Bureau of Justice Statistics
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a principal agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, does not offer public programs in the traditional sense of services or grants for individuals. Instead, its "programs" are its various data collections and statistical reporting initiatives that provide comprehensive information about crime, criminal offenders, victims, and the justice system.
Here is a list of some of BJS's key data collections and statistical programs, often organized by the part of the justice system they cover:
Victimization
| • | National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS): The nation's primary source of information on criminal victimization. This large-scale, ongoing survey collects data on crimes that may not be reported to police. |
| • | National Survey of Crime and Safety (NSCS): A household survey that gathers information on community safety, policing, and experiences with victimization and crime. |
| • | Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI): A periodic, cross-sectional survey of the state and sentenced federal prison populations to produce national estimates across various domains, including demographic characteristics and criminal history. |
| • | Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ): A periodic survey that gathers data on the characteristics of jail inmates. |
Law Enforcement
| • | Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA): A data collection program that provides comprehensive data on the number of agencies, personnel, and functions of state and local law enforcement in the U.S. |
| • | Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS): A data collection that provides information on personnel, salaries, budgets, training, and other administrative topics. |
| • | Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (FDCRP): Collects data on the deaths of persons in the custody of federal law enforcement agencies. |
| • | State Justice Statistics (SJS) Program: A program that assists states with collecting and analyzing criminal justice data. It supports Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs) in each state, which use this data to conduct objective analyses for policy-making. |
Corrections
| • | National Prisoner Statistics (NPS): A data collection that provides annual counts of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities. |
| • | National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP): Collects offender-level administrative data annually on prison admissions and releases, and on parole entries and discharges. |
| • | Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole Survey: Collects data on the number of adults on state and federal probation and parole. |
| • | Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI): Collects data on deaths that occur in the custody of local jails, state prisons, or the Federal Bureau of Prisons. |
| • | Census of Jails (CJ): A comprehensive count of all local jails in the United States, collected periodically. |
Courts and Sentencing
| • | Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP): This program collects, standardizes, and archives data on the federal response to crime and the operation of the federal criminal justice system. |
| • | Capital Punishment: A data collection that provides annual national and state-level data on persons sentenced to death and executed. |
Cross-Cutting Programs
| • | National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X): A joint BJS/FBI program designed to generate nationally representative incident-based data on crimes reported to law enforcement. |
| • | Justice Expenditure and Employment Extracts (JEE): A data series that provides public expenditure and employment data for criminal justice activities.The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a principal agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, does not offer public programs in the traditional sense of services or grants for individuals. Instead, its "programs" are its various data collections and statistical reporting initiatives that provide comprehensive information about crime, criminal offenders, victims, and the justice system. |
