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- Justice statistics from the
United Nations
United Nations participating Research Institutes
United Nations data collections - Official
country websites
- International datasets from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
- Related sites
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Cross-National Studies in Crime and Justice, 9/04. NCJ 200988
- Crime
and Justice in the United States and England and Wales, 1981-1986,
10/98 (NCJ 169284)
- German
and American Prosecutions, An Approach to Statistical Comparison,
5/98 (NCJ 166610)
- Profile
of Inmates in the United States and in England and Wales, 1991,
10/94 (NCJ 145863)
- The World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems, 06/03. - Provides textual profiles of the criminal justice systems in 45 countries.
Justice statistics from the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the principal source of comparative crime and justice statistics. The UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) promotes research and collaboration, studies new and emerging forms of crime, and produces documents to assist in the global fight against crime and drug abuse.
Within the ODCCP, the Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP) maintains the Internet-based United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN), which includes crime statistics and publications. This site provides an extensive list of links to the United Nations agencies and other research organizations and universities.
The Center also supports the work of intergovernmental bodies which set out an international strategy and measures to prevent crime and promote stable criminal justice systems. United Nations documents relating to these intergovernmental commissions and congresses are available online.
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United Nations Participating Research Institutes
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Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), Canberra, Australia
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European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI),
Helsinki, Finland
- International
Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR),
Vancouver, Canada
- International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC), Montreal, Canada
- Instituto
Latinoamericano de las Naciones Unidas para la Prevenci�n del Delito
y el Tratamiento del Delincuente (ILANUD), San Jose, Costa
Rica
- International
Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa (ISISC),
Italy (web page not currently available)
- International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council (ISPAC), Milan,
Italy
- National
Institute of Justice (NIJ), Washington, USA
- Raoul
Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law,
Lund, Sweden
- United
Nations Asia and Far East Institute For the Prevention of Crime and
the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI), Fuchu, Japan
- United
Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment
of Offenders (UNAFRI), Kampala, Uganda
- United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Turin, Italy
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United
Nations Data Collections
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The Global
Report on Crime and Justice brings together, for the first time,
enormous amounts of data that have been collected by the United Nations
and ancillary bodies concerning crime, criminal justice and crime prevention.
It focuses on the results of the first five United Nations Surveys of
Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UNCJS), and
is supplemented by the International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS), the
United Nations International Study on the Regulation of Firearms, many
resolutions and papers produced by various United Nations bodies, as
well as special contributions by many scholars, researchers, policy
makers and administrators.
Under the auspices of NIJ, the first five UNCJS Surveys, United Nations World Surveys on Crime Trends and Criminal Justice Systems, 1970-1994, have been restructured into a five-wave file, whereby the file structure and variable names have been standardized across years to allow these data to be analyzed more easily. This collection consists of 33 data files containing information on reported crime, police personnel and budget, prosecution, conviction, and sentencing for over 150 countries.
The Sixth UNCJS Survey (1995-97) is available from the UNCJIN website.
The International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS) is a program of standardized sample surveys to look a householders' experience with crime, policing, crime prevention and feelings of unsafety in a large number of countries. It is coordinated by the Department of Justice of the Netherlands in conjunction with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute.
Adopted on the recommendation of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its fourth session (Vienna, Austria, 30 May - 9 June, 1995), the United Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation provides data on firearm regulation, including issues of ownership, possession and use; manufacturing and trade; smuggling and other illegal dealings; demographic and crime statistics; policy and public education initiatives; and the identification of key contact persons within participating countries.
Many governments maintain websites devoted to that country's statistical agency or department responsible for justice, public safety, and/or law. The websites listed below are a sample of such websites which provide national crime or justice statistics.
- Argentina, National
Institute of Statistics and Census
- Australia, Australian
Bureau of Statistics
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatian,
Bureau of Statistics
- Cyprus, The
Republic of Cyprus Statistical Service
- Czech, Republic
Statistical Office
- Denmark, Denmark
Statistik
- Estonia, Statistical
Office of Estonia
- Finland, Statistics
Finland
- France
- Germany, Federal
Statistical Office Germany
- Hong Kong SAR
People's Republic of China, Census
and Statistics Department
- Iceland, Statistics Iceland
- Ireland, Garda
Statistics
- Israel, Central
Bureau of Statistics
- Japan,
Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center
- Korea, Korea
National Statistical Office
- Maldives, Ministry
of Planning and National Development
- Mexico, National
Institute of Statistics
- Netherlands, Statistics
Netherlands
- New Zealand, Minister
of Police
- Norway, Statistics
Norway
- Palestine, Palestinian
Central Bureau of Statistics
- Philippine, Philippine
National Police
- South Australia,
South
Australian Office of Crime Statistics & Research
- Western Australia,
Department
of Justice
- Spain, Spain
National Statistics Institute
- Sweden, National
Council for Crime Prevention
- Switzerland, Swiss
Federal Statistical Office
- Taiwan, Statistics
of Justice
- United Kingdom
- United States
Note: BJS cannot validate any data obtained from non-BJS sources, nor does BJS encourage comparisons of national data due to differences in classifications of crimes and methodological differences.
International datasets from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, acquires, archives, processes, and provides access to electronic criminal justice data collections for research and instruction. The NACJD website provides downloadable access to hundreds of criminal justice data collections free of charge.
Crime/Criminal justice only | Demographic, economic, and other statistics
- World Justice Information Network (WJIN.net) -- Internet-based system for sharing open source information on crime, justice, and the rule of law.
- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) -- Source of annual published crime statistics for member countries.
- National Institute of Justice International Center -- Gateway to international activities within the Office of Justice Programs and host of the NIJ International Library.
Demographic, economic, and other statistics
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Library of Congress Country Studies
- CIA
World Factbook
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InfoNation --Statistical data for the Member States of the United
Nations.
- Eurostat
-- European statistics from the European Union's Statistical Office.
- FedStats--
Gateway to statistics from US Federal agencies.
- US
Census Bureau, International Programs Center (IPC) -- conducts
demographic and socioeconomic studies and strengthens statistical development
around the world through technical assistance, training, and software
products