Criminal Justice: Data & Statistics

CrimeSolutions.gov uses rigorous research to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services.

The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) is an international association established in 1963 to promote criminal justice education, research, and policy analysis within the discipline of criminal justice for both educators and practitioners.

Comprehensive resources for lawyers including information on the accreditation of law schools and select research and publication information.

Find detailed crime statistics throughout the US.

These data sets provide information on the fluctuations in the level of crime from year to year, and criminologists, sociologists, legislators, city planners, the media, and other students of criminal justice use them for a variety of research and planning purposes

Find statistics and article abstracts on a variety of topics including corrections, courts, crime, crime prevention, drugs, the justice system, juvenile justice, law enforcement, and victims.

The National Incident-Based Reporting System, or NIBRS, implemented to improve the overall quality of crime data collected by law enforcement, captures details on each single crime incident—as well as on separate offenses within the same incident—including information on victims, known offenders, relationships between victims and offenders, arrestees, and property involved in the crimes.