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Punishment and Society

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.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1878-2012
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

United States

Bureau of Justice Statistics
The primary source for U.S. criminal justice data.
Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984
Margaret Werner Cahalan. Rockville, Md., Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 1986.
Bureau of Justice Statistics Arrest Data Analysis Tool
Tool allows you to generate tables and figures of arrest data from 1980 onward. You can view national arrest estimates, customized either by age and sex or by age group and race, for many offenses. This tool also enables you to view data on local arrests.
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.
Federal Crime Case Processing Statistics
"Users can generate various statistics in the areas of federal law enforcement, prosecution/courts, and incarceration for the years between 1998 and 2020. Users can also look up data based on title and section of the U.S. Criminal Code for the years between 1994 and 2020. This data tool includes offenders held for violating federal laws."
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Statistical Briefing Book
States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2021
Graph showing the incarceration rates of every U.S. state alongside those of the other nations of the world. From the Prison Policy Iniative.