Crime & Law Enforcement

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Home Page
The site provides current statistics and information concerning crime rates. It doesn't contain any easily obtained data sets, but the information they provid concerning Final 1995 Crime Statistics is very informative.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Has all kinds of data on how bad some people can get. Click on the subject area on the first page. It takes a couple of clicks and they ask for your email address to access the data set, but when its all said and done you'll come out with a great data set . For example, clicking on the first topic, Crimes and victims, takes you to that page. You'll cursor down a bit and find the hyperlink taking you to Characteristics of crime. This jumps you to a set of articles on this subject and it is here where you can find your data. So, this is a great source for crime and law enforcement data, be patient and you'll hit the jackpot. Guaranteed

NACJD (National Archive of Criminal Justice Data):
The first thing that needs to be said about this site is that it's HUGE, however there is one major drawback. To access the data you must provide your email address and answer several questions about who you are and what you are going to do with the data, nothing to personal. BUT, if you don't mind this the work is definitely worth the effort. They provide the data to you in three different downloadable forms: raw data, SPSS, and SAS. What more could you ask for. The link we have provided here takes you directly to the archive section of the NACJD. Click on one of the subject areas, answer a few questions and you'll have access to a massive amount of data along with an abstract.