State-Administered Indigent Defense Systems, 2013
Date Published
November 2016
Publication Type
Publication
Defense services
State Government Indigent Defense Expenditures, FY 2008–2012 - Updated
Date Published
July 2014
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
Indigent Defense Services in the United States, FY 2008–2012 - Updated
Date Published
July 2014
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
Criminal Defense for the Poor, 1986
Date Published
September 1988
Publication Type
Publication
Justice Expenditure and Employment, 1990
Date Published
September 1992
Publication Type
Publication
State Justice Sourcebook of Statistics and Research
Date Published
September 1992
Publication Type
Publication
Expenditure and Employment Data for the Criminal justice System - Summary Report, 1978 - Draft
Date Published
September 1980
Publication Type
Publication
Criminal Defense Systems - A National Survey
Date Published
August 1984
Publication Type
Publication
Identifying Persons, Other Than Felons, Ineligible to Purchase Firearms: A Feasibility Study
Date Published
May 1990
Publication Type
Publication
2011 National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems
2011-BJ-CX-K065
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2011
$800,000
State Public Defender Programs, 2007
Date Published
September 2010
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
County-based and Local Public Defender Offices, 2007
Date Published
September 2010
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO)
The Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO) involves the collection of data from all state- and county-funded public defender offices across the country, including offices that are publicly funded but privately operated and offices that handle capital cases only. These public defender offices handle the largest proportion of indigent defense cases of the three major indigent defense delivery systems: public defender offices, assigned counsel systems...
Public defender
A salaried staff of full-time or part-time attorneys that renders indigent criminal defense services through a public or private nonprofit organization, or as direct government paid employees.
State-Funded Indigent Defense Services, 1999
Date Published
September 2001
Publication Type
Publication
Indigent Defense Services in Large Counties, 1999
Date Published
November 2000
Publication Type
Publication
Indigent Defense Services in Large Counties, 1999 & Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases
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TWO OF THREE FELONY DEFENDANTS REPRESENTED BY PUBLICLY-FINANCED COUNSEL
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Publicly-financed counsel represented about 66 percent of federal felony defendants in 1998 as well as 82 percent of felony defendants in the 75 most populous counties in 1996, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Such representation is...
Justice Expenditure and Employment in the United States, 1999
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UNITED STATES SPENDS RECORD AMOUNT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACTIVITIES
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States now spends about $147 billion per year on criminal justice activities, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Spending on police protection, corrections, and judicial and legal services, has increased by about 8 percent annually over...