Selected Statistical Resources for SOC 554 (Causes of Crime)
Spring 2007
Emory's Electronic Data Center
General Social Science Data Resources
Crime Data Sources
Social/Economic Data Sources
CD-ROM/Non-Web Databases
Emory's Electronic Data Center (217 Woodruff Library)
http://einstein.library.emory.edu - The Data Center home page
http://einstein.library.emory.edu/links.shtml - The Data Freeway, a thematically-organized collection of links to on-line data sources
http://einstein.library.emory.edu/help_index.shtml - Help Pages for databases and data management
http://einstein.library.emory.edu/citation_guide.html- Guide for citation of electronic data sources
http://einstein.library.emory.edu/contact.shtml - Data Center contact information and hours
GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA RESOURCES
ICPSR (Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research)
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
The ICPSR is the largest collection of Social Science Data in the world. Topics included in the archive
include: economics, government, health care, crime, education, etc. This resource is also available via
Databases at Emory. The Data Center
also maintains an archive of ready-to-use ICPSR datasets which are accessible via the search engine on the Data
Center home page.
Fedstats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Fedstats is a good starting place for data on the United States and contains
links statistical resources produced by the U.S. government.
Lexis-Nexis Statistical
Lexis-Nexis Statistical, which is available via Databases at Emory, allows patrons to
search for statistics from the U.S. government and other sources and download them directly into Microsoft
Excel.
CRIME DATA SOURCES
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
The BJS provides a wealth of crime and criminal justice data compiled by the U.S. government and links to
available data on other government websites.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
http://www.fbi.gov
The FBI maintains a number of reports on crime and arrests including the Uniform Crime Reports. Data are
available here in .pdf and .xls formats.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Crime Statistics
http://www.state.ga.us/gbi/disclucr.html
The GBI maintains state and county-level crime data for the state of Georgia from 1980-2002. The data from
the Uniform Crime Reports and the
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
may be of particular interest.
International Crime Victims Surveys (ICVS)
http://www.unicri.it/wwd/analysis/icvs/index.php
The ICVS surveys are "victimization" surveys performed in sweeps from 1989-2000, and both microdata and aggregated
statistics and reports are available. The surveys are also accessible via the
NACJD.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
The NACJD at the ICPSR contains a wealth of data relevant for scholars interested in crime/criminology. The
data cover topics such as offical crime statistics (at the national and state levels), surveys on attitudes
towards crime, surveys of crime victims, and the criminal justice system.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
The Sourcebook compiles data from more than 100 US criminal justice sources. Available in spreadsheet or .pdf
formats.
United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal
Justice Systems
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/United-Nations-Surveys-on-Crime-Trends-and-the-Operations-of-Criminal-Justice-Systems.html
The UN makes available the results of seven global surveys on crime and criminal justice since 1970 in various
formats. The NACJD also
distributes some of these data. Some of the data files are also accessible via
this UN site.
SOCIAL/ECONOMIC DATA SOURCES
American Fact Finder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
The American Fact Finder is an excellent starting point for data from the 1990 and 2000 versions of the U.S.
Census.
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
http://www.bea.gov/
The BEA is an excellent source for economic data at both the national and subnational (state/local) level.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
http://www.bls.gov
The BLS contains much data on employment, wages, and prices, at both the national and sub-national levels. Be
warned that the website is not always easy to navigate.
National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS)
http://www.bls.gov/nls/home.htm
The National Longitudinal Surveys series contain data on the labor-market experiences and "significant life
events" of several different co-horts of men and women. The data, documentation, and an extraction program
are available for downloading. Be aware that some of the variables in the surveys require approval from the
BLS for access. The ICPSR also has some NLS surveys available
here.
Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/emory?id=emory&db=SSEDL
The Social Science Electronic Data Library is an archive of over 300 datasets covering a variety of topic areas,
including Adolescent Pregnancy, Aging, AIDS/STD's, the American Family, Disability in the US, and Maternal Drug
Abuse. The archive is well-indexed and allows variable-level searches. This resource is also available via
Databases at Emory. Many of the older
studies are also available on CD-ROM's in the Data Center.
State of the Cities Data System (SOCDS)
http://socds.huduser.org/index.html
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has produced SOCDS to provide quick access to tabular data
for social, demographic, and economic variables at different geographic levels. HUD has also compiled and
organized a collection of datasets
produced by or in association with its Office of Policy Development and Research.
CD-ROM/NON-WEB DATABASES
Neighborhood Change Data Base
The Neighborhood Change Data Base contains data from the 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 censuses and allows users
to convert data from pre-2000 censuses into 2000 census tracts to show demographic and economic changes over
time in given areas.
A complete list of the Data Center's non-web databases is available here. The databases are accessible via the Data Center's public workstations.
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