Mass Incarceration and Prisoner Reentry

Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice: Gray Literature Database

Indexes "gray literature"--technical reports, working papers, government and agency reports, conference proceedings, etc.-- available online or in the Rutgers Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice.

NCJRS: Virtual Library Search

National Criminal Justice Reference Service index to federal, state, local, and think tank reports, as well as journal articles.

National Institute of Justice Topics: Corrections

Links to publications and multimedia related to corrections, including community corrections, correctional facilities, reentry, and recidivism.

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) serves as shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. CRS analyzes and reports on current and proposed policies.

CRS Reports

The official site with all the most recent reports.

Think Tank Search

Think Tank directory from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Searches across over 1200 think tanks and research centers. Focuses on websites of institutions that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity.

When reading reports from research agencies with which you are not familiar, be sure and check their "About" page (usually at the top or bottom of their web site.) It should give you a sense of their mission and possible biases in their reporting.