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National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Redesign 

CRIME RATE ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED LAST YEAR


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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1994                            

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
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CRIME RATE ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED LAST YEAR

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of Americans who were the victims of
crime remained essentially unchanged last year, according to a 
redesigned annual survey the Department of Justice published today.  
The new...

BJS Home Page 

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BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA
JUST A MOUSE CLICK AWAY

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The latest Bureau of
Justice Statistics (BJS) crime data are now
available free of charge on the Internet at BJS's
new home page.  Criminal justice reports,
spreadsheets and news releases are electronically
available in a variety of...

German and American Prosecutions: An Approach to Statistical Comparison 

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        MOST SERIOUS CRIME RATES FAR HIGHER
       IN THE UNITED STATES THAN IN GERMANY

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most serious crime rates are 
far higher in the United States than in Germany, 
according to a new study prepared for the Justice 
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).  
There are five...

Women Offenders

Date Published
December 1999
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS

Justice Expenditure and Employment in the United States, 1999

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February 10, 2002 202/307-0784

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...

Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2003

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THURSDAY, May 27, 2004 Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
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NATION'S PRISON POPULATION INCREASE LARGEST IN FOUR YEARS

Nearly 2.1 Million Incarcerated in Local, State and Federal Facilities

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The nation's prisons and jails held 2,078,570 men and women on June 30, 2003, an increase of 57,600 more inmates than state...

Justice Expenditure and Employment in the United States

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SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2004 Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

NATION SPENDS $167 BILLION ON CRIMINAL AND CIVIL JUSTICE SERVICES
Since 1982, Justice Expenditures Average 8 Percent Growth Annually

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Local, state and federal governments spent a record $167 billion on direct expenditures for police protection, judicial and legal services...

Capital Punishment (NPS-8)

This collection yields annual data on national and state-level yearend counts of persons sentenced to death and executed. Data collected include offender demographic characteristics, prior criminal histories, criminal justice system status at the time of the capital offense, date of death sentence, and date and type of sentence disposition. The collection also includes summary information on the status of and changes to death penalty statutes.

BJS FY 07 2007 Census of State Court Prosecutors

Closing Date
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is the primary statistical data collection agency for the Department of Justice and the Nation's primary source for criminal justice statistics. BJS is responsible for the collection, analysis, publication, and dissemination of statistical information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to Federal, State...