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The Nation's Two Crime Measures, 2011-2020
From the Document: "The U.S. Department of Justice administers two statistical programs to measure the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the nation: the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting Program Summary Reporting System (UCR SRS) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The NCVS was established in 1973 to complement the UCR SRS and measure crimes not reported to police. The NCVS and UCR SRS have different purposes, use different methods, and focus on different aspects of crime. The information they produce together provides a comprehensive understanding of crime in the United States. This report presents NCVS and UCR SRS statistical estimates as defined by each program."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Morgan, Rachel E.; Thompson, Alexandra
2022-02
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National Sources of Law Enforcement Employment Data
"The United States has three national data resources that collect law enforcement employment statistics along with other information unique to each collection. The FBI, U.S. Census Bureau, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) data collections programs have different purposes, data definitions, respondent universes, and data collection procedures. This report details the similarities and differences among these three collections and discusses when the use of one may be preferred over the others. Law enforcement in the United States is made up of about 18,000 federal, state, county, and local agencies. Each agency has varying legal and geographic jurisdictions, ranging from single-officer police departments to those with more than 30,000 officers. The most common type of agency is the small town police department that employs 10 or fewer officers. The decentralized, fragmented, and local nature of law enforcement in the United States makes it challenging to accurately count the number of agencies and officers."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Banks, Duren; Hickman, Matthew J.; Kyckelhahn, Tracey . . .
2016-04
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Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2014 - Statistical Tables
"In 2014, there were 1,053 deaths in local jails, an 8% increase from 2013. Respiratory deaths increased 32%, from 31 deaths in 2013 to 41 in 2014. Suicides, the leading cause of death, increased 13% between 2013 and 2014, from 328 to 372. Heart disease, the second leading cause of death in local jails, decreased from 260 deaths in 2013 to 239 in 2014. […] Between 2000 and 2014, jail authorities reported a total of 14,786 inmate deaths in local jails. Suicides accounted for 31% of jail inmate deaths during that period. Jail inmates served a median of 19 days prior to death between 2000 and 2014. During the same period, a third (35%) of inmates were being held for a violent offense prior to death and about a quarter (24%) were being held for a public order offense. About half (49%) of inmates who died in a jail died in a medical facility between 2000 and 2014. Data in this report were developed from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP), an annual data collection of inmate deaths in local jails and state prisons. The DCRP is the only national statistical collection that obtains comprehensive data about deaths in adult correctional facilities. BJS initiated the DCRP data collection for local jails in 2000."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
Noonan, Margaret E.
2016-12
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Mortality in State Prisons, 2001-2014 - Statistical Tables
"In 2014, there were 3,927 inmate deaths in state (3,483) and federal (444) prisons, up slightly from 3,879 in 2013. This is the largest number of inmate deaths reported in state and federal prisons since the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) began collecting data in 2001. […] Illness remained the most common cause of death in state prisons, accounting for 87% of deaths in 2014. From 2013 to 2014, the number of deaths among state prisoners due to illness declined 2%, from 3,082 to 3,031 deaths. AIDS-related deaths increased 23% during the period and respiratory disease deaths increased 20%. The number of suicides in state prisons increased by 30% from 2013 to 2014. This increase followed a 6% decrease from 2012 to 2013. Suicides represented 7% of all deaths in state prisons in 2014, the largest percentage of deaths due to suicide since 2001. Data in this report were developed from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) DCRP, an annual data collection of inmate deaths in local jails and state prisons. The DCRP is the only national statistical collection that obtains comprehensive information about deaths in adult correctional facilities. This report covers deaths that occurred in state prisons between 2001 and 2014. It includes information on cause of death, selected decedent characteristics, and prisoner mortality rates by state. Federal data presented in this report are based on aggregate counts from the Bureau of Prisons."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
Noonan, Margaret E.
