SOURCES OF NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• NCJ Number: 45006
• Author(s): N PARISI; M J HINDELANG; M R GOTTFREDSON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 70 pages
• Grant Number(s): 76-SS-99-6038
• Sponsoring Agency: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service
• Corporate Author: Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Ctr
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT CONTAINS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STATISTICAL SOURCES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

Abstract

THE SEARCH FOR NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS WAS CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE 1975 AND 1976 'SOURCEBOOK OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS.' THE ANNOTATIONS ARE ARRANGED INTO 11 TOPICAL SECTIONS: PUBLIC OPINION, CRIME, DRUGS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, DIVERSION, COURTS, JUVENILE, CORRECTIONS, FURLOUGHS, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND GENERAL SOURCES OF STATISTICS. EACH ANNOTATION INCLUDES A FULL CITATION, CONTENTS, DATES OF THE DATA PRESENTED, PERIODICITY OF THE SOURCE, THE 'SOURCEBOOK' EDITION IN WHICH THE DATA APPEARED, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPES OF INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE SOURCE. AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SOURCES AND ADDRESSES OF PUBLISHERS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.