Bureau of Justice Statistics - 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.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - locate statistics on hate crime, view the National Use-of-Force Data Collection, utilize the Crime Data Explorer, view the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection, and various other resources through their webpage.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons - browse their webpage to locate research & reportson drug treatment program evaluations, equity and diversity issues prison management, public vs. private prisons, recidivism, and other topics.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) - An international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data - NACJD hosts several large-scale datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN).
National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Corrections, court, drugs and crime, gun violence, homicide, international, juvenile justice, law enforcement, NIBRS (National Incident-Based Reporting System), victims of crime, other issues in criminal justice.
Urban Institute - Data on children, crime, elderly, housing, immigration, labor, economy.
This is the first report to look specifically at the quality of life for women and girls in Kern County, California. It includes the most current information available from a variety of sources.
New report from the Brookings Institutions that includes a section on Kern County. Shelved in the Stiern Library Main Collection: Level 3 Call Number: HV95 .K57 2013 or through Online Access.
The Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homelessness Collaborative (BKRHC) conducts a full Homeless Census (Point-in-Time count) of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons throughout Kern County every year.
