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Criminology Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Statistics on crime, courts, sentencing and other topics from publications of the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Crime in the United States (FBI)
Part of Unified Crime Reports; includes statistics for reported crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson at state, county, and city levels; nation-wide arrest tables.
MINNESOTA STATISTICAL ANALYSIS CENTER
The Minnesota Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) collects, analyzes and shares criminal and juvenile justice data. The Minnesota SAC is supported by the U. S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. There are currently SACs in 53 states and territories. T
National Archive of Social Justice Data (NACJD))
"Includes several guides to statistical data resources covering, among other things, capital punishment, expenditure and employment in criminal justice, federal justice, homicide, law enforcement, corrections, victimization, juvenile corrections, terrorism, crimes, and violence against women."
NCJRS Criminal Justice Statistics
links to sites with statistics on wide range of topics related to criminal justice including drug enforcement, firearm possession and on different types of crime such as computer crime, insurance crime, crimes against children, etc. .
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
comprehensive collection of statistical tables from various sources covering a wide range of criminal justice topics including characteristics of offenders, nature of offenses, judicial processing, and persons in correctional programs.

Unified Crime Reports (UCR)

Unified Crime Reports
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place 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.
Hate Crimes (UCR)
National Incidedent Based-Reporting System (UCR)
Law Enforcement Offices Killed & Assaulted (UCR)
Crime in the U.S. (UCR)

Legal Resources & Government Information

Federal Register
Daily official publication of Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and of Executive Orders and other presidential documents

FindLaw
Use the "Learn About the Law" section.

Westlaw (Thomson Reuters)
Westlaw, a Thomson Reuters product, provides access to federal and state case law statutes regulations law reviews and journals American Law Reports, and the American Jurisprudence 2nd Ed. legal encyclopedia. This resource also provides access to more than 4,900 news and business information publications.
ProQuest Congressional
Guide to locating congressional publications, bills, testimony, etc. from 1789 to current.