The information series on current topics

Contains primary and secondary source materials, including graphs, charts, quotes, and articles, that provide information about crime in America, providing an overview of the problem, and discussing hate crimes, victims, juvenile crime, law enforcement, white-collar crime, and related topics.

Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics that provide current and historical information about a range of environmental issues, focusing on garbage and other pollution, with discussion of municipal solid waste, recycling, air pollution, water contamination, hazardous waste, and public opinion and environmental policy.

Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics that provide current and historical information about a range of health issues, focusing on childhood, with discussion of family and living arrangements, child care, money, health and safety, education, sexuality and pregnancy, juvenile crime and victimization, recreation, and attitudes.

Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics that provide current and historical information about a range of health issues, covering aging, with discussion of population, economic status, living arrangements, working, education and voting behavior, physical and mental health, care, victimization, and trends and projections.

Contains primary and secondary source materials, including graphs, charts, quotes, and articles, that provide information about child abuse in the U.S., discussing the history and extent of the problem, causes and effects, child sexual abuse, false memories, child abuse reporting, and child abuse and the law.

Presents facts, tables, charts, and statistics on several aspects of education in the U.S.

A compilation of primary and secondary source materials, including graphs, quotes, articles, and charts, that provide information about the issue of violent relationships among adults in America.

Presents facts, tables, charts, and statistics on several aspects of capital punishment in the U.S. and abroad.

Presents a compilation of primary and secondary source materials, including graphs, quotes, articles, and charts, that provide information about careers andoccupations in the U.S., covering the labor force, unemployment, earnings and benefits, workers' rights, and other topics.