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Crime Trends and the Criminal/Juvenile Justice System

Bureau of Justice Statistics
The United States' primary source for statistics on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs

Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dtdata.htm

Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

U.S. Department of Justice
A good place to begin when you are trying to locate specific federal justice web sites.
http://www.usdoj.gov/

Bureau of Justice Statistics World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm

Research and Program Planning & Evaluation

American Youth Policy Forum's
LESS HYPE, MORE HELP: Reducing Juvenile Crime, What Works -- and What Doesn't
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Blueprints for Violence Prevention
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints

Criminal Justice 2000
A four-volume series commissioned by the National Institute of Justice examining how research has influenced today's justice policies and practices and how future policies and practices can build on the current state of knowledge.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/cj2000.htm

Indiana Community Analysis Web Site
Enables you to conduct community analyses to aid in planning for community needs.
http://www.ibrc.indiana.edu/presentations/community_scan.html

Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center
http://www.jrsainfo.org/jjec/index.html

National Crime Prevention Council's
How Are We Doing? A Guide to Local Program Evaluation
http://www.ncpc.org/cat9810e.htm

National Crime Prevention Council's
150 Tested Strategies to Prevent Crime from Small Cities, Counties, and Rural Communities: A Resource for Municipal Agencies and Community Groups
http://www.ncpc.org/cat9810e.htm

Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising
A 1997 report to the United States Congress prepared for the National Institute of Justice.
http://www.ncjrs.org/works/index.htm

Social Assets and Vulnerabilities Indicators (SAVI)
Created by IUPUI's Indianapolis Center and the United Way of Central Indiana, SAVI uses geographic information technology to display information on community assets and vulnerabilities (such as crime and health statistics) in mapped and graphic formats.
http://www.polis.iupui.edu/polis/Quick_Nav_Pages/SAVI_Page.htm

Statistics Every Writer Should Know
Written for reporters, this site provides helpful guidance to anyone trying to understand basic statistics.
http://www.robertniles.com/stats

Drug and Crime Control Data

National Institute of Justice Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (ADAM)
ADAM tracks trends in the prevalence and types of drug use among booked arrestees in urban areas, including Indianapolis, Indiana.
http://www.adam-nij.net/

Substance Abuse Data

Indiana Prevention Resource Center
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use by Indiana Children and Adolescents.
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/

Office of National Drug Control Policy Drug Facts
Provides data on major drug categories and special populations with links to source materials.
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact

Traffic Safety Data

Indiana Crash Facts
Traffic safety data for Indiana and by county within the state.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration National Center for Statistics and Analysis
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

Youth Data

Indiana Prevention Resource Center
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use by Indiana Children and Adolescents.
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/drug_stats

Indiana Youth Institute
An online database of Kids Count data that provides indicators on the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children, including crime statistics.
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/kc2001

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Juvenile Justice Facts and Figures.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Statistical Briefing Book
Provides information on juvenile crime and victimization and youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/index.html

Victims of Crime Data

Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime and Victim Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict.htm

Bureau of Justice Statistics Criminal Victimization in the United States
Provides data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.htm

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Statistical Briefing Book
Provides information on juvenile crime and victimization and youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/index.html

Additional Data & Planning Resources

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook

Bureau of Justice Statistics Criminal Justice System Flowchart
Maps the sequence of events in the criminal justice process.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/flowchart.htm

Criminal Justice Statistics Web Sites from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org/statwww.html

FedStats
Provides statewide and county level data collected by more than 70 federal agencies, including crime statistics.
http://www.fedstats.gov/index.html

Indiana Civil Rights Commission
Hate crimes data.
http://www.in.gov/icrc

Indiana Department of Correction
Offender facts and figures.
http://www.in.gov/indcorrection/statistics/statistics.html

Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration
Trial court information and statistics.
http://www.in.gov/judiciary/admin/trial_court/index.html

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
A clearinghouse for publications and documents produced by bureaus, divisions, and agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
http://www.in.gov/judiciary/admin/trial_court/index.html

White House Social Science Briefing Room
Provides links to information provided by federal agencies.
www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html

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