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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...
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.