2016-12
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Prisoners in 2015
"At yearend 2015, the United States had an estimated 1,526,800 prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities. This was the smallest U.S. prison population since 2005 (1,525,900 prisoners). The prison population decreased by more than 2% from the number of prisoners held in December 2014 (figure 1). This was the largest decline in the number of persons under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities since 1978 (figure 2). [...] The statistics in this report are based on the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) Program, which collects annual data from state departments of corrections (DoCs) and the BOP (Bureau of Prisons) on prisoner counts, prisoner characteristics, admissions, releases, and prison capacity."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Carson, E. Ann; Anderson, Elizabeth
2016-12
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Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2014 - Statistical Tables
"This report details the rates of nonfatal violent
victimization against persons with and without
disabilities, describes the types of disabilities, and
compares victim characteristics. Nonfatal violent
crimes include rape or sexual assault, robbery,
aggravated assault, and simple assault. The findings
are based on the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS)
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), a
household survey that collects data on U.S. residents
age 12 or older (excluding those living in institutions)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
Harrell, Erika, 1976-
2016-11
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State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2013
"From 2011 to 2013, a total of 664 state and local law
enforcement academies provided basic training
to entry-level officer recruits in the United States.
During this period, nearly 135,000 recruits (45,000
per year) entered a basic training program, and 86%
completed the program successfully. This completion rate
was the same as was observed for the 57,000 recruits who
entered training programs in 2005.
About half (48%) of recruits were trained by academies
using a training model that was more stress than
nonstress oriented in its approach (figure 1). Stress-based
training is based on the military model and typically
involves intensive physical demands and psychological
pressure. About a fifth (18%) of recruits were trained
by academies that maintained more of a nonstress
environment. The nonstress model emphasizes academic
achievement, physical training, and a more relaxed and
supportive instructor-trainee relationship. A third (34%)
of recruits were trained in academies that balanced the
two approaches."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Reaves, Brian (Brian A.)
2016-07
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Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2017
"Enacted in 2010, the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to (1) establish and implement a tribal data collection system, (2) consult with Indian tribes to establish and implement this data collection system, and (3) annually report to Congress the data collected and analyzed in accordance with the act (P.L. 111-211, 124 Stat. 2258, § 251(b)). Indian country includes federally recognized reservations, tribal communities, and identified trust lands. Criminal jurisdiction in Indian country varies by type of crime committed, whether the offender or victim is a tribal member, and the state in which the offense occurred. […] This report summarizes efforts related to BJS's tribal crime data collection system during fiscal year 2017, including: [1] Tribal data collection activities: the Survey of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Serving Tribal Land, the Survey of State and Local Prosecutor Offices Serving Tribal Lands, the Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA), and the National Survey of Tribal Court Systems (NSTCS); [2] Tribal participation in national records and information systems, including the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP); [3] BJS's most recent statistical findings on jails in Indian country and the AIAN population in the federal justice system; and [4] How to access tribal information on BJS.gov."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2017-07
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Federal Justice Statistics, 2013-2014
"Federal arrests decreased from 188,164 in fiscal year 2013 to 165,265 in fiscal year 2014. Arrests by federal law enforcement more than doubled between 1994 (80,450) and 2013, and then declined by 12% from 2013 to 2014 (figure 1). [...] This report describes defendants processed at each stage of the federal justice system: arrest, investigation and prosecution, pretrial detention, adjudication and sentencing, corrections, and supervision in the community. Data are from the Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP). The FJSP collects, standardizes, and reports on administrative data received from six federal justice agencies: the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC), Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, the BOP, and the U.S. Sentencing Commission."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2017-03
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Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2015 - Statistical Tables
"In 2015, nearly 17 million applications were subject to background checks, and about 226,000 (1.4%) were denied, including about 107,000 denied by the FBI and about 119,000 denied by state and local agencies. Nearly 197 million applications for firearm transfers or permits have been subject to background checks since the effective date of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act) on February 28, 1994, through December 31, 2015. During this period, more than 3 million applications (1.5%) were denied. Data in this report were obtained from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program. Through FIST, BJS obtains background check information on applications and denials from state and local checking agencies and combines it with the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) transaction data to produce an estimated number of background checks for firearm transfers or permits since the effective date of the Brady Act. [...] These statistical tables describe background check activities that occurred in 2015. Data include the number of firearm transaction applications processed by the FBI and by state and local agencies; the number of applications denied and reasons for denials; estimates of applications by jurisdiction and by each type of approval system; and FBI denials referred to the ATF DENI Branch."
