Research Guides: Data Sources: Crime

Crime

CrimeStat
A spatial statistics program for the analysis of crime incident locations.
Bureau of Justice Crime Statistics
Uniform Crime Reports (Crime in the United States)
Washington, DC. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
New York State, Division of Criminal Justice Services, Criminal Justice Statistics
NYC Crime Statistics
UN Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics
Oxford Bibliographies: Criminal Justice Data Sources

Books

Homicide Data Sources: An Interdisciplinary Overview for Researchers
This 2016 book by Adam Dobrin from Florida Atlantic University covers sources for police and public health data as well as specialty systems (e.g., military bases, custodial deaths, and workplace fatalities) and international data.

Online Archives

Prison Public Memory Project
The Prison Public Memory Project works with individuals and organizations in communities with prisons across the United States to recover, preserve, interpret, present, and honor the memories of what took place in those institutions. The site hosts various digital media, oral histories, and annotated bibliographies, among other resources, which serve to illuminate the complex role of prisons in communities and society.

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