The following resources are a sample of available materials released in recent years that capture information and data of women and girls in the justice system. See the Publications section of our site for additional resources.

Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual

Prisoners
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual

Probation and Parole Populations
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual

Quick Facts: Federally Sentenced Women
U.S. Sentencing Commission, Updated Annually

Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2018
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December 2020

Juvenile Arrests, 2018
National Institute of Justice/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, June 2020

Juvenile Court Statistics, 2018
National Institute of Justice/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, June 2020

Juveniles in Residential Placement, 2017
National Institute of Justice/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, June 2020

Trends and Characteristics of Youth in Residential Placement, 2017
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, July 2019

Characteristics of Cases Judicially Waived From Juvenile to Criminal Court
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, July 2019

Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2019

Violence Exposure, Continuous Trauma, and Repeat Offending in Female and Male Serious Adolescent Offenders
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, September 2018

Spotlight on Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, January 2018

Gender Responsive Interventions in the Era of Evidence-Based Practice: A Consumer's Guide to Understanding Research
Bureau of Justice Assistance-Sponsored, June 2016

Additional Resources

Conduct a search of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library for additional resources.