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Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (Urban Institute)

Interactive database for manipulating data on suspects and defendants in federal criminal justice cases
Use data dictionary to determine court characteristics, stage in criminal process, and type of offense
May require time to understand program

FedStats

Comprehensive listing to statistical programs of over 70 federal government agencies
Arranged by agency or program; includes explanatory material and contacts
Search engine indexes individual statistical tables by keyword or agency and provides direct connection
The left column allows users to search for specific statistical tables by topic and geographic location

Foster Care and Adoption Current Statistics (DHHS)

Collection of data first mandated by federal government in 1997
Numbers of children in foster care by age, gender and race; setting, length of stay and reasons for discharge
Age, race and gender of children adopted from public agencies

Foster Care and Adoption Statistics Summary (CRS report)

Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women (pdf)

Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey and dated November 2000
Charts and tables on violence against both women and men by type of violence, race, and age
Shows almost half of children have been assaulted by an adult caregiver
Victimization rate higher among men but consequences greater for women

Gambling Impact Behavior Study

General Social Survey (ICPSR, NORC, UC-Berkeley)

Annual survey since 1972 of public opinion and lifestyle
Covers poverty, religion, contraceptive use, opinion on foreign affairs
ICPSR site provides background on survey as well as printed publications resulting from the survey
Primary data extraction available from ICPSR and UC-Berkeley

Global Urban Indicators Database (UN Center for Human Settlements)

Detailed socioeconomic indicators for 237 cities in 110 countries,, mostly in the Third World
Data includes poverty level and percent in poverty, family income distribution, per capital gross city product (under health), size of school classrooms, per capita murder rates, home ownership, land use
Data in pdf and text formats

Grandparents and Grandchildren (Census Bureau)

National data on households headed by grandparents with and without the presence of parents
Characteristics of grandparents include age, education, race, income, poverty and employment
Data for 1970, 1980, 1990 and 1997
Percent of households headed by grandparents for states, 1990

Green Book (GPO)

Overview and statistics on federal government entitlement programs
GPO Access contains prints of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1995 to present