Bureau of Justice Statistics
In cooperation with data.gov and the President's Open Governement Directive, BJS will post raw data files to this page as they become available. The datasets listed on this page are:
1. "raw" or unaggregated data
2. intended for analytic use
3. include crime, justice and sociodemographic variables
File formats
The dataset listings provide access to all data files in ASCII/TXT format, and associated codebooks in PDF format. In some cases, SPS data setup files may also be provided. SPS files must be opened using SPSS data analysis software. All files are provided as compressed ZIP files to expedite download