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- Data Planet This link opens in a new windowExcellent for time series statistics in a wide range of topics. Focus is on the United States and Canada with some international resources.
Google search engines for reports containing statistics:
- Intergovernmental Organization Search EngineAllows you to cross search most of the major international intergovernmental organzations such as the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, World Health Organization and many more [Google custom search]
- Nongovernmental Organizations Search EngineA specialized Google search engine designed to search across NGO organizations.
- Think Tank SearchA Google Custom Search of more than 1200 think tanks and research centers from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Criminal Justices Statistics: United States
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)Topical Index that include: corrections, courts, crime prevention, drugs, juvenile justice, law enforcement, and victims
- Bureau of Justice StatisticsStatistics for: crime and victims, criminal offenders, law enforcement, prosecution, federal justice system, courts & sentencing, corrections, expenditure & employment, and criminal record systems.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics: TopicsBJS resources and statistics are organized by topics: corrections, courts, crime, federal justice system, forensic science, law enforcement, recidivism and re-entry, tribal crime and justice, victims of crime.
- Quick Link: BJS Corrections StatisticsCapital punishment, jails, prisons, probation and parole, adult correctional populations, incarceration rate, and related codebooks & data sets
- Quick Link: BJS CourtsPretrial release and detention, criminal case processing, indigent defense, and prosecution.
- Quick Link: Federal Justice SystemLaw enforcement, prosecution, court and adjudication, prison and community supervision
- Quick Link: BJS Law EnforcementAgency characteristics, training, use of force
- Quick Link: BJS Victims of CrimeServices for crime victims, National Crime Victimization Survey, National Survey of Victim Service Providers, Emergency room statistics
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) : Crime in the United StatesFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJSRC)Databases which contains information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system.
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice StatisticsSections include: criminal justice characteristics, public opinion, crime, victims, arrests, seizures, courts, prosecution, sentencing, parole, jail, and prison.
Criminal Justice Statistics: International
- United Nations Crime and Justice Information NetworkUNICRI is a United Nations entity established in 1967 to support countries worldwide in preventing crime and facilitating criminal justice.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeUNODC is mandated to assist Member States in their struggle against illicit drugs, crime and terrorism.
- International Criminal Justice Institutes, Organizations, and ResourcesFrom the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) an international association established in 1963 to foster professional and scholarly activities in the field of criminal justice.
Criminal Justice Data
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)Data Resource Guides: capital punishment, expenditure & employment for the criminal justice system, National Crime Victimization Survey, National Incident-Based Reporting System, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and an extensive list of data subjects.
- National Addiction & HIV Data ArchiveThe mission of the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program is to facilitate research on drug addiction and HIV infection by acquiring, enhancing, preserving, and sharing data produced by research grants, particularly those funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.