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Local Police Departments, 2003
"During 2003 the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), as part of its Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) program, surveyed a nationally representative sample of State and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide. Previous LEMAS surveys were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999 (limited scope), and 2000. This report presents data from the 2003 survey describing the nearly 13,000 local police departments operating in the United States in terms of their personnel, expenditures and pay, operations, community policing initiatives, written policies and procedures, computers and information systems, and equipment. Comparisons are made with prior years where appropriate."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2006-05
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Sheriffs' Offices, 2003
"During 2003 the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), as part of its Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) program, surveyed a nationally representative sample of State and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide. Previous LEMAS surveys were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999 (limited scope), and 2000. This report presents data from the
2003 survey describing the more than 3,000 sheriffs' offices operating in the
United States in terms of their personnel, expenditures and pay, operations, community policing initiatives, written policies and procedures, computers and information systems, and equipment. Comparisons are made with prior years where appropriate."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Hickman, Matthew J.; Reaves, Brian (Brian A.)
2006-05
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Justice Expenditure and Employment in the United States, 2003
"In 2003 the United States spent a record $185 billion for police protection, corrections, and judicial and legal activities. Expenditures for operating the
Nation's justice system increased from almost $36 billion in 1982 to over $185 billion in 2003, an increase of 418%. Local governments funded half of all justice system expenses. Another 33% of direct justice funding came from the States. Total justice expenditures comprised approximately 7.2% of all State and local public expenditures in 2003. Compared to justice expenditures, State and local governments continued to spend almost 4 times as much on education, twice as much on public welfare, and roughly an equal amount on hospitals and healthcare."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Hughes, Kristen A.
2006-04
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Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2003
"This is a report of the results of the Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems. [...]. This report is based upon the results from a survey conducted of the administrators of the State criminal history record repositories in May--December 2004. Fifty-three jurisdictions were surveyed, including the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Responses were received from all 53 jurisdictions. Throughout this report, the 50 States will be referred to as 'States'; the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands will be referred to as 'territories,' consistent with prior surveys; 'Nation' refers collectively to both the States and territories. In addition, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was the source for information relating to the number of criminal history records of the States participating in the Interstate Identification Index (III) system that are maintained by the State criminal history repositories and the number of records maintained by the FBI for the States, as of March 1, 2003."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Greenspan, Owen M.; Johnson, Eric C.
2006-02
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Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in Indian Country, 2002
"This report describes the characteristics of tribal -- 1) law enforcement 2) courts and administration 3) corrections and intermediate sanctions 4) criminal history records 5) justice statistics. The report addresses basic questions about the criminal justice system in Indian country: Which tribes have sworn law enforcement personnel and the source of authority? What are the number and types of tribal court systems? Who performs the tribal detention function and what types of sanctions are to be imposed? Do tribes have access to State and national criminal record systems? The 13 tables present individual agency data for tribal criminal justice agencies across the United States. The table notes describe the data used and provide information for interpreting the tables. The publication is divided into four parts, according to broad topical areas: Part I: Law enforcement […] Part II: Courts and administration […] Part III: Corrections and intermediate sanctions […] Part IV: Criminal history records and justice statistics."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Perry, Steven W.
2005-12
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2005
"A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It provides the most current detailed statistical information to inform the Nation on the nature of crime in schools.This report presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population from an array of sources--the National Crime Victimization Survey, the School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the School Survey on Crime and Safety and the School and Staffing Survey. Data on crime away from school are also presented to place school crime in the context of crime in the larger society."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; National Center for Education Statistics; United States. Department of Education . . .
