Primary Law Data Sets & Statistics

Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
Also Known as: FJSRC, Urban Institute
Data on suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system, from the receipt of a criminal matter or arrest of suspect to release from prison into supervision. Stages of criminal...   [more]
Holdings: Data cover 1994 to present (currently 2001).
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Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition
The best starting-place for statistical information on the United States, for the colonial era and 1790-2000 (including the Confederate States of America). Presents 37,339 data series on population (i...   [more]

Important Law Data Sets & Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
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Supplemental URLs
    BJS Data for Analysis
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Earmarks
US OMB-hosted database of funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation p...   [more]
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Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930
Searchable database of Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index describing 11,000 homicides....   [more]
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HRDAG - Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group
Data sets and other materials for the statistical analysis of human rights claims worldwide....   [more]
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Incarceration Atlas
State-level and federal-level U.S. prison and jail inmate characteristics and incarceration statistics. A Mother Jones project....   [more]
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Justice Atlas of Sentencing and Corrections
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League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents
PDF-format document collection produced by Northwestern University Library. Contains 260 League of Nations documents, 1926-1946. Includes Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations....   [more]
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TRACfed
Also Known as: TRAC Reports, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Trac Fed, TRAC
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Worldwide Governance Indicators (World Bank)
Aggregate and individual governance indicators for 212 countries and territories over the past decade, for six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Vi...   [more]
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