The CJARS data infrastructure is built from billions of lines of raw data. Click below to explore data coverage.
The TOC tool is a publicly available data tool that can be used to classify offense descriptions.
The CJARS team is conducting amazing new research, such as the children's exposure to the justice system through their caregivers. Check out all of the other pioneering research by clicking below.
CJARS is proud to announce the four winners of the 2023 CJARS Fellowship Program. Click below to learn more.
The CJARS Training Workshop aims to educate participants about new research opportunities to study the U.S. criminal justice system and provide participants with hands-on experience with the data.

The CJARS data infrastructure is built from billions of lines of raw data. Click below to explore data coverage.
The TOC tool is a publicly available data tool that can be used to classify offense descriptions.
The CJARS team is conducting amazing new research, such as the children's exposure to the justice system through their caregivers. Check out all of the other pioneering research by clicking below.
Percent of Children with a Parent or Other Potential Caregiver Charged with a Criminal Offense
CJARS is proud to announce the four winners of the 2023 CJARS Fellowship Program. Click below to learn more.
The CJARS Training Workshop aims to educate participants about new research opportunities to study the U.S. criminal justice system and provide participants with hands-on experience with the data.

The CJARS data infrastructure is built from billions of lines of raw data. Click below to explore data coverage.
The TOC tool is a publicly available data tool that can be used to classify offense descriptions.
The CJARS team is conducting amazing new research, such as the children's exposure to the justice system through their caregivers. Check out all of the other pioneering research by clicking below.
Percent of Children with a Parent or Other Potential Caregiver Charged with a Criminal Offense
CJARS is proud to announce the four winners of the 2023 CJARS Fellowship Program. Click below to learn more.
The CJARS Training Workshop aims to educate participants about new opportunities to study the U.S. criminal justice system and provide hands-on experience with the data.

Who We Are
The Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS) is a data infrastructure project revolutionizing research and statistical reporting on the U.S. criminal justice system.
What We Do
We create a data infrastructure and data tools that are a public data good, available for others to use.
How We Do It
The CJARS data infrastructure is built from administrative criminal justice data that we collect, harmonize, and integrate from agencies all across the country.