Criminology: Websites & Statistics

Publication from the FBI

Compiled through FBI program; customizable searches

Jackpot of data and stats on crime and criminal justice!

Can search crime on Assumption for past three years as required to report through the
"Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. "

"Generates reliable statistics for use in law enforcement. It also provides information for students of criminal justice, researchers, the media, and the public. The program has been providing crime statistics since 1930"--website.

Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States.

Crowd sourced data on police violence from three databases in the U.S since 2013. Source data available in Excel format.

he Violence Prevention Project is dedicated to reducing violence through research that is both accessible and actionable. We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit research center located at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Locate inmate statistics, population statistics, or staff statistics.

Statistics of campus crimes by institution.

Fantastic resource to inform police executives response to a variety of critical issues; great for researchers to find police responses/issues.

Restorative justice emphasizes repairing the harm caused by crime. When victims, offenders and community members meet to decide how to do that, the results can be transformational.

Visit this site to see how this approach is changing all aspects of criminal justice.

Provides legal resources including Federal and State laws. Also has information about law schools.

Contains a variety of legal resources, including the transcripts of Supreme Court cases through Oyez.

Get an overview of recently introduced and pending legislation in all 50 states.