This direct survey of governments collects detailed justice expenditure data. These data are the basis for calculating variable passthrough estimates needed to distribute the formula funds of the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Less detailed annual expenditure and employment data are available in the Justice Expenditure and Employment Extracts series which produce similar but not statistically comparable data. Comparability issues are described in Appendix 2 of the 1992 Justice Expenditure and Employment Extracts report and in a text file provided with the zip archive for the 1993-99 and trends spreadsheets. Prior to 1997, this survey was called the Justice Expenditure and Employment Survey, and collected detailed employment data in addition to expenditure data.
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In conjunction with the Justice Expenditure and Employment Statistics Program, BJS estimates the variable passthrough (VPT) data distributions by conducting the Justice Assistance Data Survey (JADS) periodically, most recently in 1997 and 2006. The VPT data is used in the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs authorized by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, as amended (Public Law 90-351) and sponsored by BJA of the Office of Justice Programs at the Department of Justice. The Byrne program focuses on assisting State and local law enforcement and justice agencies to control and prevention violent and drug-related crime. The Byrne program includes a discretionary grant program and a block grant program.
According to Public Law 90-351, the formula or distributing block grant funds to the States is based on each State's percentage of the total US population; the VPT data indicate how funds are to be distributed to State agencies compared to the localities within each State. The JADS collect detailed data for three justice functions (police protection, judicial and legal, and corrections) and for three character and object classes (current operations, capital outlay, and intergovernmental expenditure).
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Justice Variable Passthrough Data, 1997 Presents the variable passthrough (VPT) data used to calculate the amounts States distribute to their local governments under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs. | |
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State Corrections Expenditures - Direct Presents state government direct corrections expenditures for institutions and other corrections agencies for fiscal years 1982-99. | |
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