Federal Documents
Crime in the United States Online 1995-2018
Description: Provides data on reported criminal offenses, crimes that have been cleared, people arrested, and law enforcement personnel.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Holdings: 1974 – 2003
Description: Includes statistics on the criminal justice system, public attitudes towards crime, characteristics of people arrested, judicial processing of defendants, and people in the correctional system. Available online at http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/.
This is an image of Pete Hernandez in front of the Refugio County Courthouse. Pete was the defendant in Hernandez v. Texas, which was the only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period. It had to do with the exclusion of Mexican-Americans from juries. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mr. Hernandez.
Interested in some local information? Special Collections and Archives has several collections that include transcripts, court cases and other local document:
Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia Papers include:
You might also browse the Jose Cisneros Collection, Dr. Hector P. Garcia Papers, Nueces County Court Records, W. E. Pope Papers and many more. Make an appointment today and see what you can find! specialcollections@tamucc.edu 361-825-4500