Statistics Sources

The following are the sources of statistical data that have proven very helpful to students of criminal justice in the past:

1. Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 2003

Editors: Ann L. Pastore and Kathleen Maguire
Publisher: Hindeland Criminal Justice Research Center
Call number: Ref. HV 7245. N36 2003

This sourcebook is called to be “the most comprehensive single source of quality criminal justice statistical information in the United States” (Foreword, ii).

2. Crime State Rankings 2002

Editors: Kathleen O’Leary Morgan and Scott Morgan
Publisher: Morgan Quitno Press
Call number: Ref. HV 6787. C77 2002

“This huge collection of state crime statistics reports crime numbers, rates and trends; prison statistics and corrections data; law enforcement personnel and finance; juvenile crime and delinquency; drugs and alcohol, arrests and crime clearances” (Preface, iii).