First stop for articles, books, news, and images on law, law enforcement, terrorism, paralegal service, homeland security, forensic science, crime scene investigation, policy development, and more.
Resources for criminal justice & related subjects from government agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Use the Topics tab to explore various subjects.
Fulltext legal resources. Browse databases in Criminal Justice & Criminology, including periodicals, Department of Justice publications, congressional hearings, Supreme Court briefs, and more.
Archive of digital analysis-ready social science data in multiple software formats including SPSS, SAS, and Stata. Includes data from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD).
Statistics & studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, etc., with the ability to view 'Crime and Law Enforcement' as an Industry.
The primary statistical agency of the Department of Justice. Use to access statistics on a wide variety of criminal justice topics, such as corrections, courts, victims, crime types, and law enforcement.
Interactive online tool to use an extensive amount of Uniform Crime Data (UCR). Access criminal, and noncriminal, law enforcement data. Includes visualizations and downloadable data.
Generates reliable statistics for use in law enforcement and has been providing crime statistics since 1930. Includes Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted. Updated yearly.
The SAGE Handbook of Punishment and Society by 
Research Handbook of Comparative Criminal Justice by 
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment by 
Understanding Criminal Justice: Sociological Perspectives by