State Government Indigent Defense Expenditures, FY 2008-2012

• NCJ Number: 246684
• Author(s): Erinn Herberman Ph.D.; Tracey Kyckelhahn Ph.D.
• Date Published: July 2014
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Publication Series: BJS Special Reports
• Publication Format: Document; Document (Online)
• Publication Type: Statistics; Report (Study/Research); Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 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.

Annotation

This Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report provides data on state government indigent defense expenditures for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.

Abstract

Provides data on state government indigent defense expenditures for fiscal years 2008 through 2012. Trends in spending and comparisons with total state government judicial-legal expenditures are also included. The report uses administrative data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Government Finance Survey. This is a companion report to the Census Bureau's report, Indigent Defense Services in the United States, FY 2008-2012 - Updated.

• In 2012, state governments spent $2.3 billion nationally on indigent defense. „„
• State government indigent defense expenditures showed an average annual decrease of 0.2% from 2008 to 2012. „„
• From 2011 to 2012, state government indigent defense expenditures remained stable at $2.3 billion. „„
• As a share of total judicial-legal expenditures by state governments, spending on indigent defense held steady between 9.5% and 10.0% from 2008 to 2012.