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The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1998

Visit Sourcebook Online (http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook) which is updated as new material becomes available.

The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1998 presents a broad spectrum of criminal justice data from more than 100 sources in 6 sections:

  • characteristics of the criminal justice systems
  • public attitudes toward crime and criminal justice topics
  • the nature and distribution of known offenses
  • characteristics and distribution of persons arrested
  • judicial processing of defendants
  • persons under correctional supervision.

Nearly all the data presented are nationwide in scope and, where possible, they are displayed by regions, States, and cities to increase their value for local decisionmakers and for comparative analyses. The report includes more than 612 tables, figures, subject index, annotated bibliography, technical appendixes with definitions and methodology, and list of source publishers and their addresses. Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center 10/99 NCJ 176356

This report is one in a series. More recent editions may be available. To view a list of all in the series go to the publications page.

To order:

  • Printed copies are available for a postage and handling charge of $8.25 for U.S. buyers and $31.00 for buyers from Canada and other countries.
  • A CD-ROM of the 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 editions is available for a postage and handling charge of $8.25 for U.S. buyers and $15.00 for buyers from Canada and other countries, NCJ-178912.

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