2005-11
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Hate Crime Reported by Victims and Police
"An annual average of 210,000 hate crime victimizations occurred from July 2000 through December 2003. During that period an average of 191,000 hate crime incidents involving one or more victims occurred annually. Victims also indicated that 92,000 of these hate crime victimizations were reported to police. These estimates were derived from victim reports to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). As defined here, an ordinary crime becomes a hate crime when offenders choose a victim because of some characteristic " for example, race, ethnicity, or religion " and provide evidence that hate prompted them to commit the crime. Bias crime is another term for hate crime. Hate crimes that respondents report in the NCVS are based on victims perceptions of why they became crime victims."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2005-11
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National Crime Victimization Survey: Criminal Victimization, 2004
"In 2004 U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced an estimated 24 million violent and property victimizations, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). [...] These criminal victimizations included an estimated 18.6 million property crimes (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and theft), 5.2 million violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), and 224,000 personal thefts (pocket picking and purse snatching). Victimization rates for every major type of crime measured were unchanged from their 2003 levels."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Catalano, Shannan
2005-09
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Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2004
"Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2003 is the ninth in a series of Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports. This report describes laws, regulations, procedures, and information systems related to sales and other transfers of firearms that were in effect as of June 30, 2004. Procedures summarized in the survey are required by the laws and regulations of the United States, the 50 States, and other jurisdictions."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2005-08
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Family Violence Statistics, Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances
"This compendium contains the most recent family violence statistics from these sources: surveys conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the BJS database of Federal statistics, and two statistical databases maintained by the FBI. The sources provide statistical snapshots of family violence at different stages in the administration of justice. First are statistics on the nature and extent of family violence. Next are statistics on family violence that is reported to police, followed by statistics on the prosecution of persons charged with family violence. Lastly are statistics on persons sent to prison or jail for family violence. The report is divided into eight sections giving statistics on: 1) Reported and unreported family violence; 2) Fatal family violence; 3) Family violence reported to police; 4) Family violence recorded by police; 5) State prosecution of family assault; 6) Federal prosecution of domestic violence; 7) Family violence offenders in prison; 8) Family violence offenders in jail."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Durose, Matthew R.; Harlow, Caroline Wolf; Langan, Patrick A. . . .
2005-06
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Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report: Violent Victimization of College Students, 1995-2002
This special report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics discusses the rates of robbery, aggravated assault and violent crime among college students between 1995 and 2002. From the report, "For the period 1995 to 2002, college students ages 18 to 24 experienced violence at average annual rates lower than those for nonstudents in the same age group (61 per 1,000 students versus 75 per 1,000 nonstudents). Except for rape/sexual assault, average annual rates were lower for students than for nonstudents for each type of violent crime measured (robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault). Rates of rape/sexual assault for the two groups did not differ statistically."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Klaus, Patsy A.; Baum, Katrina
2005-01
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BJS Statistical Profile, 1992-2002: American Indians and Crime
"This report represents a compilation and new analysis of data on the incidents, prevalence, and consequences of violent crime among American Indians. The report uses data from a wide variety of sources, including statistical series maintained by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and the U.S. Census Bureau. The findings reveal a disturbing picture of the victimization of American Indians and Alaska Natives. The rate of violent crime estimated from self reported victimizations for American Indians is well above that of other U.S. racial or ethnic groups and is more than twice the national average. This disparity in the rates of exposure to violence affecting American Indians occurs across age groups, housing locations, and by gender."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Perry, Steven W.
2004-12
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2004
"This is the seventh edition of 'Indicators of School Crime and Safety,' a joint publication of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics. This report provides detailed statistical information to inform the nation on the current status of crime in schools. The 2004 edition of 'Indicators' includes the most recent available data, including data from the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the 2002 National Crime Victimization Survey, and the 2003 School Crime Supplement, a survey of our nation's students about their experiences with school crime and safety. The data in this report were compiled from a number of statistical data sources supported by the federal government. Such sources include results from a study of violent deaths in schools, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the National Crime Victimization Survey and School Crime Supplement to the survey, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics, respectively; the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the Schools and Staffing Survey and School Survey on Crime and Safety, both sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; National Center for Education Statistics; United States. Department of Education . . .
DeVoe, Jill F.; Peter, Katharin; Kaufman, Phillip
2004-11
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Nation's Two Crime Measures
"The U.S. Department of Justice administers two statistical programs to measure the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the Nation: the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Each program produces valuable information about aspects of the Nation's crime problem. Because the UCR and NCVS programs are conducted for different purposes, use different methods, and focus on somewhat different aspects of crime, the information they produce together provides a more comprehensive panorama of the Nation's crime problem than either could produce alone."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2004-10
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National Crime Victimization Survey: Criminal Victimization, 2003
"In 2003 U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced an estimated 24.2 million violent and property victimizations, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). (See Survey methodology, page 11.) These criminal victimizations included an estimated 18.6 million property crimes (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and theft), 5.4 million violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), and 185,000 personal thefts (pocket picking and purse snatching). Except for rape/sexual assault, which showed a marginal decline, 2003 victimization rates for every major type of crime measured were unchanged from their 2002 levels. However, for every major category of crime except rape/sexual assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft, aggregated rates for the period 2002-03 were lower than those for 2001-02."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Catalano, Shannan
2004-09
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50 Largest Crime Labs, 2002 - Bureau of Justice Statistics Fact Sheet
"The 50 largest publicly funded forensic crime laboratories in the United States employed more than 4,300 full-time equivalent (FTE) personnel in 2002 and had total budgets exceeding $266.6 million. These labs received more than 994,000 new cases, including over 1.2 million requests for forensic services during calendar year 2002. The requests represented about half of all requests for forensic services handled by publicly funded laboratories nationally." This fact sheet provides statistics on personnel in the 50 largest labs, as well as requests for forensic services, and annual budgets.
