Skip to Main Content

CJ 4340: Crime Theory and Victimization

Research guide for Molly McDowell's spring 2021 CJ 4340 course.

Suggested Websites

Bureau of Justice Statistics

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. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.

American Society of Victimology

Criminal Justice Resources from Michigan State University

Very comprehensive list of resources on all sorts of CJ related topics

NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.

National Archive for Criminal Justice Data

NACJD is primarily sponsored by agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice. Each of our federal sponsors (Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice& Delinquency Prevention and Bureau of Justice Assistance) provides data collections to the archive, funds secondary analysis of criminal justice data, and sponsors educational workshops on quantitative methods of criminal justice research through NACJD.