Data Collection: Census Of Public Defender Offices (CPDO)
The Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO), managed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, involves the collection of data from all state- and county-funded public defender offices across the country, including offices that are publicly funded but privately operated and offices that handle capital cases only.
Indigent Defense Systems
Find data collections and publications on indigent defense from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Abuse and neglect in out-of-home care (Childwelfare.gov)
Indigent Defense Systems (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Bureau of Justice Statistics provides data describing state and county public defender programs.
Crime characteristics & trends (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Describes two types of crime (violent crime and property crime) and provides data on the rates and levels of various crimes, such as violent victimization by strangers and hate crimes.
Weapon Use (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Addresses types of weapons used in various types of nonfatal violent crimes. Site also provides links to sources on crime-related firearm injury and death.
State and Local Data Collections and Surveys (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Links to surveys and other data collections on inmates, probationers and parolees.
Homicide (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Provides definitions and data on homicide rates and trends.
Recurrence (Childwelfare.gov)
County-based and Local Public Defender Offices, 2007 (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Examines the provision of public defender services in the 22 states that had an entirely state-funded and state-administered indigent defense program.
Victims & offenders (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Provides information on offenders who commit violent crime, obtained from the victims through the National Crime Victimization Survey. Information includes age, race, gender, relationship to the victim, whether the offender seemed to be drunk or on drugs, and whether the offender was a gang member.
Gun Violence (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
Provides statistics on firearm possession, theft and loss, and manufacture and export, as well as state-by-state data on firearm tracing.
State and federal prisoners and prison facilities (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Robbery (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Defines categories of robbery and links to reports providing statistics on robbery and other crimes.
Fatalities (Childwelfare.gov)
State Public Defender Programs, 2007 (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Examines the provision of public defender services in the 27 states and the District of Columbia in which indigent defense services were funded and administered by counties or local jurisdictions.
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (CDC)
Rape and Sexual Violence (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Includes trends in the rates of rape and sexual assault, information on consequences for female victims, and a 1985 'profile' of rape based on 10 years of data on rape and attempted rape.
Recidivism (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Provides facts and data tables on parolees at risk of reincarceration and rearrests by type of crime.
Assault (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
State and local examples (Childwelfare.gov)
Stalking statistics (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Provides findings from the Supplemental Victimization Survey on stalking, including risk, consequences for victims and stalking behaviors.
Hate Crime Statistics (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
FBI Civil Rights Program combats hate crime by investigating crimes, including cold cases; assisting and training state and local law enforcement; and conducting public outreach.
Reentry Trends (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Tables and data showing trends in inmates' reintroduction into their communities. Includes information on releases from prisons, prison population growth, entries to parole, success rates and recidivism.
Stalking/intimidation (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
National DNA Database Statistics (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Describes the National DNA Index and provides the numbers of offender profiles, arrestees, forensic profiles, participating laboratories and investigations aided in each state.
Suicide and homicide in local jails and state prisons (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Describes trends in suicide and homicide rates in jails and prisons, using data from the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
Hate Crimes Report by Victims and Police (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Data collected on hate crimes includes motivation for the crimes, types of crimes, police response, use of weapons and characteristic of offenders.
Prison Rape Elimination Act (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
To address the Act's data collection requirements, BJS developed a program involving five separate data collection efforts.
Cybercrime (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Courts (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Crime Type (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Hate Crimes Reported in NIBRS, 1997-99 (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Data on hate crimes from the National Incident-Based Reporting Program, including offenses committed, motivation, presence and use of weapons, and characteristics of victims and offenders.
National and State statistics (Childwelfare.gov)
Gangs (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
United States Sentencing Commission
Uniform Crime Reports (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects statistics on crime. Site includes data collected, publications and other resources.
Indicators of School Crime and Safety, Department of Education and Bureau of Justice Statistics
Neglect (Childwelfare.gov)
Human Trafficking (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Drugs (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Outlines types of drug-related crime, including possession, distribution and manufacture of drugs as well as other offenses stemming from drug use or addiction.
National Incident-Based Reporting System
School Crime, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Physical abuse (Childwelfare.gov)
Workplace Injuries (BLS)
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
The Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories provides data on crime labs across the country, including the services they provide, the resources they use, and quality assurance measures.
School-Associated Student Homicides - United States, 1992-2006, Centers for Disease Control
Sexual abuse (Childwelfare.gov)
Gangs (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Outlines FBI efforts to combat gang violence, including statistics on accomplishments such as arrests and convictions.