The Bureau of Justice Statistics (UJC) 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. Established on December 27, 1979, BJS collects, analyzes, and publishes data relating to crime in the United States. The agency publishes data regarding statistics gathered from the roughly fifty-thousand agencies, offices, courts, and institutions that together comprise the U.S. justice system.[2]
The mission of BJS is "To collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government."
The BJS conducts the Annual Survey of Jails of a sample of about 950 U.S. jails, and a periodic Census of Jails covering all U.S. jails.[3][4] Data from these programs was used to show that local jails in the U.S. had a sharp decline in inmates from February to May, 2020 of perhaps 185,000 inmates, more than 20% of the inmate population, in response to the danger of covid-19 on a crowded incarcerated population. Many inmates were given an "expedited release".[5]
In 2005, the Bush administration replaced BJS Director Lawrence Greenfeld after he refused to remove certain racial statistics from a report, despite having published similar statistics in 2001. The following two references provide analysis and initial reporting, respectively.
More recent directors have included Jeffrey H. Anderson, Jeffrey Sedgwick, Michael Sinclair, John Jay Professor James P. Lynch, and former Deputy Director William Sabol.
Until 2012 the position of the BJS Director required a Senate approval, but since 2012 the post only requires the President's appointment.[8] Alex Piquero is the current BJS Director.
^Todd D. Minton, Zhen Zeng, Ph.D., and Laura M. Maruschak. 2021. Impact of COVID-19 on the Local Jail Population, January-June 2020. BJS Special Report NCJ 255888.
^"Profiling Report Leads to a Demotion". The New York Times, August 24, 2005.
^Hanna Kozlowska, Trump’s Man In Charge Of U.S. Crime Data Is Known For His Football Rankings, Government Executive, December 1, 2017. Accessed July 31, 2018
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bureau, justice, statistics, department, justice, principal, federal, agency, responsible, measuring, crime, criminal, victimization, criminal, offenders, victims, crime, correlates, crime, operation, criminal, civil, justice, systems, federal, state, tribal, . The Bureau of Justice Statistics UJC 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 Established on December 27 1979 BJS collects analyzes and publishes data relating to crime in the United States The agency publishes data regarding statistics gathered from the roughly fifty thousand agencies offices courts and institutions that together comprise the U S justice system 2 Bureau of Justice StatisticsSeal of the United States Department of JusticeLogo of the Bureau of Justice StatisticsBureau Office overviewFormedDecember 27 1979 44 years ago 1979 12 27 JurisdictionUnited States government agencyHeadquarters810 7th Street NWWashington D C United StatesBureau Office executiveAlex Piquero 1 DirectorParent departmentOffice of Justice Programs U S Department of JusticeWebsitebjs wbr ojp wbr govThe mission of BJS is To collect analyze publish and disseminate information on crime criminal offenders victims of crime and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government BJS along with the National Institute of Justice NIJ Bureau of Justice Assistance BJA Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention OJJDP Office for Victims of Crime OVC and other program offices comprise the Office of Justice Programs OJP branch of the Department of Justice Contents 1 Programs 2 See also 3 BJS Directors 4 References 5 External linksPrograms editThe BJS conducts the Annual Survey of Jails of a sample of about 950 U S jails and a periodic Census of Jails covering all U S jails 3 4 Data from these programs was used to show that local jails in the U S had a sharp decline in inmates from February to May 2020 of perhaps 185 000 inmates more than 20 of the inmate population in response to the danger of covid 19 on a crowded incarcerated population Many inmates were given an expedited release 5 See also edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Politics portalUniform Crime Reports FBI Data gov USAFactsBJS Directors editIn 2005 the Bush administration replaced BJS Director Lawrence Greenfeld after he refused to remove certain racial statistics from a report despite having published similar statistics in 2001 The following two references provide analysis and initial reporting respectively Josephf M Bessette 6 Eric Lichtblau 7 More recent directors have included Jeffrey H Anderson Jeffrey Sedgwick Michael Sinclair John Jay Professor James P Lynch and former Deputy Director William Sabol Until 2012 the position of the BJS Director required a Senate approval but since 2012 the post only requires the President s appointment 8 Alex Piquero is the current BJS Director References edit The BJS Director www bjs ojp gov 2022 08 15 Retrieved 2022 08 16 About the Bureau of Justice Statistics U S Bureau of Justice Statistics Archived from the original on 2006 09 26 Retrieved 2006 09 27 Annual Survey of Jails ASJ at bjs gov Census of Jails COJ at bjs gov Todd D Minton Zhen Zeng Ph D and Laura M Maruschak 2021 Impact of COVID 19 on the Local Jail Population January June 2020 BJS Special Report NCJ 255888 The Injustice Department Archived 2015 09 09 at the Wayback Machine The Weekly Standard Volume 011 Issue 05 October 17 2005 Profiling Report Leads to a Demotion The New York Times August 24 2005 Hanna Kozlowska Trump s Man In Charge Of U S Crime Data Is Known For His Football Rankings Government Executive December 1 2017 Accessed July 31 2018External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States Bureau of Justice Statistics Official website most recent reports Research Evaluation and Statistics account on USAspending gov Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bureau of Justice Statistics amp oldid 1182955545, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
