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Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Criminal Justice:
Selected Research Topics
A. Children
- Child Welfare Information Gateway/a>
- Includes access to the Child Abuse and Neglect State Statutes, as well as searchable databases for child-related documents, organizations, community-based child abuse prevention programs, and treatment programs.
- KIDSCOUNT
- Data compiled annually from each state by the Anne E. Casey Foundation which uses economic, social, educational and physical indicators to rank child-well being. Includes information on rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide or suicide, number of juveniles detained, incarcerated or placed in residential facilities as well as general demographic information.
- Earlier editions available in print: [ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, DANA REF HQ 792 .U5 K53; DOUGLASS, LSM STACKS HQ 792 .U5 K53]
- Child Welfare League of America National Data Analysis System
- Child abuse and neglect data by state, 1990-1996; some 1997 and 1998 data also available.
B. Cities
- State of the Cities Report
- Annual report on the state of the nation's cities from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Reports for 1997, 1998, and 1999 available.
- State of the Nations Cities Database
- Downloadable database of over 3000 variables on 77 American cities and suburbs maintained by Rutgers University's Center for Urban Policy Research.
C. Cybercrime
- FTC ID(entity) Theft Statistics
- Data compiled annually by the Federal Trade Commission from identity theft complaints. Includes statistics on types of identity theft, costs of identity theft and actions taken by identity theft victims.
D. DNA Forensics
- DNA Forensics
- An overview by the Human Genome Project describing how DNA can be used in forensic investigations, the types of DNA technology and issues related to DNA databanking.
- President's DNA Intiative
- Description of presidential program to increase the use of DNA forensics in the criminal justice system by providing funding and training.
- The Innocence Project
- A legal clinic operated by Cardozo Law School that specializes in "exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing."
E. Domestic Violence
- National Elder Abuse Incidence Study
- September 1998. Report prepared by the National Center on Elder Abuse.
- Violence Against Women - Federal Legislation and Regulations
- From the Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office.
- Domestic Violence Statistics
- Compiled by the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence.
- Domestic Violence Court Procedures in New Jersey
- Domestic violence and child abuse sourcebook.
- Helene Henderson, ed. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2000.
- [ALEXANDER, CAMDEN HV 6626.2 .D66 2000]
F. Gangs
- Criminal Justice Resources: Gangs
- A comprehensive list of gang-related links with a focus on youth gangs compiled by Michigan State University Libraries
- New Jersey Commission on Investigation. (1993). Criminal Street Gangs . Trenton, N.J.
- List of New Jersey gangs by geographic location.
- ALEX DOC REF HV6439.U62N5 1993b; CAMDEN STACKS HV6439.U62N5; KILMER STACKS HV6439.U62N5.
- Gang Prevention Services
- List includes links to gang investigation and prevention services as well as home pages of street gangs.
G. Homicide
- Homicide Trends in the U.S.
- Series of charts showing homicide patterns and trends in the U.S. since 1976.
H. Immigration
- Labor Related Immigration Statute and Regulation Index
- From the Office of Administrative Law Judges of the U.S. Department of Labor.
- Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, 2002. (formerly Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1996-2001)
- From the Office of Management, Department of Homeland Security.
I. International Crime
- World Factbook of Crminal Justice Systems
- Describes criminal justice systems of 45 countries.
- International Criminal Justice Links-by Country
- Compiled by Phyllis Schultze, Criminal Justice Librarian at Rutgers University Center for Law and Justice.
- International Criminal Justice Links by Topic
- Compiled by Phyllis Schultze, Criminal Justice Librarian at Rutgers University Center for Law and Justice.
J. Substance Abuse
- 2002 National Drug Control Strategy
- The five-year plan from the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Appendix includes tables of drug related data.
K. Victimization
- Criminal Victimization 2000: Changes 1999-2000 with Trends 1993-2000
- Findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey.
- Criminal Victimization and Perceptions of Community Safety in 12 Cities, 1998
- From the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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