United States. Office of Justice Programs; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Karberg, Jennifer C; Frandsen, Ronald J.; Durso, Joseph M. . . .
2017-11
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Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2015 - Statistical Tables
"In 2015, the rate of violent victimization against persons with disabilities (29.5 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older) was 2.5 times higher than the rate for persons without disabilities (11.8 per 1,000), which was adjusted to account for the differences between the age distributions for persons with and without disabilities (see Methodology) (figure 1). In every year from 2009 to 2015, the rate of violent victimization against persons with disabilities was at least twice the age-adjusted rate for persons without disabilities. The rate of violent victimization increased from 2011 to 2012 for both persons with and without disabilities. From 2012 to 2015, the rate remained steady for persons with disabilities and decreased for persons without disabilities. This report details the rates of nonfatal violent victimization against persons with and without disabilities, describes types of disabilities, and compares victim characteristics. Nonfatal violent crimes include rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Findings are based on the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), a household survey that collects data on U.S. residents age 12 or older (excluding those living in institutions)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
Harrell, Erika, 1976-
2017-07
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Hate Crime Victimization, 2004-2015
"In 2015, the rate of violent hate crime victimization was 0.7 hate crimes per 1,000 persons age 12 or older. This rate was not significantly different from the rate in 2004 (0.9 per 1,000). The absence of statistically significant change in rates from 2004 to 2015 generally held true for violent hate crimes both reported and unreported to police. However, between 2012 and 2015, the rate of unreported violent hate crime declined slightly, from 0.6 to 0.3 victimizations per 1,000 persons 12 or older (90% confidence level). Findings are primarily from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which has collected data on crimes motivated by hate since 2003. The NCVS and the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Hate Crime Statistics Program are the principal sources of annual information on hate crime in the United States. BJS and the FBI use the hate crime definition established by the Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. § 534): 'crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, gender or gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.' The NCVS measures crimes perceived by victims to be motivated by an offender's bias against them for belonging to or being associated with a group largely identified by these characteristics."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Langton, Lynn; Masucci, Madeline
2017-06
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Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2006
"This report is based upon the results from a survey conducted of the administrators of the State criminal history record repositories in July-- December 2007. Fifty-five jurisdictions were surveyed, including the 50 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Responses were received from all 55 jurisdictions. It presents a snapshot as of December 31, 2006."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Office of Justice Programs
2008-10
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Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2008
"The results from a survey conducted of the administrators of the State criminal history record repositories in March--June 2009. Fifty-six jurisdictions were surveyed, including the 50 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Responses were received from 53 jurisdictions. It presents a snapshot as of December 31, 2008. Throughout this report, the 50 States will be referred to as 'States'; the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands will be referred to as 'territories,' consistent with prior surveys; 'Nation' refers collectively to both States and territories."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Office of Justice Programs
2009-10
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Criminal Victimization, 2018
From the Document: "The longstanding general trend of declining violent crime in the United States, which began in the 1990s, has reversed direction in recent years. The 2018 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the third consecutive iteration of the NCVS to find that the number of violent-crime victims was higher than in 2015. According to the NCVS, the number of U.S. residents age 12 or older who were victims of violent crime decreased from 2014 to 2015 (the most recent year that a decline was observed). The number of violent-crime victims then increased from 2015 to 2016, before increasing again from 2016 to 2018. There was no statistically significant one-year change in the number of victims from 2016 to 2017 or from 2017 to 2018."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Morgan, Rachel E.; Oudekerk, Barbara A.
