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Statistics on Women and Gender : Law & Criminal Justice

Gender statistics and data within general statistical resources as well as resources entirely on women/gender topics

Law & Criminal Justice

United States

Bureau of Justice Statistics website is searchable, however below are some useful pages.

National Sexual Violence Resource Center is a comprehensive clearinghouse for sexual assault information and statistics.

VAWNET has data sets concerning Violence Against Women

Arizona Rape and Sexual Assault Surveillance Project was conducted by the University of Arizona Prevention Center.

Sex-Based Charges chart of charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

International

World Report on Violence and Health by World Health Organization

  • Chapter 4, "Violence by Intimate Partners"
  • Chapter 6, "Sexual violence"

Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women  Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Peru, Namibia, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand and the United Republic of Tanzania

UN Economic Commission for Europe survey data from selected countries.

Female Inmates

Prisoners in 2011 (in state or federal prisons). Includes totals by sex and for earlier years. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice. 

Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011 - Statistical Tables includes some tables by gender, 2000-2011. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice.

Women in the Criminal Justice System a May 2007 document from the Sentencing Project: Research and Advocacy for Reform. 

Women's Prison Association website run by the Institute on Women and Criminal Justice