Criminal Justice
This guide links you to library resources to help you do research in Criminal Justice fields.
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Data Sources
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NCJRS Virtual Library Virtual Library houses over 235,000 criminal justice resources, including all known OJP works.
Statistics
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Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime, victimization, corrections data.
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Bureau of Justice Statistics: Just the Facts series Tribal crime, jails, violent crime among families, HIV in prisons, etc.
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National Archive of Criminal Justice Data NACJD hosts several large-scale datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN).
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Hate Crime Statistics FBI annual report.
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FBI: Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program generates reliable statistics for use in law enforcement. It also provides information for students of criminal justice, researchers, the media, and the public. The program has been providing crime statistics since 1930. The UCR Program includes data from more than 18,000 city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies. Agencies participate voluntarily and submit their crime data either through a state UCR program or directly to the FBI's UCR Program.
Corrections Statistics
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Sentencing Project The Sentencing Project advocates for effective and humane responses to crime that minimize imprisonment and criminalization of youth and adults by promoting racial, ethnic, economic, and gender justice.
Juvenile Statistics
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National Juvenile Court Data Archive The Archive provides juvenile justice professionals, policymakers, researchers, and the public with the most detailed information available on the activities of the nation's juvenile courts. To accomplish this goal, the Archive engages in a variety of activities.
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention OJJDP programs and resources that help ensure children are diverted from adult courts and facilities and that provide community-based support
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Statistical Briefing Book Juvenile offenders, victimization, and youth involvement in the justice system.