Research Guides: Justice Studies: Senior Essay: Finding Data

Basic Data Sources

Statista: Statista integrates statistical data from over 80,000 topics in areas such as business, education, finance, media, politics, society, and technology. Statista gathers data from over 18,000 sources, including market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. The reports, charts, infographics, and statistics found in the database can be downloaded in Excel, PDF, PNG, or PowerPoint formats or embedded in web pages. Rutgers-restricted Access

ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States: The basic databook for U.S. national-level statistics.

Data-Planet Statistical Datasets: Access to data from more than 70 organizational sources. Most data series focus on recent years and a few prior decades, although some data series extend back to the 19th century. Rutgers-restricted Access

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics: Wide array of cumulated data up to 2012.

Bureau of Justice Statistics: The primary source for U.S. criminal justice data.

2021 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics
: Annual report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission. This Sourcebook contains descriptive statistics on the application of the federal sentencing guidelines and provides selected district, circuit, and national sentencing data. Previous Sourcebooks (1996-2000) also available.

Recidivism and Reentry: Data and reports from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.