AJS258: Victimology (Saunders)

Sources for Crime Statistics

  • Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
    Provides statistics about crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government in the United States.
  • FBI: Uniform Crime Reports
    The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program provides reliable, uniform crime statistics from nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States.
  • Community Crime Map (aka Raids Online)
    Community Crime Map compiles crime data and other information from law enforcement agencies to make it easier for the public to stay informed about crime. Data in Community Crime Map is provided directly from each law enforcement agency.
  • National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
    The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is a special topic archive of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Science Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. NACJD acquires, archives, processes, and provides access to electronic criminal justice data collections for research and instruction.
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service