Information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.
The U.S. Census Bureau conducts reimbursable projects for the two U.S. Department of Justice agencies:Bureau of Justice Statistics and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
A collection of statistical reports from the BOP, a history of the BOP, Legal Resource Guide to the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the short-lived Federal Prisons Journal.
OJJDP sponsors research, program, and training initiatives; develops priorities and goals and sets policies to guide federal juvenile justice issues; disseminates information about juvenile justice issues; and awards funds to states to support local programming.
Best overall source to find statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Includes Puerto Rico and some international statistics.
The Crime Data Explorer (CDE) is the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's dynamic solution to presenting crime data in a more immediate venue that reflects the constant change in the nation’s crime circumstance.
Datasets relevant to studying public policy in the United States. Includes cases heard before the Supreme Court, Congressional hearings & roll call votes, executive orders, etc.
ICPSR is the world's largest archive of digital social science data. ICPSR acquires, preserves, and distributes original research data and provide training in its analysis. Tutorials in the use of the statistical packages are available on the ICPSR YouTube Channel.
Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on.
We collect and report data on COVID-19 in prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers, as well as pandemic-related prison and jail releases, legal filings and court orders and grassroots and community organizing efforts.