These resources are some of the most important in the area of legal system data. They cover crime and statistics, police accountability, anti-racist policy development, and much more. Have a suggestion to include another resource? Let us know!
Top LinksThought Leaders
- Arnold Ventures – ‘We drive public conversation, craft policy, and inspire action through education and advocacy.’ Criminal justice, policing, gun violence and more. Significant funder of evidence based practice research and deployment.
- Vera – ‘…to end the overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty. We pilot real-world programs developed with community members and the government.’
Journalism
- The Crime Report – ‘…comprehensive reporting, informed commentary, and analysis of criminal justice news and research in the U.S. and abroad.’
- The Marshall Project – A non-profit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.
Police Accountability
- Mapping Police Violence – collects, analyzes, and reports on documented police violence nationwide.
- Police Scorecard – ‘…calculates levels of police violence, accountability, racial bias and other policing outcomes for over 16,000 municipal and county law enforcement agencies…’
Data Portals
- FBI Crime Data Explorer – (US Federal) ‘Crime data for the nation are derived from Summary Reporting System (SRS) and National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) reports voluntarily submitted to the FBI.’
- Measures for Justice – ‘…on a mission to make accurate criminal justice data available to spur reform.’
- MFJ Data Portal: comparable county performance measures and data
- MFJ Initiative: Justice Counts – data, resources, and consensus building toolkit for decision makers
- Open Justice (California Only) ‘…a data-driven initiative that embraces transparency to strengthen trust, enhance government accountability, and improve public policy in the criminal justice system.’
Statistics
- Bureau of Justice Statistics – (US Federal) ‘…collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.’
- Court Statistics Project – ‘CSP collects and publishes state court caseload data from the courts of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam. 95% of US court cases are filed in state courts.’
- Sourcebook of CJ Statistics – ‘…brings together data from more than 100 published and unpublished sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.’