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Crime & Justice Statistics (Web Page)   
Discovering crime statistics is difficult because they are issued by a variety of federal agencies. This guide will help sort it all out.

Capital Punishment
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#cp

This annual publication of the Bureau of Justice Statistics presents the characteristics of persons under sentence of death.


 
Crime and Justice Data Online
http://bjsdata.ojp.usdoj.gov/dataonline/

This tool allows you to contruct data tables on criminal offenses from the Uniform Crime Reports for all 50 States and local agencies that cover populations of 10,000 or more, homicide trends and characteristics for all 50 States and localities with a polulation of more than 250,000, statistics on Law enforcement management and administration for State and local agencies with more than 100 sworn officers, and local prosecutors' offices in the United States.
 

Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#cfjs

Includes statistics covering all areas of the federal justice system including numbers of persons prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, sentenced to probation, released pretrial, and under parole or other supervision. 


Correctional Populations in the United States
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#cpus

Presents data on the number of persons in the United States who were under some form of correctional supervision.


 
Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstracts
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dtdata.htm

These downloadable files can be imported into spreadsheet software for further analysis. Topics include data on crimes and arrests, criminal justice, corrections, and demographic details. Jurisdictions include nationa, federal, state, county, and city.


 
Criminal Victimization in the United States
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.htm

Presents 110 tables covering crimes of violence, crime characteristics, victim-offender relationship, whether crimes were reported to police, police response time, and other factors.
 
Federal Court Management Statistics
http://www.uscourts.gov/fcmstat/index.html

“Provides statistical profiles for each of the 12 U.S. courts of appeals and 94 U.S. district courts–plus national totals for the appellate and district courts–for the fiscal year ending September 30. Presents data based on the number of authorized judgeships and provides rankings among the appellate courts and among the district courts. Compares current fiscal year data to data for previous five fiscal years. Publications dating back to 1997 available on line.”
 

Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics
http://www.uscourts.gov/caseloadstatistics.html

“Statistical tables on the caseload of the federal Judiciary for the 12-month period ending March 31 address the work of the U.S. courts of appeals, district courts and bankruptcy courts, as well as the federal probation and pretrial services system. Contains charts and summary text discussing reasons for increases and decreases in the courts' caseload. Judicial Caseload Indicators table compares the Judiciary's current fiscal year caseload to its caseload 1, 5, and 10 years earlier. Publications dating back to 2001 available on line.”
 

Federal Sentencing Statistics by State, District, and Circuit
http://www.ussc.gov/LINKTOJP.HTM

Information found in the individual reports includes mode of conviction, type of sentence, incarceration rate for defentants eligible for non-prison sentences, average length of imprisonment, comparison of imposed sentence to the guideline range,  and more.
 


Hate Crime Statistics
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm#hate

Published annually, this presents data regarding incidents, offenses, victims, and offenders in reported crimes that were motivated in whole or in part by a bias against the victim's perceived race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
 


Indicators of School Crime and Safety
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#indicators

This publication is a joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics. It presents data on crime and safety at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population.


 
Judicial Facts and Figures
http://www.uscourts.gov/judicialfactsfigures/contents.html

Historical caseload statistics for the federal judiciary.
“Provides current and historical caseload statistics for the U.S. courts of appeals, district courts, and bankruptcy courts for the fiscal year ending September 30. Table 1.1 is a good source for judgeship information, including the total numbers of active and senior Article III judges (who are appointed for life), magistrate judges, and bankruptcy judges.”


 
Prison Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm

The Bureau of Justice Statistics publishes several statistical series covering prison populations. This page serves as a switchboard to these publications.


 
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/

Hosted at the State University of New York at Albany, this Bureau of Justice Statistics publication is a comprehensive compendium of criminal justice data. Topic covered include corrections, courts, finance, judges, and law enforcement.


 
Statistical Briefing Book (OJJDP)
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provides the Statistical Briefing Book as an easy-to-use resource for statistical information on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system.


 
Statistical Tables for the Federal Judiciary
http://www.uscourts.gov/stats/index.html
Detailed Federal Caseload statistics.

“Prepared twice each year, with one volume reporting data for the 12-month period ending June 30, and the other volume reporting data for the calendar year ending December 31. Detailed statistical tables address the work of the U.S. courts of appeals, district courts and bankruptcy courts, as well as the federal probation and pretrial services system. Judicial Caseload Indicators table compares data for the current 12-month period to that for the same period 1, 5, and 10 years earlier. Publications dating back to 2001 available on line.”


 
Trafficking in Persons Report
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/

Published annually by the State Department, this report covers "severe forms of trafficking in persons".
 


Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

“The UCR Program is a voluntary city, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement program that provides a nationwide view of crime based on the submission of statistics by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies throughout the country.” UCR annual publications include Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, and Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted.


 
U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System Year-in-Review Report
http://www.uscourts.gov/publications/probationyear_in_review.htm

This annual report gives a profile of probation and related trial cases by nature of offense, race and ethnicity, age, and detention status.
 


White House Social Statistics Briefing Room - Crime
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/crime.html

The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal social statistics. Crime statistics include violent crime measures, homicide rates by age, violent crime rates by gender of victim, property crime rates, arrests for drug abuse violations, and national correction populations.
 


Wiretap Reports
http://www.uscourts.gov/library/wiretap.html

“Uses tables, text, and charts to report information provided by federal and state officials on orders authorizing or approving interceptions of wire, oral, or electronic communications for the calendar year ending December 31. Presents data on types of offenses under investigation, nature and locations of intercept devices, costs and durations of intercepts, and intercept extensions granted. Does not include names, addresses, or phone numbers of subjects under surveillance. Publications dating back to 1997 available on line.”

 


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