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Hickman, Matthew J.
2004-09
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Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program, 1996-2004
"In the 104th Congress, the House of Representatives passed the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Act (H.R. 728) of 1995. This amended the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to establish the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Program. The Fiscal Year 1996 Appropriations Act (Public Law 104-034) instructed the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make funds available to units of general purpose local government under the LLEBG Program pursuant to H.R. 728. The grants were to be based on a jurisdiction's number of Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Part I violent crimes reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The LLEBG program provides funds to units of local government to reduce crime and improve public safety (see box on page 2). Each year since 1996 Congress has appropriated funds to continue the program. This report describes the LLEBG formula calculation stages, including the determination of how funds are distributed, and provides an example of the award process."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bauer, Lynn
2004-09
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Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics, 2002
"This Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report presents an overview of case processing in the Federal criminal justice system. The data presented are compiled from the BJS Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database. The FJSP database includes data provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Executive Office for the U.S. Attorneys, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and U.S. Sentencing Commission. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, in addition to providing data describing defendants in cases processed by the Federal judiciary, provides data describing defendants processed by the Federal pretrial services agencies and the Federal probation and supervision service. The BJS Federal Justice Statistics database is archived on CDROM, copies of which are available from the BJS Clearinghouse. The data can be downloaded from the Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center at ."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2004-09
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Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2003
"Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2003 is the eighth in a series of Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports. This report describes laws, regulations, procedures, and information systems related to sales and other transfers of firearms that were in effect as of June 30, 2003. Procedures summarized in the survey are required by the laws and regulations of the United States, the 50 States, and other jurisdictions."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2004-08
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Reentry Trends in the United States: Inmates Returning to the Community After Serving Time in Prison
"[1] At least 95% of all State prisoners will be released from prison at some point; nearly 80% will be released to parole supervision. [2] At yearend 2002, 1,440,655 prisoners were under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities. [3] In 2001, about 592,000 State prison inmates were released to the community after serving time in prison. [4] Nearly 33% of State prison releases in 1999 were drug offenders, 25% were violent offenders and 31% were property offenders. [5] 670,169 adults were under State parole supervision at yearend 2002. [6] By the end of 2000, 16 States had abolished discretionary release from prison by a parole board for all offenders. [7] Among State parole discharges in 2000, 41% successfully completed their term of supervision; relatively unchanged since 1990."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Hughes, Timothy; Wilson, Doris James
2004-04-14?
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Cybercrime against Businesses - Bureau of Justice Statistics Technical Report
"Among 198 businesses responding to a 2001 pilot survey, 74% reported being a victim of cybercrime. Other findings on the 198 businesses included the following: nearly two-thirds had been victimized by a computer virus at least once; a quarter had experienced denial of service attacks, such as the degradation of Internet connections due to excessive amounts of incoming information; about a fifth reported that their computer systems had been vandalized or sabotaged. These are some of the findings from the Computer Security Survey (CSS) 2001 pilot, which covered a group of 500 businesses nationwide. These findings are not nationally representative but illustrate the feasibility and utility of a data collection program to be initiated in 2004 among some 36,000 businesses. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), collaborating with the U.S. Census Bureau, conducted the CSS pilot. Results of this test demonstrated a need for an increased response rate to produce valid national estimates and a need to refine survey questions."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Rantala, Ramona R.
2004-03
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Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report: National Crime Victimization Suvrey, 1995-2000, Violent Victimization of College Students
This special report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics discusses the rates of robbery, aggravated assault and violent crime among college students between 1995 and 2000. From the report: "On average between 1995 and 2000, college students were victims of about 526,000 crimes of violence annually: rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Of these violent crimes, an average of about 128,120 per year involved a weapon or serious injury to the victim. Over the same years college students experienced violent crimes at a lower average per capita rate than nonstudents (68 and 82 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 18-24). (For this report 'nonstudents', like 'students', were persons age 18-24, but 'nonstudents' were not enrolled full or part time in a college or university.) Similarly, students sustained serious violent crime -- rape, robbery, and aggravated assault -- at a lower rate than did nonstudents (25 and 34 victimizations per 1,000 persons, respectively)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Hart, Timothy C.
