Criminal Justice Statistics

Overview: Criminal Justice Statistics

The U.S. Census Bureau conducts reimbursable projects for the two U.S. Department of Justice agencies: Bureau of Justice Statistics and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The U.S. Census Bureau acts as a data collection agent to provide statistical data on a range of topics including probation, parole, inmate sexual violence, inmate deaths, criminal justice expenditures, and a variety of facility data.

Once the data are provided to the U.S. Department of Justice, it is used for a wide range of purposes including research, evaluation, policy development, legislative action, program creation, and funding allotment as well as other processes.

Guide to Data Collections from the U.S. Census Bureau

Sponsor	Survey Title	Frequency	Description
Bureau of Justice Statistics
	Annual Survey Of Jails	Annual	Sample survey of the key characteristics of jails and inmates within selected jurisdictions
	Census of Jails	Five Years	Census of inmate counts by legal status, race, sex, facility capacity, staffing and programs
	Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities	Five Years	Census of state and federal correctional facilities
	Criminal Justice Expenditures and Employment Extracts	Annual	Data extract providing details of large government units and custom tabulations for publication
	National Prisoner Statistics	Annual & Semi-annual	Census of adults in state and federal correctional facilities
	Survey on Sexual Violence	Annual	Sample survey of occurrences of sexual violence in both adult and juvenile facilities
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention	Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement	Biennial	Census of indvidual level data on delinquent young persons held in residential facilities
	Juvenile Residential Facility Census	Biennial	Census of the characteristics of juvenile residential facilities
	National Juvenile Justice Directory Program	Continually Ongoing	Listing of juvenile justice agencies in the United States