For holdings of individual titles, search LIAS, THE CAT . This standard reference tool for criminal justice research contains a wide array of statistical information about crime and criminal justice in the United States. The data is presented in over 600 pages of tables. All of the data is national in scope, with displays of regional, state and city data included where possible. An important criteria for inclusion in the Sourcebook is that the data must be collected and reported using sound methodology.
Careful annotations show the sources of data for each table for further study.
An appendix provides a complete and annotated listing of sources with full bibliographic references. Methods of reporting were also standardized. This page was developed by the United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network, whose goal is to establish a world wide network to enhance the dissemination and exchange of information concerning criminal justice and crime prevention issues. The United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in Vienna has also been a supporter along with the National Institute of Justice, the State University of New York at Albany and the Research Foundation of the State University of New York.