September 1, 2004    NCJ 205368

Presents national-level statistics describing characteristics of persons processed and the distribution of case processing outcomes at each major stage of the Federal criminal justice system. This annual report includes investigations by U.S. attorneys, prosecutions and declinations, pretrial release and detention, convictions and acquittals, sentencing, appeals, and correctional populations. Interactive tabulations of Federal criminal case processing data are available from the Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center.

Highlights include the following:

• During 2002, 124,074 suspects were arrested by Federal law enforcement agencies for violations of Federal law.
• During 2002, U.S. Attorneys initiated criminal investigations involving 124,335 suspects, and they concluded their investigations of 124,081.
• During 1990 and 2002, the number of offenders on community supervision increased by 27%, from 84,801 during 1990 to 107,367 during 2002.

Part of the Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics Series

Full Report (PDF 1.5M)
Full Report (ASCII file 185K)
Full Report - Zip format (Spreadsheet 383K)
Chapter 1: Arrests for Federal offenses (PDF 680K)
Chapter 1: Arrests for Federal offenses - Zip format (Spreadsheet 45K)
Chapter 2: Prosecution (PDF 743K)
Chapter 2: Prosecution - Zip format (Spreadsheet 23K)
Chapter 3: Pretrial release (PDF 631K)
Chapter 3: Pretrial release - Zip format (Spreadsheet 45K)
Chapter 4: Adjudication (PDF 743K)
Chapter 4: Adjudication - Zip format (Spreadsheet 37K)
Chapter 5: Sentencing (PDF 560K)
Chapter 5: Sentencing - Zip format (Spreadsheet 29K)
Chapter 6: Appeals (PDF 643K)
Chapter 6: Appeals - Zip format (Spreadsheet 22K)
Chapter 7: Corrections (PDF 822K)
Chapter 7: Corrections - Zip format (Spreadsheet 68K)
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