National Archive of Criminal Justice Statistics

This is a fantastic resource of downloadable databases on everything from crime reports to surveys of household drug usage. You will need to be computer literate to use this page.

FBI Crime Reports

Uniform Crime Reports from the FBI are an essential tool for anyone looking for crime patterns.

Bureau of Justice Statistics

This site provides summaries, press releases and full reports on justice trends ranging from court and prosecution statistics to drug use in prison.

Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

The Center has several reports focusing on juvenile crime and the public's perception of juveniles.

National Criminal Justice Reference Center

This organization provides thousands of links to documents and tables dealing with criminal justice.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

Gives you 600 tables on criminal justice statistics ranging from incarceration rate to public attitudes on criminal justice.

Surgeon General's Report on Youth Violence

Lots of good information on the causes and magnitude of youth violence.