2019-09
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Use of Force by Police: Overview of National and Local Data
"Law enforcement officers are authorized to use force in specified circumstances, are trained in the use of force, and typically face numerous circumstances during their careers when use of force is appropriate--for example, in making some arrests, restraining unruly combatants, or controlling a disruptive demonstration. When the level of force exceeds the level considered justifiable under the circumstances, however, the activities of the police come under public scrutiny. [...] This report is one in a series of publications by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) that seek to inform public discussion by examining police use of force from many perspectives. The report provides an overview of the state of research knowledge about police use of force, updates progress on the national BJS Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS) and the database project of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, provides the latest findings from NIJ-supported use-of-force research projects in several local jurisdictions, and offers a researcher's suggestions for a future research agenda on police use of force, with special attention given to issues of excessive force."
National Institute of Justice (U.S.); United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Adams, Kenneth, 1953-; Alpert, Geoffrey P.; Dunham, Roger G. . . .
1999-10
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Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2010: A Criminal Justice Information Policy Report
"This report is based upon the results from a survey conducted of the administrators of the state criminal history record repositories in March-June 2010. Fifty-six jurisdictions were surveyed, including the 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Responses were received from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam. It presents a snapshot as of December 31, 2010. Throughout this report, the 50 states will be referred to as 'states'; the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands will be referred to as 'territories,' consistent with prior surveys; 'Nation' refers collectively to both states and territories. In addition, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was the source for some of the information relating to criminal history records, including state participation in the Interstate Identification Index (III) system (the national criminal records exchange system) and the number of III records maintained by the FBI on behalf of the states; the number of records in the protection order file; and the number of sex offender records in the FBI National Crime Information Center (NCIC) files."
United States. Office of Justice Programs; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2011-11
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Annual Report on School Safety: 1998
"The data in this report show a decline in school crime and a reduction in the percentage of students carrying weapons to school. At the same time, the data indicate a substantial amount of crime, including violent crime, against both students and teachers. It is also very important to note that students are more fearful at school today than in the past. These conditions highlight the importance of accurately measuring incidents of school crime so that we can improve our school environments and make them safer places."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; National Center for Education Statistics
1999-10
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Violent Victimization Committed by Strangers, 1993-2010
"In 2010, about 1.8 million nonfatal violent victimizations were committed by strangers, which was a 77% decline from 7.9 million victimizations in 1993. Violent victimizations committed by strangers accounted for about 38% of all nonfatal violence in 2010. Simple assault made up the majority (60%) of victimizations committed by strangers during the year, followed by aggravated assault (20%), robbery (17%), and rape or sexual assault (2%). From 1993 to 2008, among homicides reported to the FBI for which the victim-offender relationship was known, between 21% and 27% of homicides were committed by strangers and between 73% and 79% were committed by offenders known to the victims. From 1993 to 2010, the rate of nonfatal violent victimization committed by strangers declined 81%, from 37.7 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older to 7.1 per 1,000 (figure 1). Similarly, during the 18-year period the rate of violence committed by offenders known to their victims dropped 73%, from 39.4 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older to 10.5 per 1,000. The percentage decline in the rate of violence committed by strangers and the rate committed by offenders known to the victim from 1993 to 2010 was not statistically different."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
Harrell, Erika, 1976-
2012-12
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Jails in Indian Country, 2012
"The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has conducted the Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC) since 1998, although the survey was not conducted in 2005 or 2006. The number of known operating jail facilities in Indian country since 2004 increased from 68 in 2004 to 79 in 2012. Over the 8-year period, 11 facilities permanently closed and 21 facilities were newly constructed. Two facilities in 2011 (one adult and one juvenile) were treated as one respondent in 2010. Two facilities in 2011 merged into one facility in 2012. A number of facilities were also determined to be out of scope for the survey, including one that was included in the 2009 survey, four in the 2010 survey, and three in the 2011 survey. […] BJS estimated inmate population counts for seven facilities in 2004 and four facilities in 2007 that did not respond to the surveys. All known operating facilities responded to the 2008 through 2012 surveys."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Office of Justice Programs
Minton, Todd D.
