Tool Name

Criminal Justice Statistics from MN Planning Guide

Author

Land Management Information Center, Minnesota Planning Department

Use It Because

The Criminal Justice Statistics Center at Minnesota Planning obtains databases from various state agencies and analyzes them for policy-makers. Updated annually, these databases contain data on arrests and apprehensions (1985-2000), reported crimes (1985-2000), expenditures (1985-1998) and probation cases (1985-1999). Geographic levels covered are: state, county, judicial district and user-defined county aggregates. Users can also download files for later analysis.

What is it?

Searchable Database (Internet)

What does it give you?

Tables

Format

Web Site

Accessed Data

Aggregate/Summary Data

Data Documentation

with each subject section

Data Documentation Contents

definitions, limitations of the data, downloading instructions

Program Help

User Can

View, Print & Download

Can the Statistics be Aggregated?

Yes

What Formats Can Work Be Saved In?

dBase IV (.dbf) or Lotus 1-2-3 (.wk1)

Best Feature(s)

Easy to Operate
County-level aggregation available