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This guide provides links to government resources on public policy and statistics relating to justice administration.
Data:
- Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (via <odesi>). Select "Browse <odesi> by category and then topic "Crime and Justice".
Contains data tables illustrating current and historical data from a number of Statistics Canada surveys. The database shows data on crime, police administration, adult and youth court activity, the correctional population and transition homes, as well as various issues such as criminal victimization and family violence. - Crime and Justice data sets (via the Data Centre)
- Crime Data Explorer (FBI) is a comprehensive tool - users can view crime trends across the country, by state and by variety of crime
- Data.Gov
- European Sourcebook of Crime Statistics
The European Sourcebook Group is a group of experts that produces on a regular basis the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics. - Hall of Justice (Sunlight Foundation) a searchable inventory of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (University of Michigan)
- Pew research - Criminal Justice provides public opinion statistics and reports on criminal justice topics
Note: For studies listed here from the ICPSR contact the Data Centre. Carleton University Library is a member of the ICPSR.
Statistics:
Federal Statistics:
Public Safety Canada Corrections
- Corrections and conditional release statistical overview. An annual survey of crime rates and offender population statistics.
Statistics Canada
- Crime and Justice tables by subject
- Juristat - includes Canadian Crime Statistics annual report
- Hate Crime in Canada (Archive)
Provincial and Municipal Statistics:
British Columbia
Northwest Territories
- Bureau of Statistics - select Justice from 'statistics by subject' list
Ontario
- Criminal Justice Modernization Committee Dashboard
- Ottawa Police Service Crime Stats
- Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal
Foreign and International Statistics:
Europe
- Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics - Statistics Explained (Eurostat) crime statistics from Member States
- The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI)
United Kingdom
- Home Office Statistical series, including Police recorded crime
- Summary of Recorded Crime Statistics 1898-2001/02
- Home Office Research Development Statistics (Archived)
- Office for National Statistics Crime and Justice Statistics
United States
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- All Data Analysis Tools, including a tool to generate graphs of arrests from 1980-
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics is the primary source for U.S. criminal justice statistics.
- Department of Justice Statistical briefing book (juvenile justice)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal Trade Commission Consumer Sentinel Network reports provide data on a state-by-state basis and also contains data about the 50 metropolitan areas reporting the highest per capita incidence of fraud and other complaints. In addition, the 50 metropolitan areas reporting the highest incidence of identity theft are noted.
United Nations
World Criminal Justice Library Network (Rutgers University)
- Statistical Resources from Countries Around the World
Links of crime statistics and other criminal justice reports published by agencies, institutes, or organizations of each country. Links of each country are arranged by categories.
Canada - Federal:
- Justice Laws Website
- Canadian Legal Information Institute Searchable database of federal and provincial laws
Canada - Provincial:
- Canadian Legal Information Institute (CANLII) is a searchable database of federal and provincial laws.
Foreign and International:
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
International Court of Justice
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
United Nations
United States
Canada - Federal:
- Canadian Police College
- Correctional Service Canada
- CSC Review Panel Report: "A roadmap to strengthening public safety" (2007) (Archived content)
- Restorative Justice Portal
- Department of Justice
- Reports on Plans and Priorities
- Reports and Publications
- Victims of Crime Reseach Digest and Research on Justice Issues (articles relating to the broader policy direction of the Dept.)
- Re-Thinking Access to Criminal Justice in Canada: a Critical Review of Needs, Responses and Restorative Justice Initiatives (2004, PDF document)
- Public Safety Canada is responsible for national security, crime prevention, law enforcement policy and corrections policy issues.
- Publications and Reports include Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview. An annual survey of crime rates and offender population statistics.
- Restorative justice: promising beginnings (2002, PDF document)
- RCMP
Canada - Provincial:
Provincial and territorial Departments of Justice and Attorney General websites normally include information about legislation, correctional services, policing, and the courts.
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Québec
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Sûreté du Québec (See also full website in English)
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Local
Foreign:
Australia
- Australian Institute of Criminology is Australia's national research and knowledge centre on crime and justice.
- Public Safety and Law
New Zealand
United States
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service Search by topic and statistics to locate reports in A-Z Publications/Products list
International:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control
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HEUNI
This European regional institute is affiliated with the United Nations and functions under the auspices of the Finnish Ministry of Justice as an independent research and policy-making institute.
European Union
- Europol is the European Law Enforcement Organisation which aims at improving the effectiveness and co-operation of the competent authorities in the Member States in preventing and combating terrorism, unlawful drug trafficking and other serious forms of international organised crime
Interpol is the world’s largest international police organization, with 184 member countries. Some of its statistics are restricted to official use, although many reports contain statistical data
United Nations
- Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
- UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 12th Congress (Brazil in April 2010)
- 9th-11th Congresses (1995, 2000, 2005)
- United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODOC)
- United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
World Health Organization
GIS:
- CrimStat (US)
CrimeStat IV (version 4.0) is the most recent version of CrimeStat, a spatial statistics program for the analysis of crime incident locations. - Ottawa Police Service crime data
Websites:
Listed here are non-governmental websites that have resources relating to criminal justice systems.
- International Crime Victims Survey
- World Criminal Justice Library Electronic Network (Rutgers University)
