Research Guides: Criminology, Law & Society: Data

Social Science Data Research Guide

Social Science Data Research Guide

Google Data

Google Dataset Search
"Dataset Search enables users to find datasets stored across thousands of repositories on the Web, making these datasets universally accessible and useful...
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"Datasets and related data tend to be spread across multiple data repositories on the web. In many cases, information about these datasets is neither linked nor has it been indexed by search engines, making data discovery tedious or, in some cases, impossible.

By providing our users with a single interface that allows them to search across multiple repositories, we hope to transform how data is being published and used. We also believe that this project will have the additional benefits of a) creating a data sharing ecosystem that will encourage data publishers to follow best practices for data storage and publication and b) giving scientists a way to show the impact of their work through citation of datasets that they have produced."

Getting Started

ICPSR This link opens in a new window
Repository of curated data sets pertaining to many disciplines within the social sciences. Contains original codebooks and descriptions of methodology, offers multiple file format downloads, and links data to relevant scholarly research. Users can search at the variable level and trace datasets to their use in academic publications.
ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
Provides access to statistical information produced by U.S. federal agencies, states, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. It also offers broad perspectives and insight on long-term national trends and implications paired with the ability to narrow results.
SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window
Aggregates materials from SAGE's journal and reference content, including dictionaries, datasets, case studies, and books. Users can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. Since SAGE Research Methods focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and other areas of research.

ProQuest Statistical Abstracts
Access to tabular statistics across countries and topics.

Crime Mapping

Crime L.A (Los Angeles Times)
Crime L.A. delivers the neighborhood crime analysis to your computer, using data from the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to create reports for cities and neighborhoods.
Crime Mapping
"We extract data from the existing records system at each participating law enforcement agency through an automated import process. The data we display will always be the most current available."
LAPD Crime Mapping and COMPSTAT
Get up-to-date crime statistics for neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles. Being informed about crime in your community is the first step in preventing future occurrences.
PolicyMap*
PolicyMap is a fully web-based online data and mapping application that gives you access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more.

International Data

Correlates of War Project Facilitates the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in international relations.
Eurostat Eurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in Luxembourg. Its main responsibilities are to provide statistical information to the institutions of the European Union (EU) and to promote the harmonisation of statistical methods across its member states and candidates for accession as well as EFTA countries.
FAOSTAT FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.
Global Financial Data Global Financial Data is a collection of financial and economic data provided in ASCII or Excel format.
International data base (IDB) U.S. Census Bureau Contains statistical tables of demographic data for countries and areas of the world with a population of 5,000 or more. Covers 1950 to present with projections to 2050
International Monetary Fund Data Provides operational advice to IMF member countries that are subscribers to the Special Data Dissemination Standard regarding how to complete the prescribed (mandatory) monthly Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity.
OECD iLibrary "OECD iLibrary is OECD's Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD's analysis and data. OECD iLibrary contains all the publications and datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF) since 1998."
Polity IV Project Offers data on political regime characteristics and transitions, 1800-2013.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI provides data on conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament.
UN Comtrade Database Access to detailed global trade data.
UNdata Offers a variety of statistical resources covering the following areas: Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Health, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Trade and Tourism.
World Bank DataBank DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. Users can create their own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them.