Data by Subject: Criminal Justice

This Congressional Research Service report provides an overview of the three main systems for collecting data on crime, the Uniform Crime reports, National Incident Based Crime Reporting System and the National Crime Victimization Survey including their historical background, method of data collection and strengths and weaknesses.

The most comprehensive compilation of data on all aspects of U.S. criminal justice. Most tables are reproduced exactly as they appeared in the original source, however, when possible latest data are combined with earlier data to show trends. Updated as data is compiled, so the online version is more current than the annual print version.
[ALEXANDER DOCUS J 29.9/6: (Latest edition: DOCUSR); CAMDEN HV 6787 .S68 (Latest edition: REF); DANA REF HV 6787 .S68 (Latest edition: REF DESK)]

Annual reports produced by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division.One of the two national measures of U.S. crime, the UCR is based on specific offenses reported to law enforcement agencies. Includes "Crime in the United States", "Hate Crime Statistics" and "Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted"

Part of the Uniform Crime Reports.Crime in the United States (CIUS) is an annual publication in which the FBI compiles volume and rate of crime offenses for the nation, the states, and individual agencies. This report also includes arrest, clearance, and law enforcement employee data. Use the new online UCR Data Tool to research crime statistics from as far back as 1960.

Each year’s edition of Hate Crime Statistics presents data regarding incidents, offenses, victims, and offenders in reported crimes that were motivated in whole or in part by a bias against the victim’s perceived race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

The FBI annually compiles data concerning the felonious and accidental line-of-duty deaths and assaults of law enforcement officers and presents these statistics in Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA). Tabular presentations include weapons used, use of body armor, and circumstances surrounding murders and assaults of officers

Bureau of Justice Statistics database allows you to generate trends by state since 1960 and by local agency (usually a municipality) since 1985.

Arrest, procecution, conviction, sentencing, and corrections data at the national level compiled by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. 1993 forward available online.
1984- : [ALEXANDER: DOCUS J29.20: (Latest edition: DOCUSR); CAMDEN: HV 9950 .C65 (Latest edition: REF)]

Annual data for the years 1995 to 2012 from the United States Sentencing Commission. Additional data in tabular form is available from their Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics.