Civil rights
Bureau of Justice Statistics Statistical Programs: Fiscal Year 1993
NCJ Number
139373
Date Published
November 1992
Publication Type
Publication
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Justice System Improvement Act Agencies - Annual Report, Third, Fiscal Year 1982
NCJ Number
89772
Date Published
January 1983
Publication Type
Publication
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Federal Civil Justice System
NCJ Number
104769
Date Published
July 1987
Series
Publication Type
Publication
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Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-98
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2000 202/307-0784
MORE THAN 42,000 CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS
FILED IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS DURING 1998
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 42,000 complaints
alleging civil rights violations, such as discrimination in
employment, housing, welfare benefits and voting rights were
filed during 1998 in U.S. district courts, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced...
Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-98
NCJ Number
173427
Date Published
January 2000
Publication Type
Publication
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Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-2006
NCJ Number
222989
Date Published
August 2008
Publication Type
Publication
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Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 2000
NCJ Number
193979
Date Published
July 2002
Publication Type
Publication
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Challenging the Conditions of Prisons and Jails: A Report on Section 1983 Litigation
NCJ Number
151652
Date Published
December 1994
Publication Type
Publication
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Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990 - 2006
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CIVIL RIGHTS CASES FILED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURTS DECLINED BY NEARLY 20 PERCENT FROM 2003 TO 2006
WASHINGTON - The number of civil rights cases filed in U.S. district courts declined from 40,516 to 32,865 (nearly 20 percent) between 2003 and 2006...