How do I get paper copies of older reports that are not on your webpage?
We hope to develop methods for putting all of these reports on our webpage at a later date. Rig...  Read More

What types of justice employment and expenditure data does the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) collect?
An increasing amount of financial and human resources continues to be devoted to federal, state, and...  Read More

What contributions do federal, state, and local budgets make to justice expenditures in the United States?
In 2006 local governments funded half (or $109 billion) of all direct justice system—police pr...  Read More

What percentage of public employees are devoted to criminal justice at the state and local levels, and by which functions?
In 2006, about 13% (or 2.2 million persons) of all public employees at the state and local levels wo...  Read More

Has the cost of providing justice for the nation changed over time?
From 1986 to 2006, the total justice expenditures—federal, state, and local governments—...  Read More