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Data Collection: Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP)
Status: Active
Frequency: Ongoing starting 1979
Latest data available: 2018

The FJSP provides annual data on workload, activities, and outcomes associated with federal criminal cases. BJS acquires information on all aspects of processing in the federal justice system, including—

  • the number of persons investigated, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, sentenced to probation, released pretrial, and under parole or other supervision
  • initial prosecution decisions, referrals to magistrates, court dispositions, sentencing outcomes, sentence length, and time served.
The program collects data from the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Marshals Service, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, U.S. Sentencing Commission, and Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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Data Experts

  • Mark A. Motivans, Ph.D., BJS Statistician (Email this expert)
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    Collection Period

    1994-2018

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    Documentation

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    Methodology

         

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    Publications & Products

    The following publications and products were generated by BJS using data from this collection.

    Tribal Crime Data-Collection Activities, 2020 Describes activities by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, including data-collection programs and activities during 2020.
      Full report (PDF 550K) | Data tables (Zip format)
    Part of the Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities Series

    Immigration, Citizenship, and the Federal Justice System, 1998-2018 This is the first BJS report that comprehensively describes the citizenship of suspects arrested and prosecuted for federal offenses.
      Press release (Press Release 200K) | Summary (PDF 489K) | Full report (PDF 565K) | Data tables (Zip format 98K)

    Tribal Crime Data-Collection Activities, 2019 Describes activities by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, including data-collection programs and activities during 2018 and 2019.
      Full report (PDF 403K) | Data tables (Zip format 12K)
    Part of the Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities Series

    Federal Justice Statistics, 2015-2016 Describes the annual activity, workloads, and outcomes of the federal criminal justice system from arrest to imprisonment.
      Summary (PDF 195K) | Full report (PDF 1.21M) | Data tables (Zip format 21K)
    Part of the Federal Justice Statistics Series

    Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2016-18 Describes activities by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, as required by the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (TLOA).
      Full report (PDF 377K)
    Part of the Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities Series

    Federal Prosecution of Human-Trafficking Cases, 2015 Presents national data on human-trafficking cases in the federal criminal justice system. Human-trafficking offenses include peonage, slavery, forced labor, or sex trafficking; production of child pornography; and transportation for illegal sex activity.
      Press Release (202K) | Summary (PDF 217K) | Full report (PDF 1M) | Data tables (Zip format 17K)
    Part of the Characteristics of Suspected Human-Trafficking Incidents Series

    Federal Prosecution of Human-Trafficking Cases, 2015 - Press release FEDERAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROSECUTIONS INCREASED MORE THAN 40 PERCENT FROM 2011 TO 2015
      Press Release (202K)
    Part of the Characteristics of Suspected Human-Trafficking Incidents Series

    Federal Prosecution of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Cases, 2004-2013 Examines commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) cases prosecuted in the federal criminal justice system between 2004 and 2013.
      Press Release | Summary (PDF 192K) | Full report (PDF 528K) | ASCII file (31K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 13K)
    Part of the Characteristics of Suspected Human-Trafficking Incidents Series

    Federal Justice Statistics, 2013 - Statistical Tables Describes the annual activity, workloads, and outcomes associated with the federal criminal justice system from arrest to imprisonment, using data from the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA), Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC), and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
      Full report (PDF 3.2M) | ASCII file (87K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 55K)
    Part of the Federal Justice Statistics Series

    Federal Justice Statistics, 2014 - Statistical Tables Describes the annual activity, workloads, and outcomes of the federal criminal justice system from arrest to imprisonment, using data from the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA), Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC), and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
      Full report (PDF 3.9M) | ASCII file (87K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 50K)
    Part of the Federal Justice Statistics Series

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    Related Topics

  • Corrections
  • Federal
  • Corrections | Total correctional population
  • Corrections | State and federal prisoners and prison facilities
  • Corrections | Recidivism
  • Corrections | State and federal prisoners and prison facilities | Prison population counts
  • Corrections | State and federal prisoners and prison facilities | Prison inmate characteristics
  • Corrections | State and federal prisoners and prison facilities | State and federal prison facility characteristics
  • Corrections | Special populations | Federal Bureau of Prisons
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