Social Welfare Policy
A guide to social welfare policy resources.
Featured Resources
- Girls in the Juvenile Justice SystemOJJDP-Produced, May 2019
- When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2014 Homicide DataViolence Policy Center, September 2016
- Rape and Sexual Assault Among College-age Females, 1995-2013Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 11, 2014
- National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey ReportsCenters for Disease Control, (CDC),
- Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008-2010Describes the characteristics of human trafficking investigations, suspects, and victims in cases opened by federally funded task forces between January 2008 and June 2010.
Criminal Justice and Violence-Statistics and Data
- Bureau of Justice StatisticsThe primary source for United States criminal justice statistics. An excellent resource!
- Bureau of Justice Statistics-Violent CrimeIncludes a variety of statistics including rape, sexual assault, violent crime committed by juveniles, etc.
- Domestic Violence Report -New Jersey State Police, Dept. of Law and Public SafetyIncludes county and municipal statistics.
- Annual Reports on the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, NJ Courts, Family Practice DivisionIncludes TRO statistics, and more. Read the introduction to see sources and rationale for collection of the data.
- Department of Defense-Sexual Assaults in the Military, Annual ReportsThe DoD issues annual reports of sexual assaults in the military and annual reports on sexual harassment and violence at the three U.S. Military Service Academies.
- Domestic Violence Counts: Census ReportsNational Network to End Domestic Violence, most recent data collected September, 2018.
- Global and Regional Estimates of Violence Against Women-World Health OrganizationThe first (2013) global systematic review of data on the prevalence of two forms of violence against women: intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.
- Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2018-National Center for Education StatisticsPublished April , 2019
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Statistical Briefing BookThis site provides statistical information on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system. An excellent resource!
- NCIC Missing Person and Unidentified Person StatisticsFBI, includes missing juveniles, 2018
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice StatisticsThis resource brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.
Datasets
- Compendium of National Juvenile Justice Datasets"The Compendium of National Juvenile Justice Data Sets is an online resource for researchers that is intended as an aid to investigations of juvenile offending, victimization, and contact with the juvenile justice system. It both publicizes data sources that users may find valuable and provides information intended to help with the practical aspects of obtaining and analyzing data."