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American Bar Association (Profession Statistics)
"Current statistical data...gathered to assist with research on lawyers and the legal profession."
American Community Survey
Annual population survey of selected U. S. communities
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The American Community Survey:
1. Is an on-going survey
2. Tells us what the population looks like and how it lives
3. Helps communities determine where to locate services and allocate resources
Bureau of Justice Statistics Home page
Statistical reports and data for many topics in criminal justice.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, this resource provides a wealth of career and job-related information. Click on "Data Tools" tab for data on various topics.
Crime In Illinois 2016
Reports and data from the Illinois State Police.
Data.census.gov
"Data.census.gov is the new platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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"Starting in July 2019, data.census.gov will be the primary way to access Census Bureau data, including...releases from the 2018 American Community Survey, 2017 Economic Census, 2020 Census and more."
"The vision for data dissemination through data.census.gov is to improve the customer experience by making data available from one centralized place so that data users spend less time searching for data content and more time using it."
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Research and Analysis Unit Data
The ICJIA agency maintains a "clearinghouse of criminal justice and risk factor datasets" gathered by other state agencies.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Web Site
Information, including "Weekly Population Report," for prisons and correctional facilities in the United States.
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
Provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the NCVS is the nation's "primary source of information on criminal victimization."
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Reports and current news in criminal justice from NCJRS, an agency in the U. S. Justice Department.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States."
Includes section on "Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prisons."
Uniform Crime Report Data Explorer (ICJIA)
This resource offers "an interactive interface to the Crime in Illinois Annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR) data (1982-2017) originally published by Illinois State Police."
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"All data used in the Data Explorer are available" at the Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority's "ICJIA Research Hub."
Uniform Crime Reporting (FBI)
Statistical reports and data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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"The UCR Program consists of four data collections: The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the Summary Reporting System (SRS), the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program, and the Hate Crime Statistics Program. The program publishes annual reports for each of these data collections and a preliminary semiannual report of summary data each winter, as well as special compilations on cargo theft, human trafficking, and NIBRS topical studies."

American FactFinder (now Census Bureau) This link opens in a new window
Population and economic census
CONTENTS: text, images. COVERAGE: population census, 1990 & 2000. Economic census, 1997. DATES: 1990+. UPDATES: daily. VENDOR: U.S. Census Bureau.

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CJ 488: Find Data

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