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LIBRARY RESOURCES
- Statista This link opens in a new window Use Statista for immediate access to over one million statistics and facts. Statista is an online platform specialized in market and consumer data, which offers statistics and reports, market insights, consumer insights and company insights in German, English, Spanish and French. Additional modules include Company Insights, Ecommerce Insights, Consumer Insights. The reports, charts, infographics, and statistics found in the database can be viewed online or downloaded.
- SAGE Data This link opens in a new window A universe of data at your fingertips. Sage Data provides access to billions of statistical datasets across 16 topical areas, including Business, Education, Health, Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement, Government and Politics, and more. Results can be compared and viewed in customizable tables, maps, rankings, and charts. Views also include descriptive summaries of the datasets and data sources. Sources include public, private/commercial, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as Woods & Poole Economics, Inc.
GENERAL CRIME & JUSTICE STATS
- Source Book of Criminal Justice Statistics The Sourcebook is comprised of six sections: criminal justice characteristics; public opinion toward crime and criminal justice-related topics; nature and distribution of known offenses; characteristics and distribution of persons arrested; judicial processing of defendants; and persons under correctional supervision. The site provides an A-Z list of topics, a "What's new" link, and a "Focus on" link to data tables centered on a selected topic. Users also have access to a Sourcebook archive which dates from 1994 to 2002.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics BJS is the primary statistical agency of the Department of Justice.The mission of BJS is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
- Uniform Crime Report (UCR) 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.
- National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) 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 90,000 households, comprising nearly 160,000 persons, on the frequency, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States.
PRISONS & PRISONERS
- Federal Bureau of Prisons Provides basic statistics on federal inmates and staff. The "Population Statistics" link allows users to create a custom inmate population report. Use the "Resources" link to access "Research & Reports" on various correctional topics.
- National Prisoner Statistics Program Produces annual national- and state-level data on the number of prisoners in state and federal prison facilities. Aggregate data are collected on race and sex of prison inmates, inmates held in private facilities and local jails, system capacity, non-citizens, and persons age 17 or younger.
- The 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.