First Year Reading Experience 2016-2017: Government Information
Government Sources
- USA.govSearch portal to government information
- Bureau of Criminal JusticeThe Bureau of Criminal Justice collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates 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.
- Economic Perspectives on Incarceration and the Criminal Justice SystemCouncil of Economic Advisors report on the economic costs of incarceration in the United States
- Skipper vs. South CarolinaU.S. Supreme Court case challenging the legality of Edward Lee Elmore's death penalty conviction.