Library Guides: Researching Domestic Violence: Statistics

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Domestic violence research often involves statistics that show the magnitude of the problem. Surveys and data are available on topics like the number of victims annually and the demographic information about victims.

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

CDC
The CDC produces a number of reports, surveys, and publications on the topic of domestic violence. This link also provides information about prevention strategies and programs that the CDC has established to counteract domestic violence.

Statistics

Here is a list of websites that compile various criminal justice statistics, including domestic violence data:

Bureau of Justice Statistics
While the amount of data and links on the BJS site may be a little overwhelming, it is an excellent resource for students looking for statistics gathered and analyzed by the law enforcement and government agencies.
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Use of Force
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
NCJRS links researchers to subject specific statistics. You may find it helpful to begin using the site by selecting a category from the left hand menu (e.g., corrections, courts, crime, etc.).
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The NCJRS FAQs help students think about the statistics they're looking for. For example, when asked "What is the national juvenile recidivism rate?" the NCJRS replied that "there is no national recidivism rate for juveniles. Such a rate would not have much meaning since juvenile justice systems vary so much across states."
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
The Sourcebook is often good place to begin looking for statistics. This link will bring you to the table of contents where you can browse by topic. You can also use the search box in the upper right, but be aware that you need to use the terms as they appear in Sourcebook (e.g., domestic violence doesn't retrieve relevant results but intimate partner violence does).
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A Bureau of Justice funded initiative, the project is located at SUNY Albany's School of Criminal Justice. It includes data from over 200 sources.
FBI: Reports & Publications
This site includes reports on topics such as violent crime, bank crime, terrorism, white collar crime, and missing persons.
USA.gov
This site is a gateway to government statistics online.
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
This "tool is an interface that can be used to analyze federal case processing data. Users can generate various statistics in the areas of federal law enforcement, prosecution/courts and incarcerations, and based on title and section of the U.S. Criminal Code."

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The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Reserach (ICPSR) supplies social science data files for use with statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, Stata, and R. If you have questions about ICPSR, please contact our ICPSR Official Representative, Dr. Heidi Berggren, at hberggren@umassd.edu.

Immigration Statistics - Dept of Homeland Security
This site provides links to immigration statistics. While the site does not link directly to the Immigration Yearbook, the 2008 Yearbook is available on the DHS website.
Office of the US Attorneys
This site provides statistics on federal cases.
Uniform Crime Statistics (FBI)
Provides access to the following statistical FBI reports: Crime in the United States, Hate Crimes & Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
This is a nice source for international statistics on drugs and crime.