Criminal Justice
David Kosakowski: Criminal Justice LiaisonCSUB Criminal Justice Department
| Journal Databases | California Data Sources |
| Government Documents | National Data Sources |
Government Docments
- CSUB Library Catalog
- Lists all the print and microfiche documents from the U.S. Government and State of California in the CSUB Library. Also contains links to many publications in electronic format.
- Government Reference Sources - Criminal Justice - United States
- Lists important federal agenices with criminal justice responsibilites and significant statistical publications available on the Internet. Some of these statistical publications also may be available in print in the CSUB Library.
- California Reference Sources - Criminal Justice
- Lists important California agenices with criminal justice responsibilites and significant statistical publications available on the Internet. Some of these statistical publications also may be available in print in the CSUB Library.
California Data Sources
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Demographic characteristics of inmates in institutions and parolees, commitment offenses, number of parolees per year and county, time served, incidents, escape information, second and third strike inmate informtion, historical trends.
- California Legislative Analyst’s Office
- Reports on budget, crime, environment, children, traffic, education.
- Criminal Justice Statistics Center
- Adult felony arrest dispositions, adult probation, arrests, citizens’ complaints against police officers, death in custody, domestic violence-related calls, hate crimes, homicides, juvenile court and probation, law enforcement officers killed or assaulted, law enforcement personnel, violent crimes committed against senior citizens.
- Judicial Council of California
- Detailed statewide caseload data for each fiscal year as well as 10-year trend data on a wide range of court business, extensive data for individual court.
- Rand California
- Data on children, crime, education, environment, health, immigration, labor, population, transportation.
National Data Sources
- Bureau of Justice Statistics [U.S. Department of Justice]
- Data on crime, courts, corrections, law enforcement, and funding for records improvement.
- Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics
- Reports on crime, CPI, census.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation [U.S. Department of Justice]
- Crime trends and data, uniform crime reports-National, selected cities.
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Number of institutions, total population, inmate demographics, sentences/types of offenses, staff demographics.
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- A vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Free to CSUB students, faculty, and staff who register online to use the ICPSR database.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- Corrections, court, drugs and crime, gun violence, homicide, international, juvenile justice, law enforcement, NIBRS (National Incident-Based Reporting System), victims of crime, other issues in criminal justice.
- Urban Institute
- Data on children, crime, elderly, housing, immigration, labor, economy.
