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

"The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States."  These data are displayed in over 600 tables and are organized into six topical sections that include criminal justice characteristics, public opinion, crime and victims, arrests and seizures, courts, sentencing and prosecution, and parole, jails, prisons, and death penalty.

 
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.

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

The Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics "presents national-level statistics describing all aspects of case processing in the Federal criminal justice system, including arrests by Federal law enforcement agencies, investigations and prosecutions by U.S. attorneys, pretrial release and detention, adjudication in the U.S. district courts, sentencing, appeal of convictions and/or sentences imposed, and corrections, for the given 12-month period."

 
Federal Prison Facilities Directory
http://www.bop.gov/locations/

The source provides convenient access to web pages for each of the facilities operated by the Bureau of Prisons.  Each facility's web page includes the facility's security level, the facility's visiting hours, judicial districts, contact information, and more. Specific facilities can be located using the Facility Locator tool or by viewing the Maps of Facilities.

 
Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics
http://www.ussc.gov/annrpts.htm

"This Sourcebook contains descriptive statistics on the application of the federal sentencing guidelines and provides selected district, circuit, and national sentencing data.  Each volume covers the given fiscal year. The Sourcebook together with the  Annual Report constitutes the annual report referenced in 28 U.S.C. § 997, as well as the analysis, recommendations, and accounting to Congress referenced in 28 U.S.C. § 994(w)(3)."

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

"The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States." A convenient volume for statistical reference, the Abstract also serves as a guide to more information both in print and on the web.

 
World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm

"This factbook, developed under BJS grants, provides narrative descriptions of the criminal justice systems of 45 countries around the world. The original 42 descriptions were completed in 1993. The latest 5 entries including two updated country profiles were prepared in 2002."