This report highlights data collections that cover tribal populations, summarizes statistical findings on tribal justice agencies and the American Indian and Alaska Native population, and provides information on funding to tribes to enhance tribal participation in national records and information systems. The report fulfills the requirement of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (TLOA; P.L. 111-211, 124 Stat. 2258, ? 251(b)) to report annually on BJS?s activities to establish and enhance a tribal crime data collection system. It is the 13th report in a series that began in 2011.?
This report provides details on the law enforcement agencies authorized to issue citations or arrest persons for violating regulations or laws in Indian country (American Indian reservations and other tribal lands) and Alaska Native villages. It also presents the number, size, funding sources, jurisdiction, and functions of those agencies. Findings are from the 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies and the 2019 Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies.
This report describes patterns of drug and alcohol use among youth in juvenile facilities before they entered custody, including drugs or alcohol ever used and types of drugs used. It also provides findings on substance use disorder and alcohol use disorder among youth by their demographic and offense characteristics.?
Statistics presented in the report are based on an alternative questionnaire given to 10% of youth in BJS?s National Survey of Youth in Custody in 2008?09, 2012, and 2018. The survey is part of BJS?s National Prison Rape Statistics Program.
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This Just the Stats report provides violent victimization rates and numbers by race or Hispanic origin, during the 5-year aggregate period of 2017 to 2021. In addition, the web report features an interactive graphic that displays violent victimization data from 2008 to 2021 by race or Hispanic origin. Data presented in the report are from BJS?s?National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
This special report provides details on the sentences of persons in federal prison for drug offenses at fiscal yearends 2013?2018. Since 2012, federal policy changes related to both U.S. sentencing guidelines and the use of mandatory minimum penalties have affected persons held in Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities for drug offenses. This report describes four policies that are particularly relevant to this population: Smart on Crime, Drugs Minus Two, the Clemency Initiative, and the First Step Act. Findings in this report are based on?fiscal yearend 2013?2018 prison records from the BOP that were linked to fiscal years 1994?2018 sentencing records from the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), BJS has posted a new article that describes the survey?s history, which began before BJS was formally established! Learn more about the evolution of the NCVS to become the nation?s primary source of criminal victimization data.
The article also features reflections from former BJS directors on the relevance and importance of the survey.
This report describes the methodology and findings from large-scale national testing efforts to explore the feasibility of two survey modes for the new National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) instrument, including a self-administered, web-based instrument and an interviewer-administered version. The report examines the performance of the interviewer-administered version of the new NCVS instrument compared to a self-administered version. The testing was a part of the NCVS Instrument Redesign and Testing Project, a major multiyear effort to revamp the existing core survey instrument, which was last updated in 1992. The effort had three main goals: modernize the organization and content of the NCVS instrument, increase the quality of information collected and efficiency of the instrument flow, and improve the measurement and classification of crime.
Correction: Federal Justice Statistics, 2020 report. BJS was made aware of errors caused by duplicate records introduced into the fiscal year (FY) 2020 analysis files. The following corrections were made to the report text, tables, and data tool to account for these errors:?
- Report text, tables 3 and 4, and appendix tables 1 and 2
- Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics data tool:
- Suspects in matters investigated (FY 2020)
- Suspects in matters concluded (FY 2020)
The Survey of Prison Inmates Data Analysis Tool (SPI DAT) is a new dynamic analysis tool that modernizes public access to the most recent SPI data (2016) with interactive visualizations. The SPI DAT allows users of all technical skill levels to readily analyze data, view selected charts, and create custom charts for a range of characteristics of the U.S. prison population. Filters can be selected to provide detailed results by specific characteristics. Users can choose to create data visualizations for persons in federal prisons, persons in state prisons, or all persons in U.S. prisons in 2016. Other modern features enable users to view additional statistics through the chart tooltip, display or hide chart footnotes, and download results.
 New Deputy Director of Statistical Operations Heather Brotsos
BJS is pleased to announce Heather Brotsos as its new deputy director of Statistical Operations. Heather has nearly 20 years of experience managing and executing large-scale data collections and other analytical projects for the federal government and Fortune 100 companies. Her management experience includes complex, technical projects and statistical analyses to inform programmatic and policy decisions. She previously served as the chief of BJS?s Victimization Statistics Unit, where she oversaw the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the Victim Services Statistical Research Program. In this role, she was responsible for the ongoing, multiyear initiative to redesign the NCVS instrument. Before coming to BJS, she served as a trusted advisor to clients at the U.S. Department of Labor, Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia, U.S. Social Security Administration, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She earned her master?s degree in public health at Johns Hopkins University and her bachelor of science degree in systems engineering at George Washington University.
As part of our recognition of the achievements of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)?over the last 50 years, we want to highlight how students use NCVS data. We are holding a special lightning session where selected students will present a poster or visual describing their work using the NCVS during our celebration event in Washington, DC. BJS will cover travel expenses (within the United States) and poster printing costs. This is your opportunity to showcase your work and network with other researchers, practitioners, and other professionals!
To be considered for the Student Spotlight Opportunity, email a short description (250 words max) of the planned poster to
[email protected]?by August 4, 2023, with ?NCVS@50 Submission? in the subject line. Must be a current student in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at a U.S. college or university. Must be able to attend the event in person in Washington, DC.
BJS encourages comments for 60 days through September 11, 2023, on the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Your comments on BJS?s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following:
- Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of BJS, including whether the information will have practical utility.
- Evaluate the accuracy of the agency?s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
- Evaluate whether and if so, how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced.
- Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Through the NCVS, BJS will collect data on the level and change of criminal victimization both reported and not reported to police in the United States from an estimated 354,831 interviews with respondents age 12 or older living in sampled households.
BJS has developed the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Knowledge Corner, a repository of short, informational videos to answer frequently asked questions and provide quick tips for NCVS data users. The Knowledge Corner currently features eight videos, each one focused on a specific topic, including?
- NCVS data file structure
- Weighting the data
- NCVS item nonresponse
- NCVS household and person nonresponse
- NCVS survey instruments
- NCVS N-DASH overview
- NCVS N-DASH (custom graphics)
- NCVS application programming interface (API)
 Team BJS attended and presented at the following conferences:
- BJS Director Alex Piquero, PhD, participated on a panel at the Racial Democracy Crime and Justice Network Summer Research Institute at Rutgers University.
- BJS Director Alex Piquero, PhD, spoke at the 2023 Police Executive Research Forum Annual Meeting.
- BJS Statistician Jennifer Truman, PhD, presented at the European Survey Research Association Conference.
- BJS Principal Deputy Director Kevin Scott, PhD, spoke at the Association of Public Data Users Annual Conference.
- BJS Director Alex Piquero, PhD, and Unit Chief Erica Smith presented at the 2023 National Criminal Justice Association/Justice Research and Statistics Association/SEARCH Symposium and NCJA Forum on Criminal Justice.
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