LibGuides: Senior Seminar -- Sociology and Criminal Justice: Statistics

Data Analysis Tools

American Factfinder
Includes Census and American Community Survey data.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics list of links to Criminal Justice data tools for the Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey etc.
General Social Survey
Survey of demographics, beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes.
Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles
Visualize local Pittsburgh data in tables and maps.

Find Data Sets to Download

data.gov
Over 190,000 datasets from local, state, and federal government agencies as well as universities and non-profits. Data Formats: CSV, XML etc.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Data from more than 2,600 studies and data series. Data Formats: SPSS, SAS, R, STATA, Excel

Frequently Used Data Sets

Add Health
A longitudinal study that has followed a cohort since they were adolescents in grade 7-12 (1994-1995). Includes indicators of psychological, social and economic well-being as well as contextual information.
American National Election Survey
Political behavior and attitudes in the United States.
Current Population Survey
Monthly household survey conducted by the Census Bureau. Includes employment information and demographic information.
Monitoring the Future
Survey of behaviors, attitudes, and values of American Youth. Good source of drug and alcohol information.
National Crime Victimization Survey
90,000 households are surveyed each year about the frequency and nature of criminal victimization that they experienced.
World Values Survey
Allows for a comparison of norms and values across the world.

Find Statistics within Reports

Pew Research Center
A nonpartisan fact tank that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The center conducts public opinion polling, demographic studies, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Search by keyword to find reports, fact sheets and programs aimed at combating crimes.

United States Statistics

No matter your area of discipline in the social sciences, you will need to know about statistics -- what they are, what they do, and what they mean. The websites presented here are meant to provide students access to datasets as well as sociology-related statistics.

International Statistics

OECD Statistics
Data from OECD countries about topics such as the environment, education, and health.
UN Demographic and Social Statistics
UN Human Development Data
Allows you to build a bar graph or line graph with United Nations data.
UN Office of Drugs and Crime Statistics
WHO Health Statistics
Global health statistics.
World Bank Data
Global development data.