Research Tools
Starting places
- National Institute of Justice Publications
- The Statistics Homepage (very handy electronic textbook)
- Fed Stats Statistical Reference Shelf
- U.S. Census
- Census Gazetteer
- Census Bureau American Factfinder
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- BJS Data for Analysis page. (see the data online section)
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice
- The United States General Accounting Office
- Historical United States Census Data Browser 1790-1960
- Justice Research and Statistics Association
- UK Home Office Research Development Statistics Bureau
State Deparartment of Corrections links
- Alabama Department of Corrections
- Alaska Department of Corrections
- Arizona Corrections Department
- Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections
- Arkansas Department of Corrections
- California Department of Corrections
- California Youth and Adult Correctional Agency
- Colorado Department of Corrections
- Connecticut Department of Corrections
- Delaware Department of Corrections
- District of Columbia Department of Corrections
- Florida Department of Corrections
- Georgia Department of Corrections
- Hawaii Department of Public Safety
- Idaho Department of Corrections
- Illinois Department of Corrections
- Indiana Department of Corrections
- Iowa Department of Corrections
- Kansas Department of Corrections
- Kentucky Department of Corrections
- Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
- Maine Department of Corrections
- Maryland Department of Public Safety and Division of Correctional Services
- Massachusetts Department of Corrections
- Michigan Department of Corrections
- Minnesota Department of Corrections
- Mississippi Department of Corrections
- Missouri Department of Corrections
- Montana Department of Corrections
- Nebraska Department of Correctional Services
- Nevada Department of Corrections
- New Hampshire Department of Corrections
- New Jersey Department of Corrections
- New Mexico Department of Corrections
- New York Department of Correctional Services New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
- North Carolina Department of Corrections
- North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
- Oklahoma Department of Corrections
- Oregon Department of Corrections
- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
- Rhode Island Department of Corrections
- South Carolina Department of Corrections
- South Dakota Department of Corrections
- Tennessee Department of Corrections
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Utah Department of Corrections
- Utah Department of Youth Corrections
- Vermont Department of Corrections
- Virginia Department of Corrections
- Washington Department of Corrections
- West Virginia Department of Corrections
- Wisconsin Department of Corrections
- Wyoming Department of Corrections
Obscure research tools and links
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service NCJRS Users Guide [PDF], NCJRS Statistics Page
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
- Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center