2013-06
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Correctional Populations in the United States, 2013
"An estimated 6,899,000 persons were under the supervision of adult correctional systems at yearend 2013, down from 6,940,500 at yearend 2012. The decrease of 41,500 offenders in 2013 resulted in the number of persons under correctional supervision falling below 6.9 million for the first time since 2003. The decline in the population during 2013 (down 0.6%) was less than 1% for the second consecutive year, down from 2.1% in 2010 when the fastest annual decline in the population was observed. About 1 in 35 adults in the United States was under some form of correctional supervision at yearend 2013. This rate was unchanged from 2012, when it dropped to the lowest rate observed since 1997. This report summarizes data from several Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) correctional data collections to provide statistics on the total population supervised by adult correctional systems in the United States. […] These systems include offenders living in the community while supervised by probation or parole agencies and those under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons or held in local jails."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
Glaze, Lauren E.; Kaeble, Danielle
2014-12
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Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, 2015
"As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005, the 108th Congress merged the discretionary Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Program with the formula-based Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program to establish the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) administers the JAG program, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) calculates the JAG formula-based award amounts using specifications outlined in the legislation. JAG awards may be used for the following seven purposes-- 1) law enforcement 2) prosecution and courts 3) prevention and education 4) corrections and community corrections 5) drug treatment 6) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement 7) crime victim and witness programs. A total of $255,795,278 was available for the 2015 JAG awards. This report describes the steps in the JAG award calculation process and presents summary results of the 2015 JAG formula calculations."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Cooper, Alexia; Hyland, Shelley S.
2015-10
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National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC-3) 2017-18
From the Program Description: "On September 4, 2003, President George W. Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act of
2003 (Public Law 108-79). [...] To implement the act, BJS [Bureau of Justice Statistics] developed the National Prison Rape Statistics Program (NPRS),
which includes four separate data collection efforts: the Survey on Sexual Violence (SSV),
National Inmate Survey (NIS), National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC), and National
Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS).
Each of these collections is independent and, while not directly comparable, they provide
measures of the prevalence and characteristics of sexual assault in correctional facilities. The
SSV collects information about incidents of sexual violence reported to and investigated by adult
and juvenile correctional authorities and characteristics of substantiated incidents. The NIS
collects allegations of sexual assault self-reported by adult and juvenile inmates in correctional
facilities. The NSYC gathers self-reported sexual assault data from youth in juvenile correctional
facilities. The NFPS measures allegations of sexual assault experienced during a person's last
incarceration, as reported by former inmates under active supervision."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
2016-04-20
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Assessing Inmate Cause of Death: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and National Death Index
"The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) has collected data annually on inmates who died in
state prison and local jail and the circumstances surrounding
these deaths since the Death in Custody Reporting
Act (P. L. 106-297) was passed in 2000. There were no
standardized requirements for prison and jail administrators
to report inmate deaths prior to the passage of the act.
Under BJS's Deaths in Custody Reporting Program
(DCRP), respondents from jails and state departments of
corrections are asked to report causes of deaths (COD),
identifiers, and characteristics of each inmate who died.
This includes personal data (i.e., name, date of birth, date
of death, and sex), correctional information (i.e., length
of stay, legal status, and criminal offense of the deceased),
and the circumstances of the death (i.e., medical treatment
before death, pre-existing conditions, and time and place of
death incident)."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
Zeng, Zhen; Noonan, Margaret E.; Carson, E. Ann . . .
2016-04
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Correctional Populations in the United States, 2014 (Revised January 21, 2016)
"At yearend 2014, an estimated 6,851,000
persons were under the supervision of
U.S. adult correctional systems, a decline
of about 52,200 from 6,903,200 at yearend 2013
(figure 1). After peaking at 7,339,600 in 2007, the
correctional population decreased each year by an
average of 1.0%. By yearend 2014, the population
declined by 0.8% to the lowest level observed in
more than a decade (6,886,800 in 2003). About 1 in
36 adults in the United States was under some form
of correctional supervision at yearend 2014. This
was the lowest rate observed since 1996 (5,531,300)
when about 1.3 million fewer offenders were under
correctional supervision (not shown).
