Sponsors
NACJD is sponsored by agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice. Each of our sponsors provides data to the archive, funds secondary analysis of criminal justice data, and sponsors educational workshops on quantitative methods in criminal justice research.
BJS
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is the primary statistical agency of the Department of Justice. 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.
NIJ
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, evaluation, and technology agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of crime and justice issues through science. The mission of NIJ is to foster and disseminate knowledge and tools derived from objective and rigorous scientific research to inform efforts that promote safety and advance justice.
OJJDP
OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to youth delinquency and victimization. The Office helps states, localities, and Tribes develop effective juvenile justice systems that create safer communities and empower youth to lead productive lives.
Our Parent Organization
NACJD was established in 1978 under the auspices of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), which is part of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan. ICPSR provides access to the world’s largest archive of computer-readable social science data and offers training facilities in basic and advanced techniques of quantitative social analysis.
NACJD is one of several special topical archives at ICPSR. Topical archives are funded by agencies external to ICPSR and focus on archiving data within specific topical areas. Most of the data collections in topical archives, including NACJD, are freely available to the public, whereas most ICPSR data collections are available only to researchers affiliated with member institutions.
More information about ICPSR and its data collections available through ICPSR can be found on the ICPSR website.