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Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP)

Probation and Parole Populations, 1997

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT           BJS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998               202/307-0784

NATION'S PROBATION AND PAROLE POPULATION
REACHED NEW HIGH LAST YEAR

     WASHINGTON,  D.C. -- More than 3.9 million
adult men and women--a new record--were
on probation or parole at the end of 1997, the
Justice Department's Bureau of  Justice Statistics
(BJS) announced today.  The 2.9 percent increase
of about...

Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP)

The FJSP provides annual data on workload, activities, and outcomes associated with federal criminal cases. BJS acquires information on all aspects of processing in the federal justice system, including—

  • the number of persons investigated, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, sentenced to probation, released pretrial, and under parole or other supervision
  • initial prosecution decisions, referrals to magistrates, court dispositions, sentencing outcomes, sentence length, and time served.

The program...

Census of Federal Law Enforcement Officers (CFLEO)

Collects data from all federal law enforcement agencies with arrest and firearms authority. Data collected include the number of officers working in the areas of criminal investigation and law enforcement, police patrol and response, security and protection, court operations, and corrections, by agency and state.