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Criminal Justice Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics -- All Data Collections
Includes comprehensive data on all aspects of the criminal justice system, including information on jails, deaths in custody, law enforcement management, recidivism, juveniles, sexual violence, and more.
Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Uniform Crime Reporting
Houses statistical crime reports on crime, hate crimes, terrorism, financial crimes, and law enforcement killed or assaulted. Searchable by year or crime.
Federal Bureau of Prisons - Statistics by the numbers
These statistics provide an interesting look at the prison system.
Justice Research and Statistical Association -- Incident Based Reporting Center
Presents incident-based reporting data from numerous states with state data, state mapping projects, sample data, and more. Has option to create files for analysis.
United States Department of Justice -- National Institute of Corrections Library
Reports crime rates, program evaluations, recidivism, sentencing disparity, and much more. Contains topic index for statistics and research.
University of Michigan -- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Includes guides on capital punishment, expenditures for criminal justice system, homicide, crime victimization, juvenile justice, violence against women, and more. Up-to-date data provided by U.S. Department of Justice.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics--University of Albany
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. Includes tables about crimes, victims, arrests, sentencing, parole, jail, and more.