Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO)
Provides data on the staffing, caseloads, expenditures, and standards and guidelines
in state- and locally-funded public defender offices across the 50 states
and the District of Columbia.
Census of State Court Organization
Obtains comparative data on the organizational structure of the nation's trial and
appellate state court systems, including information about courts and judges, judicial
selection and service, administrative procedures, the jury, and court structure. Data
collected through surveys mailed to state court administrators in all 50 states,
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico.
Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Jurisdictions (CTJA02)
Provides detailed information gathered on tribal law enforcement agencies, tribal
courts and services, and criminal record systems from the Census of Tribal Justice
Agencies in American Indian Jurisdictions.
Civil Justice Survey of State Courts (CJSSC)
Provides a general overview of tort, contract, and real property cases decided by a
bench or jury trial in state general jurisdiction courts. Data include types of
litigants, case type, outcome, award amounts, and post-trial activity.
Court Statistics Project (CSP)
Provides a national authoritative and comparative source of information on the work
and organization of trial court caseloads for all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
and Puerto Rico.
Human Trafficking Reporting System (HTRS)
Collects data on human trafficking incidents, offenders, and victims from the DOJ-
funded human trafficking task forces.
Juveniles in Criminal Court
Dataset from 40 urban counties used to describe the characteristics of more than 7,000
juveniles charged with felonies in State courts. The findings indicated that
prosecution of juveniles in criminal court is generally reserved for those charged
with the quite serious crimes of murder, robbery, and aggravated assault.
National Census of State Court Prosecutors
Obtains basic information from a nationally representative sample census of
prosecutors' offices that litigate felony cases in State courts. Focus on staffing and
operations data, including the use of innovative prosecution techniques, intermediate
sanctions, juvenile cases transferred to criminal court, actions against prosecutors
and other professional staff, and work-related assaults and threats.
National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP)
This data collection provides detailed information on felony sentencing from a
nationally representative stratified sample of state courts in 300 counties.
National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems
Conducted during 1999-2000, represented the first systematic study of indigent
criminal
defense services by BJS since the 1980s. The study collected indigent criminal defense
data at the trial level for 1) the 100 most populous counties in the United States, 2)
197 counties outside the 100 most populous counties, and 3) States that entirely
funded
criminal indigent defense services. Information obtained includes number of program
staff, program expenditures, and types of cases received by indigent criminal defense
programs.
State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS)
Provides data on the criminal justice processing of persons charged with felonies in
40 jurisdictions representative of the 75 largest counties.
BJS has issued a data advisory on the State Court Processing Statistics Data Limitations. The advisory describes limitations of the data collection that must be considered when analyzing SCPS data, drawing any conclusions based on the data, and citing BJS reports.
Supplemental Survey of Civil Appeals
Presents information on general civil cases conclude by trial that were subsequently
appealed to a States intermediate appellate court or court of last resort. Data
collected from approximately 65 intermediate and last resort appellate courts in 36
states, to include case-level data as well as court-level data that will be used to
describe appellate court characteristics.