PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency Launches Interactive Website

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency today announced the launch of a website, PACrimeStats.Info to provide access to crime-related data from Pennsylvania's adult and juvenile criminal justice agencies. 

"The launch of this website demonstrates our ongoing commitment to making the work of our justice system transparent and accessible to all Pennsylvanians," said PCCD Chair Mark Zimmer. "We recognize that to better manage our limited resources, we must first measure them. PACrimeStats.Info helps us to do just that."

PACrimeStats.Info is a clearinghouse for state and county justice statistics, data trends, and PCCD-funded research and evaluations. Examples of information include general information about crime in specific communities, number of arrests, types of offenses, number of people incarcerated and paroled. The information is free and available to the public.

Data from the state Department of Corrections, the Board of Probation and Parole, the Commission on Sentencing, State Police, the Pennsylvania Justice Network, and Juvenile Court Judges' Commission are available on the site.

Linda Rosenberg, PCCD's executive director, said the website was developed by PCCD's Statistical Analysis Center with support from the Pennsylvania State Data Center at Penn State Harrisburg. The project was funded, in part, through a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, which provides annual support for state justice statistics programs. 

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency's mission is to enhance the quality and coordination of criminal and juvenile justice systems, facilitate the delivery of services to victims of crime and increase the safety of our communities.

For more information, visit pacrimestats.info.

Media contact: Melanie Horvath, 717-265-8470

SOURCE Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency