A product of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and written by Brian A. Reaves and Matthew J. Hickman, Police Departments in Large Cities, 1990-2000 "describes trends from 1990 to 2000 among local police departments serving US cities with 250,000 or more residents." Equipped with charts and graphs, the report presents statistical data in crime rate and residents served, female and minority...

A number of sites provide easy access to Census information and topographical features, but the HomeTownLocator Gazetteer is certainly one of the easiest to use, and quite a bit of fun as well. On this site, users may begin by browsing physical and cultural features of the United States, arranged by individual state. From each state listing, visitors may learn about various physical and cultural...

The oft-studied phenomenon of population dispersal from central city areas has often solely focused on examining the massive migration to suburban areas, but fewer scholars have examined decentralization trends within major central city areas. Written by Alan Berube and Benjamin Forman (under the auspices of the Brookings Institution), this 20-page report details the primary findings of their...