This book was compiled as a resource for those needing assistance in locating
Texas criminal justice statistics, including students, faculty, researchers,
government officials, and individuals in the law enforcement, correctional,
and judicial professions. The following types of publications are included:
annual, biennial, and biannual reports; reports issued in series; analytic and
research reports; statistical compilations; budgets and other fiscal documents;
audits, inspections, and investigations; census publications; polls; projections;
rankings; surveys; continuously updated online resources; and datasets. The
sources for these statistics originate primarily, but not exclusively, from federal
and State of Texas agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, and departments.
The beginning publication date for inclusion is 2000, although many resources
contain data from earlier years. It should be noted that a considerable
number of important criminal justice statistical resources do not contain data
at the level of individual states. These are therefore not included in the book
as main entries, although a few examples of this type are mentioned in the research
notes. Also, peer reviewed journal articles are not included. These can
be accessed through databases such as Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO)
and Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest).