NCJ Number
251771
Date Published
December 2020
Length
69 pages
Annotation
Based on data from the Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP), this report describes criminal case-processing in the federal justice system in 2015, including arrest and booking through sentencing and corrections.
Abstract
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. The report describes case processing in the federal criminal justice system, including investigations by U.S. Attorneys, prosecutions and declinations, convictions and acquittals, sentencing, pre-trial release, detention, appeals, probation and parole, and prisons.