Bureau of Justice Statistics

Just Stats: New report describes cases processed in the federal criminal justice system

2025-03-21T09:31:01-05:00

Federal Justice Statistics, 2023 NCJ Number 309946 Author(s) Mark A. Motivans, PhD, BJS Statistician Date Published: March 2025 Federal Justice Statistics Description This report provides national statistics on the federal response to crime for fiscal year 2023 and some statistics on changes over time. It describes case processing in [...]

Just Stats: New report describes cases processed in the federal criminal justice system2025-03-21T09:31:01-05:00

Law Enforcement Today Shock report: The average time served in state prisons is 1.3 years

2025-02-17T17:43:09-06:00

by: Leonard Sipes | Source: Law Enforcement Today Analysis Originally written for Crime in America. Republished with permission | Photo by by Emiliano Bar is licensed under Unsplash unsplash.com Critics of what some describe as over-incarceration may need to reevaluate their claims in light of updated data based on a January 2025 publication from [...]

Law Enforcement Today Shock report: The average time served in state prisons is 1.3 years2025-02-17T17:43:09-06:00

Human Trafficking Prevalence Estimation Feasibility Study

2025-01-28T11:45:19-06:00

A New report released January 28, 2025 assesses methods of estimating prevalence of human trafficking in the U.S. BJS has released Human Trafficking Prevalence Estimation Feasibility Study. This third-party report presents findings from an environmental scan of international and domestic studies that estimate the size of the human trafficking [...]

Human Trafficking Prevalence Estimation Feasibility Study2025-01-28T11:45:19-06:00

BJS: Statistics on human trafficking incidents and victimizations in 2022

2025-01-06T20:11:12-06:00

Now available: Access statistics on human trafficking incidents and victimizations in 2022 BJS has released Human Trafficking Incidents Reported by Law Enforcement, 2022 – Statistical Tables. This report analyzes the types of human trafficking (labor trafficking and sex trafficking) that occurred in 2022 and provides statistics on the number of incidents and victimizations by type, with breakdowns by sex, age, [...]

BJS: Statistics on human trafficking incidents and victimizations in 20222025-01-06T20:11:12-06:00

Jails Report Series: Preliminary Data Release

2024-06-11T09:54:33-05:00

From the Bureau of Justice Statistics NCJ Number 309039 Author(s) Zhen Zeng, PhD, BJS Statistician Date Published June 2024 Publication Series Preliminary Data Release, Jail Inmates Description This web-only report provides preliminary statistics on key items from the annual jail data collection. Statistics include the number of inmates held in [...]

Jails Report Series: Preliminary Data Release2024-06-11T09:54:33-05:00

Public comments requested on the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails

2024-03-18T04:09:18-05:00

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through May 13, 2024, on the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ). Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following: Evaluate whether the [...]

Public comments requested on the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails2024-03-18T04:09:18-05:00

Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities Comments Requested

2024-03-12T15:02:12-05:00

Public comments requested on the reinstatement, with change, of BJS data collection: Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities   BJS encourages comments for 60 days through May 10, 2024, on the Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities. Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office [...]

Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities Comments Requested2024-03-12T15:02:12-05:00

Bureau of Justice Statistics School Crime Survey

2024-03-04T23:25:42-06:00

School Crime Supplement (SCS) Frequency: Periodically since 1989 Latest Data Available: 2022 Data Experts: Alexandra Thompson, BJS Statistician Collection Period: Currently every 2 years, collected in the following years: 1989, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 Description: Cosponsored by the Department of [...]

Bureau of Justice Statistics School Crime Survey2024-03-04T23:25:42-06:00

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Extension of a Currently Approved Collection, Survey of Sexual Victimization

2024-02-15T20:31:30-06:00

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through April 12, 2024, on the proposed extension, with change, of a currently approved collection, Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV). Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or [...]

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Extension of a Currently Approved Collection, Survey of Sexual Victimization2024-02-15T20:31:30-06:00

BJS releases updates to LEARCAT, the Law Enforcement Agency Reported Crime Analysis Tool

2024-02-07T18:59:37-06:00

BJS updated its Law Enforcement Agency Reported Crime Analysis Tool (LEARCAT) with recently released 2022 crime data and refreshed 2021 data. LEARCAT provides access to incident-based data on crimes recorded by law enforcement using data from the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), as well as contextual information from [...]

BJS releases updates to LEARCAT, the Law Enforcement Agency Reported Crime Analysis Tool2024-02-07T18:59:37-06:00
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