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Data Collection: Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP)

Status: Active
Frequency: Ongoing starting 1979
Latest data available: 2018

The FJSP provides annual data on workload, activities, and outcomes associated with federal criminal cases. BJS acquires information on all aspects of processing in the federal justice system, including—

the number of persons investigated, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, sentenced to probation, released pretrial, and under parole or other supervision
initial prosecution decisions, referrals to magistrates, court dispositions, sentencing outcomes, sentence length, and time served.

The program collects data from the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Marshals Service, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, U.S. Sentencing Commission, and Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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Data Experts

Mark A. Motivans, Ph.D., BJS Statistician (Email this expert)

Collection Period

1994-2018

Documentation

Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics Data Dictionary
Federal Justice Statistics Program Resource Guide

Methodology

Data are received each year from participating agencies (U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, U.S. Sentencing Commission, and Federal Bureau of Prisons) and standardized by BJS using statistical programs to create a common unit of analysis, an equivalent period for reporting of events (fiscal year), and a common offense classification scheme. The unit of analysis is the defendant-case or an individual defendant appearing in a case. In addition, the process of creating these standardized data files includes removing any information that could be used to identify any individual and processing and documenting data so that it is suitable for analysis.

Publications & Products

The following publications and products were generated by BJS using data from this collection.

Federal Justice Statistics, 2017-2018 This report is the 32nd in an annual series based on data from BJS's Federal Justice Statistics Program, which began in 1979.
	Summary (PDF 180K) \| Full report (PDF 1.5M) \| Data tables (Zip format 24K) Part of the Federal Justice Statistics Series
Federal Justice Statistics, 2015 - Statistical Tables This report is based on data from BJS's Federal Justice Statistics Program, which began in 1979. It provides national statistics on the federal response to crime for fiscal year 2015.
	Full report (PDF 1.8M) \| Data tables (Zip format 56K) Part of the Federal Justice Statistics Series
Federal Justice Statistics, 2016 - Statistical Tables This report is based on data from BJS's Federal Justice Statistics Program, which began in 1979. It provides national statistics on the federal response to crime for fiscal year 2016.
	Full report (PDF 1.8M) \| Data tables (Zip format 56K) Part of the Federal Justice Statistics Series
Tribal Crime Data-Collection Activities, 2020 Describes activities by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, including data-collection programs and activities during 2020.
	Full report (PDF 550K) \| Data tables (Zip format) Part of the Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities Series
Immigration, Citizenship, and the Federal Justice System, 1998-2018 This is the first BJS report that comprehensively describes the citizenship of suspects arrested and prosecuted for federal offenses.
	Press release (Press Release 200K) \| Summary (PDF 489K) \| Full report (PDF 565K) \| Data tables (Zip format 98K)
Tribal Crime Data-Collection Activities, 2019 Describes activities by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, including data-collection programs and activities during 2018 and 2019.
	Full report (PDF 403K) \| Data tables (Zip format 12K) Part of the Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities Series
Federal Justice Statistics, 2015-2016 Describes the annual activity, workloads, and outcomes of the federal criminal justice system from arrest to imprisonment.
	Summary (PDF 195K) \| Full report (PDF 1.21M) \| Data tables (Zip format 21K) Part of the Federal Justice Statistics Series
Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2016-18 Describes activities by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, as required by the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (TLOA).
	Full report (PDF 377K) Part of the Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities Series
Federal Prosecution of Human-Trafficking Cases, 2015 Presents national data on human-trafficking cases in the federal criminal justice system. Human-trafficking offenses include peonage, slavery, forced labor, or sex trafficking; production of child pornography; and transportation for illegal sex activity.
	Press Release (202K) \| Summary (PDF 217K) \| Full report (PDF 1M) \| Data tables (Zip format 17K) Part of the Characteristics of Suspected Human-Trafficking Incidents Series
Federal Prosecution of Human-Trafficking Cases, 2015 - Press release FEDERAL HUMAN-TRAFFICKING PROSECUTIONS INCREASED MORE THAN 40 PERCENT FROM 2011 TO 2015
	Press Release (202K) Part of the Characteristics of Suspected Human-Trafficking Incidents Series

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