Criminal Justice: Criminal Justice Statistics & Agencies

“Prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.”

Look under Program Areas (bottom left) in order to be directed to resources regarding each Justice Program (courts, juvenile justice, victims of crimes, and more).

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“Administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.”

“Brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.”

Primary source for U.S. criminal justice statistics

NIJ is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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