Criminal Justice Statistics Center

The Criminal Justice Statistics Center at Minnesota Planning provides criminal and juvenile justice information, conducts research and maintains databases for policy development. 

News

• Criminal Justice Statistics Center Transfer:  The CJSC has been transferred to the Department of Public Safety.  These web pages are being maintained as a courtesy until DPS has constructed a replacement web site.

Services

• About us: Find out more about the work of the Criminal Justice Statistics Center. 
• Data: Access criminal justice data, maps and charts.
• Links: Search other Minnesota and national sites related to criminal justice. 
• Minnesota justice system steps: See a description of how law enforcement, courts and corrections make up the Minnesota justice system.
• Publications: Link to publications on criminal justice topics.
• Teen courts: Learn about the teen court process and sites in Minnesota.

Site help

• Helpline: Find answers to criminal justice questions or get on the center`s mailing list.
• Site index: Search this site by a specific topic.

Documents

• 14
• Minnesota homicides, 1985 to 1997 : Findings on statewide, regional and local trends, demographics of offenders and victims involved in homicide, January 1, 2002. (22 p., 608K, PDF 3.0) | Report details
• Race and ethnicity of juveniles in Minnesota’s justice system: Studies data on the number of minorities and whites in the juvenile justice system. , August 8, 2001. (12p. 60k,. PDF 4.0) | Report details
• Keeping watch: 1999 Minnesota crime survey: Third annual crime victim survey, March 1, 2000. (20 p., 135K, PDF 3.0) | Report details
• Delivering Minnesota criminal justice information online: Details advances in the Criminal Justice Center's web site, February 1, 1999. (12p., 214 K, PDF 2.1) | Report details
• Tracking crime: analyzing Minnesota criminal history records: Describes problems and improvements in Minnesota's criminal history records system by examining four categories of selected offenses from 1992 to 1996, September 1, 1998. (31p., 121K, PDF 3.0) | Report details
• Gun points 1997: firearm forfeitures in Minnesota: Minnesota law enforcement agencies forfeit hundreds of guns each year. This report , the latest in an annual series , identifies state and regional firearm characteristics, reasons for forfeiture and final weapon dispositions, August 1, 1998. (12p., 490K, PDF) | Report details
• Judging by the data: offenders in Minnesota's juvenile courts: Studies Minnesota’s juvenile courts and the differences and similarities of adjudicated delinquents in terms of age, sex and judicial districts, June 1, 1998. (14 p, 125K, PDF 2.1) | Report details
• Armed with data: creating a multistate perspective: A four-state collaborative effort examines gun crimes and current firearm-related statutes in Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota, March 1, 1998. (30p, 191K, PDF 2.1 ) | Report details
• Gun points 1996: firearms forfeitures in Minnesota: Almost half of all firearms forfeited by law enforcement in 1996 were for criminal activities such as drug-related crimes, assault, robbery, theft and traffic violations, December 1, 1997. (13p., 109K, PDF) | Report details
• Distribution formula: probation caseload reduction funding, 1996: Developed to distribute funding across Minnesota's new probation systems in an attempt to reduce caseloads, March 1, 1997. (25 p., 197K, PDF 3.0) | Report details
• Changing perceptions: 1996 Minnesota crime survey: Examines the public perception of the crime rate, December 1, 1996. (25 p., 675K, PDF) | Report details
• Paying the price: the rising cost of prison : Examines policy options to a rising prison population, March 1, 1996. (27 p., 1046K, PDF 2.0) | Report details
• Minnesota's justice price tag climbs past $1 Billion: Examines the increase in spending on the criminal justice system, November 1, 1994. (6 p., 181K, PDF 2.0) | Report details
• Troubling perceptions: 1993 Minnesota crime survey: Statewide study of crime victimization, January 6, 1994. (24p. 874K, PDF) | Report details

Older publications and media releases

The Criminal Justice Statistics Center is the Statistical Analysis Center for the State of Minnesota and is a member of the Justice Research and Statistics Association.