Criminal Justice
Crime Data, Research, and Policy

• Bomb Data Center Bombing Incidents -- data from the FBI about bombing incidents in 1998.  Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to open.
• Bureau of Justice Statistics -- Click here for Probation and Parole figures.
• Chicago Crime Data -- an excellent source for data on crime occurrence in the City of Chicago. Interactive maps included.
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design--maintained by the National Crime Prevention Council, this site discusses how to create safer neighborhoods and cities by the examining the creation of space, its use and safety.
• Crime Reports -- Enter an address, a city/state, or a zip code, and get a map of criminal activity in the area over the past weeks. See where sex offenders live in your neighborhood.
• Crime: Understanding the Issue -- The Understanding the Issue section lays out the facts and policy alternatives, while the Public Opinion section offers a detailed profile of public thinking about the issue.
• Domestic Violence Information -- from the Office of Violence against Women,  U.S. Department of Justice.
• FBI HomePage -- access to uniform crime reports, information on major investigations, press releases.
• Fight Crime: Invest in kids --a national anti-crime organization led by police chiefs, prosecutors, and crime survivors.
• Globalisation, Drugs, and Criminalisation: Final Research Report on Brazil, China, India, and Mexico (.pdf format) -- a 409 page report put out by UNESCO, which includes which include "Drug Trafficking and the State," "Drug Trafficking, Criminal Organisations and Money Laundering," "Social and Cultural Dimensions of Drug Trafficking," and "Methodological, Institutional and Policy Dimensions of the Research on Drug Trafficking." For the serious student.
• Homicide in Chicago, 1870-1930 -- "chronicling 11,000  homicides"
• Iowa Uniform Crime Reporting
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data--over 500 downloadable data sets with abstracts, as well as links to criminal justice issues
• Police Departments in Large Cities -- Describes trends from 1990 to 2000 among local police departments serving U.S. cities with 250,000 or more residents and makes comparisons.
• Safety and Security Links--Brought to you by the police notebook with information on drug abuse, crime prevention, personal safety, etc.
• Sentencing Project--independent factual analysis of sentencing patterns and outcomes.
• State and Local Law Enforcement Statistics
• The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online-- brings together data about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States presented in over 600 tables from more than 100 sources.  From the Bureau of Justice.
• TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) -- from the Research Center at Syracuse University, this database provides independent information about the law enforcement activities of federal government agencies.  Includes charts & graphs, short essays, and other statistical data.
• Western Criminology Review-- An on-line Criminal Justice Journal Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics.
• Uniform Crime Reports --in pdf format. The current year's peliminary figures become available in the fall.  Includes full reports for 1995- to present.
  

For contact info for federal, state and local criminal justice agencies, click here. You may have to search on city and state homepages.