Resources in Social Work: Criminal Justice & Violence

Centers for Disease Control, (CDC), September 5, 2014

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), April, 2014

Describes the characteristics of human trafficking investigations, suspects, and victims in cases opened by federally funded task forces between January 2008 and June 2010.

Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 11, 2014

The primary source for United States criminal justice statistics. An excellent resource!

Includes a variety of statistics including rape, sexual assault, violent crime committed by juveniles, etc.

Includes yearly reports of domestic violence.

The DoD issues annual reports of sexual assaults in the military and annual reports on sexual harassment and violence at the three U.S. Military Service Academies.

National Network to End Domestic Violence, June 2015

The first (2013) global systematic review of data on the prevalence of two forms of violence against women: intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.

Published July, 2015

FBI, includes missing juveniles

This resource brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.

This site provides statistical information on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system. An excellent resource!

"The Compendium of National Juvenile Justice Data Sets is an online resource for researchers that is intended as an aid to investigations of juvenile offending, victimization, and contact with the juvenile justice system. It both publicizes data sources that users may find valuable and provides information intended to help with the practical aspects of obtaining and analyzing data."