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Crime & victims
     Criminal victimization
     Crime characteristics
     Victim characteristics
     Incident-based statistics

Criminal offenders

Key Facts at a Glance

Special topics
     Drugs and crime
     Homicide trends
     Firearms and crime
     Reentry trends
     International statistics

The Justice System

Law enforcement
     Federal
     State and local
     Campus

Prosecution

Federal justice
system

Courts & sentencing
     Pretrial release
       and detention
     Criminal case processing
     Criminal sentencing
     Civil justice
     Court organization
     Indigent defense

Corrections
     Probation and parole
     Jails
     Prisons
     Capital punishment

Expenditure &
employment

Criminal record
systems

Justice Records
Improvement Program

- NCHIP, Criminal history records
- NIBRS, Incident-based reporting

Data from other sources

Sourcebook of
Criminal Justice Statistics

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