About Us

The Connecticut State Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) is a collaborative venture between the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) and the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Central Connecticut State University. It is located within The Institute for the Study of Crime and Justice (ISCJ) at Central Connecticut State University. The SAC functions as a clearinghouse for justice related information, serves as a liaison in assisting the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in gathering state data, and conducts research.

The Connecticut State SAC is part of a network supported by the Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA), a national nonprofit organization of state SAC directors, and other researchers and practitioners throughout government, academia, and criminal justice organizations. JRSA conducts and publishes policy-relevant research on justice issues, provides training and technical assistance, and maintains a clearinghouse of state criminal justice activities.

The BJS program for SACs offers technical and financial support to States to establish and maintain a State-level capacity to collect, analyze and report statistics on crime and justice in order to contribute to effective State policies and programs and to participate in national data series. Through the creation of SACs, the BJS encourages analysis of evolving criminal justice topics of interest within the states, using data gathered from State and local agencies, and promotes statistical inquiries into improved measures of crime incidence and prevalence.

This Web site is funded in part through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this Web site (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).