Bureau of Justice Statistics

BJS report presents 2023 probation and parole population statistics

2025-07-22T13:54:09-05:00

BJS has released Probation and Parole in the United States, 2023, which presents findings on persons under community supervision on probation or parole. It includes characteristics of the U.S. community supervision population such as sex, race or ethnicity, and most serious offense. The report provides statistics on movements onto and [...]

BJS report presents 2023 probation and parole population statistics2025-07-22T13:54:09-05:00

BJS: Homicide Victimization in the United States, 2023

2025-05-23T11:47:14-05:00

NCJ Number 309889 Author(s) Lizabeth Remrey, PhD, BJS Statistician Date Published May 2025 Publication Series Homicide Trends in the United States Description This report describes the number and rate of homicide victimizations reported by law enforcement agencies in the United States, including victim demographic characteristics, victim-offender relationships, the type [...]

BJS: Homicide Victimization in the United States, 20232025-05-23T11:47:14-05:00

New BJS report provides statistics on jail inmates

2025-04-08T10:27:59-05:00

BJS has released Jail Inmates in 2023 – Statistical Tables. It describes the number of persons held in local jails, inmate demographics, jail incarceration rates, conviction status and offense characteristics, the number of admissions to jail, persons supervised outside of jail, jail capacity, and staff employed in local jails. Findings [...]

New BJS report provides statistics on jail inmates2025-04-08T10:27:59-05:00

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
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