2003-12
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Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics, 2001
"This Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report presents an overview of case processing in the Federal criminal justice system. The data presented are compiled from the BJS Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database. The FJSP database includes data provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Executive Office for the U.S. Attorneys, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and U.S. Sentencing Commission. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, in addition to providing data describing defendants in cases processed by the Federal judiciary, provides data describing defendants processed by the Federal pretrial services agencies and the Federal probation and supervision service. The BJS Federal Justice Statistics database is archived on CDROM, copies of which are available from the BJS Clearinghouse. The data can be downloaded from the Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center at ."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2003-11
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2003
"This is the sixth edition of 'Indicators of School Crime and Safety,' a joint publication of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics. This report provides detailed statistical information to inform the nation on the current status of crime in schools. The 2003 edition of 'Indicators' includes the most recent available data, including 2001 data and newly released data from the 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety, a survey of our nation's public schools. The data in this report were compiled from a number of statistical data sources supported by the federal government. Such sources include results from a study of violent deaths in schools, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the National Crime Victimization Survey and School Crime Supplement to the survey, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics, respectively; the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the Schools and Staffing Survey, sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; National Center for Education Statistics; United States. Department of Education . . .
DeVoe, Jill F.; Peter, Katharin; Kaufman, Phillip
2003-10
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Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics, 2003
"During 2003 the Homeland Security Act took effect, reorganizing several Federal law enforcement agencies into the Department of Homeland Security. The agencies that comprised the new department were responsible for roughly one-third of all Federal arrests and bookings in 2003. The number of suspects investigated by U.S. attorneys increased between 2002 and 2003, from 124,335 to 130,078. About three-quarters of those for which the investigation was concluded were prosecuted " either before a U.S. district court judge (62%) or before a U.S. magistrate (12%) " and 26% of those investigated were not prosecuted by U.S. attorneys. The number of defendants prosecuted in Federal courts increased slightly between 2002 and 2003, from 90,407 to 94,916. The number of offenders under Federal correctional supervision increased 84% between 1990 and 2003. At the end of fiscal year 2003, the number of offenders in Federal prison or on community supervision was 261,435 compared to 141,790 during 1990. At the end of fiscal year 2003, the number of Federal inmates serving a sentence of imprisonment was 152,459. The number under community supervision was 108,976. Over 72% of those under community supervision were on post-incarceration supervised release (75,766) or parole (3,239)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2003-09-30
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Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin: Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2002
The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act) mandates criminal history background checks on persons applying to purchase firearms from federally licensed firearm dealers, Federal Firearm Licensees (FFL's). This Bulletin reports the number of applications for firearm transfers and permits, rejections that resulted from background checks, reasons for rejection, and rates of rejection for selected States in 2002.
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bowling, Michael; Lauver, Gene; Hickman, Matthew J. . . .
2003-09
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National Crime Victimization Survey: Criminal Victimization, 2002
"In 2002 U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced about 23.0 million violent and property victimizations, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). These criminal victimizations included an estimated 17.5 million property crimes (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and theft), 5.3 million violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), and 155,000 personal thefts (pocket picking and purse snatching). The 23.0 million criminal victimizations in 2002 continued a downward trend that began in 1994. Criminal victimization estimates are the lowest since the 1973 estimate of 44 million victimizations when the NCVS began."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Rand, Michael R.; Rennison, Callie Marie
2003-08
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Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2001
"This is a report of the results of the Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems. [...]. This report is based upon the results from a two-part survey conducted of the administrators of the State criminal history record repositories in January -- July 2002. Fifty-three jurisdictions were surveyed, including the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Responses were received from all 53 jurisdictions. Throughout this report, the 50 States will be referred to as 'States'; the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands will be referred to as 'territories,' consistent with prior surveys; 'Nation' refers collectively to both the States and territories. In addition, the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] was the source for information relating to the number of criminal history records of the States participating in the Interstate Identification Index (III) system that are maintained by the State criminal history repositories and the number of records maintained by the FBI for the States, as of March 1, 2003."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Barton, Sheila J.
2003-08
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Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin: Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2002
"As of June 2002, Federal agencies employed more than 93,000 full-time personnel authorized to make arrests and carry firearms in the 50 States and the District of Columbia, according to a survey conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Compared with June 2000, employment of such personnel increased by about 6%. The survey found that approximately 1,300 officers were employed in U.S. Territories as of June 2002. No data were obtained on Federal officers stationed in foreign countries."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bauer, Lynn; Reaves, Brian (Brian A.)
2003-08
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Money Laundering Offenders, 1994-2001 - Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report
"During 2001, 1,477 defendants were charged in U.S. district courts with money laundering as the most serious offense filed. These defendants comprised 1.8% of all cases filed in U.S. district courts Offenders convicted of money laundering face prison terms of up to 20 years, fines up to $500,000 or twice the value of the property involved, and possible criminal and civil forfeiture related to the value of the property or funds involved This report uses data from the Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) to describe the criminal case processing of money laundering offenders in the Federal criminal justice system."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2003-07
