• Bureau of Justice Statistics (information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the justice system)
• Crime Data Explorer  database from the FBI
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service(federally funded resource for justice and substance abuse information)
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service abstracts database
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• Uniform Crime Reports

 Correct interpretation of crime statistics can be difficult. Below are two ebooks that may help.

1. The Mismeasure of Crime./Clayton J. Mosher, Terance D. Miethe, Timothy C. Hart. If you access this book off campus you will have to authenticate with your Library PIN.

 2. Committee on Understanding Crime Trends; Arthur S. Goldberger and Richard Rosenfeld, Editors. Click on the image below to read the full text online.