about the offender (e.g., age, race and Hispanic origin, sex, and victim-offender relationship), characteristics of the crime (e.g., time and place of occurrence, use of weapons, nature of injury, and economic consequences), whether the crime was reported to police, reasons the crime was or was not reported, and victim experiences with the criminal justice system.
Uniform Crime Reports from the F. B. I. A resource for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation.
U.S. Sentencing Commission Research and Statistics Resources that include sentencing statistics, impact assessments, retroactivity reports, surveys, and more.
Uniform Crime Reports: Publications The UCR Program consists of four data collections: The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the Summary Reporting System (SRS), the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program, and the Hate Crime Statistics Program. The UCR Program publishes annual reports for each of these data collections and a preliminary semiannual report of summary data each winter, as well as special compilations on cargo theft, human trafficking, and NIBRS topical studies.
Reports and Publications from the US Department of Justice Links to publications of US government agencies
Bureau of Prisons Inmate Statistics Weekly updates that provide a statistical snapshot of our inmates including age, citizenship, ethnicity, gender, offenses, safety, race, security assignments, and sentences imposed.
Bureau of Prisons Staff Statistics Weekly updates which provide insight into staff safety and diversity in the workplace.
Bureau of Prisons Population Statistics Weekly updates of the Bureau of Prisons' inmate population.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Statistics Information Access information about OJJDP research, evaluations, and statistics.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Statistical Briefing Book Easy-to-use tool for analyzing detailed statisticson juvenile population characteristics (age, gender, andrace/ethnicity) at the national, state, and county levels.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics 1985-2020 Tool developed to facilitate independent analysis of national estimates of delinquency cases processed by the nation's juvenile courts. With this application, users can perform unique analyses on the age, sex, and race of juveniles involved in these cases as well as the referral offense, the use of detention, adjudication and case disposition. Users can also view pre-formatted tables describing the demographic characteristics of youth involved in the juvenile justice system and how juvenile courts process these cases.
National Survey of Youth In Custody The National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC) is part of BJS's National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which gathers mandated data on the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault in juvenile facilities under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 as specified in PREA; P.L. 108-79. PREA requires a 10% sample of juvenile facilities to be listed by incidence of sexual assault. Data are collected directly from youth in a private setting using audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI) technology with a touchscreen laptop and an audio feed to maximize inmate confidentiality and minimize literacy issues.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data Archived information and data concerning criminal justice matters.

Justice Statistics : An Extended Look at Crime in the United States 2022 by Shana Hertz Justice Statistics: An Extended Look at Crime in the United States is a special edition of Crime in the United States. It brings together key reports that fall under this category. Topics covered include capital punishment, rape and sexual assault among college-age women, correctional populations, crime in the United States, hate crimes, probation, parole, human trafficking, and law enforcement officers killed and assaulted. Tables in this volume provide a comprehensive account of each of these subjects. Each section contains statistical tables and figures highlighting the data, as well as a brief summary of the report's methodology and at-a-glance highlights of the most compelling information. This completely updated volume provides valuable information compiled by the Department of Justice, including its subsidiaries, the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This publication includes more detailed information on the impact that COVID-19 had on law enforcement, incarceration, and the judiciary. Additionally, the section on capital punishment places more emphasis on the judicial process than on executions since capital punishment has been declining for two decades in the United States. Finally, a new ten-year report on recidivism of prisoners is included."--Publisher's description.
ISBN: 9781636710778

National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction

The collateral consequences of a criminal conviction—legal sanctions and restrictions imposed upon people because of their criminal record—are hard to find and harder to understand. Now it will be easier to do both. Congress directed the National Institute of Justice to collect and study collateral consequences in all U.S. jurisdictions, and NIJ selected the ABA Criminal Justice Section to perform the necessary research and analysis. The results are now being made available through this interactive tool. Description provided by the National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction

Texas-Specific Online Resources

Crime in Texas: Texas Department of Public Safety
UCR Overview - Texas Department of Public Safety The objective of the Uniform Crime Reporting program is to produce reliable crime statistics for law enforcement administration, operation, and management. This information is also available as a measure of the fluctuations in the type and volume of crime in Texas through the collection of data on the ten serious Index Crime Offenses.
Crime in Texas Portal The Texas UCR Program serves as the state repository for the collection of crime statistics and its primary objective is to generate reliable information for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management. As the Program has evolved and the demand for transparency has increased, so has the demand for the data compiled under this Program. Policy makers and members of public, including the media and academia, rely upon this data for information on the fluctuations in the level of crime from year to year in their communities and throughout the state. As Texas transitions UCR from the traditional Summary Report System (SRS) to the more robust National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS), this UCR portal will serve as a tool to provide greater transparency and access to the richer crime data being reported to the Department.

Guide to Sources of Texas Criminal Justice Statistics by R. Scott Harnsberger This reference work is a resource for those needing assistance in locating Texas criminal justice statistics. R. Scott Harnsberger has compiled more than 600 entries describing statistical sources for Texas crime; criminals; law enforcement; courts and sentencing; adult and juvenile corrections; capital punishment and death row; victims of crime; driving/boating under the influence; traffic fatalities; substance abuse and treatment; polls and rankings; and fiscal topics such as appropriations, revenues, expenditures, and federal aid. The sources for these statistics originate primarily, but not exclusively, from federal and State of Texas agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, and departments. The following types of publications are included: annual, biennial, and biannual reports; reports issued in series; analytic and research reports; statistical compilations; budgets and other fiscal documents; audits, inspections, and investigations; census publications; polls; projections; rankings; surveys; continuously updated online resources; and datasets. Harnsberger has annotated the entries to provide sufficient detail to enable users to decide whether the listed resources merit further investigation. Additional notes contain URLs and information regarding the scope of the published data; title changes; related publications; and the availability of earlier data, previous editions, online tables, and datasets. This book will prove to be a valuable resource for students, faculty, researchers, government officials, and individuals in the law enforcement, correctional, and judicial professions.
ISBN: 9781574413526
Publication Date: 2011-05-15

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