Justice, Law, and Public Safety Studies

National Institute of Justice is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. Criminal and social justice students will find highly useful research reports from this agency for their own research papers.

The NIC is a center of learning that shapes and advances the effective correctional practice and public policy. Its research reports are a highly useful resource for criminal and social justice students. Find the latest research in the field of corrections.

The Legal Information Institute (LII) was founded in 1992 by co-directors Thomas R. Bruce and Peter W. Martin (now Director and Director Emeritus, respectively). Its work is supported by the National Center for Automated Information Research, a growing number of corporate sponsors, and the Keck Foundation through grants and funded joint studies. The LII publishes electronic versions of core materials in numerous areas of the law, both on the web and in other electronic products. They range from the Constitution to the U.S. Code, from Supreme Court decisions to the Code of Federal Regulations.

A great place to find social crime statistical data for research assignments, the BJS is the United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics and the primary statistical agency of the Department of Justice. It is one of the thirteen principal federal statistical agencies throughout the Executive Branch, agencies whose activities are predominantly focused on the collection, compilation, processing, or analysis of information for statistical purposes.

The mission of BJS is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. BJS also provides financial and technical support to state, local, and tribal governments to improve both their statistical capabilities and the quality and utility of their criminal history records.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Explore administrative decisions, case filings, legal interpretations and agency directives from the Executive Branch. Data covers a range of topics, including transportation, health, energy, education, public safety, housing and more. Advisory opinions and interpretations by agency general counsels provide additional insight into current positions of agencies on the statutes and regulations they enforce.

The UCR Program's primary objective is to generate reliable information for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management; over the years, however, the data have become one of the country’s leading social indicators. The program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation. The program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet the need for reliable uniform crime statistics for the nation. In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics.

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource that is a great one-stop-shop site for any topic releated to criminal and social justice, the law, and public safety. Check the A-Z Topics list on the left hand side of the page.

USA.gov is an Official Guide to Government Information and Services and provides a Google-like search to find the government documents on your research subject.