Federal Justice Statistics, 2012 - Statistical Tables

• NCJ Number: 248470
• Author(s): Mark Motivans Ph.D.
• Date Published: January 2015
• Length: 57 pages
• Agencies: BJS
• Corporate Author: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Publication Format: DocumentDocument (Online)
• Publication Type: Statistics; Issue Overview
• Language: FrenchEnglish
• Country: United States of America
• Note: The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring crime, criminal victimization, criminal offenders, victims of crime, correlates of crime, and the operation of criminal and civil justice systems at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels. BJS collects, analyzes, and disseminates reliable and valid statistics on crime and justice systems in the United States, supports improvements to state and local criminal justice information systems, and participates with national and international organizations to develop and recommend national standards for justice statistics. These statistical tables were prepared by the Urban Institute under the supervision of Mark Motivans of BJS. The tables were prepared under BJS grant number 2010-BJ-CX-K079. Principal staff at the Urban Institute were William Adams, Julie Samuels, Barbara Parthasarathy, Kamala Mallik Kane, KeDeuk Kim, Jessica Kelly, and Sybil Mendonca. Mark Motivans provided verification. Irene Cooperman and Jill Thomas edited the report. Tina Dorsey and Barbara Quinn produced the report.

Annotation

This Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Statistical Tables report describes criminal case processing in the federal justice system, including arrest and booking through sentencing and corrections.

Abstract

Describes the annual activity, workloads, and outcomes associated with the federal criminal justice system from arrest to imprisonment, using data from the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA), Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC), and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Tables and text describe arrests and investigations by law enforcement agency and growth rates by type of offense and federal judicial district. This report examines trends in drug arrests by the DEA. It also provides the number of offenders returning to federal prison within 3 years of release and includes the most recently available data on sentences imposed and their lengths by type of offense. See also Federal Justice Statistics, 2011 - Statistical Tables and Federal Justice Statistics, 201112.