This report summarizes data from several Bureau of
Justice Statistics (BJS) correctional data collections to
provide statistics on the total population supervised
by adult correctional systems in the United States.
(See Methodology for sources.) These systems
include offenders living in the community while
supervised by probation or parole agencies and those
under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons
or held in local jails."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
Kaeble, Danielle; Glaze, Lauren E.; Tsoutis, Anastasios . . .
2016-01-21
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Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2014: A Criminal Justice Information Policy Report
"This report is based upon the
results from a survey
conducted of the
administrators of the state
criminal history record
repositories in March-June
2015. SEARCH [National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics] surveyed 56
jurisdictions, including the
50 states, the District of
Columbia, American Samoa,
the Territory of Guam, the
Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. All 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Guam,
and Puerto Rico submitted
survey responses. This
report presents a snapshot as
of December 31, 2014."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
2015-12
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Federal Justice Statistics, 2014 - Statistical Tables
"This report describes criminal case processing in the federal justice system, including arrest and booking through sentencing and corrections. These statistical tables present the number of suspects arrested and booked by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), suspects in matters investigated and prosecuted by U.S. attorneys, defendants adjudicated and sentenced in U.S. district court, and characteristics of federal prisoners and offenders under federal supervision. Data are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP), which collects comprehensive information describing suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system and annual data on workload, activities, and outcomes associated with federal criminal cases."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2017-03
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Federal Justice Statistics, 2013 - Statistical Tables
"This report describes criminal case processing in the federal justice system, including arrest and booking through sentencing and corrections. These statistical tables present the number of suspects arrested and booked by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), suspects in matters investigated and prosecuted by U.S. attorneys, defendants adjudicated and sentenced in U.S. district court, and characteristics of federal prisoners and offenders under federal supervision. Data are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP), which collects comprehensive information describing suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system and annual data on workload, activities, and outcomes associated with federal criminal cases."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Motivans, Mark
2017-03
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Hate Crime Victimization, 2003-2011
"From 2007 to 2011, an estimated annual average of 259,700 nonfatal violent and property hate crime victimizations occurred against persons age 12 or older residing in U.S. households. Of these hate crimes, victims perceived that the offender was motivated by bias against the victim's religion in 21% of victimizations. The percentage of hate crimes motivated by religious bias more than doubled in 2007-11, compared to the 10% motivated by religious bias in 2003-06 (figure 1) . In comparison, the percentage of hate crimes motivated by racial bias was slightly lower in 2007-11 (54%) than in 2003-06 (63%). The findings from this report came primarily from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which has been collecting data on crimes motivated by hate since 2003. The NCVS and the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Hate Crime Statistics Program, which are the principal sources of annual information on hate crime in the United States, use the definition of hate crime provided in the Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. § 534). The act defines hate crimes as 'crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, gender or gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.' The NCVS measures crimes perceived by victims to be motivated by an offender's bias against them for belonging to or being associated with a group largely identified by these characteristics."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Office of Justice Programs
Sandholtz, Nathan; Langton, Lynn; Planty, Michael
2013-03
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Requests for Police Assistance, 2011
"In 2011, an estimated 31.4 million U.S. residents age 16 or older, or 13% of the population, requested assistance from the police at least once. About 93% of persons who requested police assistance thought the officers acted properly, 86% felt the police were helpful, and 85% were satisfied with the police response (figure 1). About 93% of persons who requested police assistance reported that they were just as likely or more likely to contact the police again for a similar problem. The findings in this report are based on the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) 2011 Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS), a supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which collects information from a nationally representative sample of persons in U.S. households. The PPCS collects information on contact with police during a 12-month period. This report presents the characteristics and experiences of persons who contacted law enforcement for assistance in 2011, examining perceptions of officer behavior and response during these encounters. It details requests for police assistance to (1) report a crime, suspicious activity, or neighborhood disturbance; (2) report a noncrime emergency; and (3) seek help for a nonemergency or other reason."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics; United States. Department of Justice
Durose, Matthew R.; Langton, Lynn
2013-09
