LibGuides: Criminology and Criminal Justice Resources: Websites

Criminology & Criminal Justice Professional Associations

Criminal Justice Statistics and Resources: U.S. & International

Crime in the United States (U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Annual publication in which the FBI compiles the volume and rate of violent and property crime offenses for the nation and by state
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Site has backfiles to 1995

FBI's Uniform Crime Reports
FBI's statistics on crime in the United States in general as well as hate crime statistics and law enforcement officers killed or assaulted on duty.
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Scroll down for backfiles. Coverage: [1995 to 2010+]
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Data from more than 200 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 1,000 tables. The site is updated regularly as new statistics become available.
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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online [2003 to date] Includes an archive of previous annual print editions, 1994-2002 in PDF format. This source is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
NCHRS (National Criminal Justice References Services)
Wealth of online publications (sorted by topic or date) and links to a multitude of Internet resources by topic subdivision. A must see for the state of corrections in the United States.
World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
Compiled from the Central Intelligence Agency’s, World Factbook, this site provides descriptions of the criminal justice systems of 45 countries around the world. Note: the data in these reports is from 1993 and 2002.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Note: Updating of this web-site ceased as of 10/1/2011.
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Law Enforcement, Courts and Prisons from the Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistics from the U.S Census Bureau on arrests, correctional facilities, courts, crime and crime rates, juvenile delinquency and child abuse.
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Data is from the 2012 ed.

Criminal Justice Resources and Statistics - Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Police Crime Statistics and Resources
Crime reports compiled by the state from 1960 to 2007.