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December 2023






BJS publication
New report presents 2020 findings from BJS?s Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories [ [link removed] ]

BJS?s newly released report, "Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2020", provides data on the workloads, staffing, resources, policies, procedures, and budgets of the 326 standalone forensic labs and multilab systems (totaling 423 individual labs) in 2020. In addition, it includes counts of employees and service requests in 2019.

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New report details similarities and differences between BJS and FBI crime estimates for 2021?2022 [ [link removed] ]

BJS released "The National Crime Victimization Survey and National Incident-Based Reporting System: A complementary picture of crime in 2022". BJS?s National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the FBI?s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) measure a set of criminal offenses that overlap but are not identical, which leads to differences in estimates between the two data sources. The NCVS interviews persons age 12 or older about crimes both reported and not reported to police, and NIBRS collects data on crime recorded by law enforcement agencies. Taken together, these two measures provide a comprehensive picture of crime in the United States. This report compares 2021 and 2022 crime estimates from these two data sources and provides an overview of their similarities and differences.

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BJS publication
New report provides statistics on jail inmates, based on the Annual Survey of Jails and the Census of Jails [ [link removed] ]

BJS released "Jail Inmates in 2022 ? Statistical Tables". It describes the number of persons held in local jails, jail incarceration rates, inmate demographics, conviction status and most serious offense, the number of admissions to jail, jail capacity, inmate turnover rates, and staff employed in local jails. This annual report is the 36th in a series that began in 1982.

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BJS 60-day notice
Public comments sought on reinstating a previously approved data collection with changes: Census of Jails 2024?26 [ [link removed] ]

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through February 9, 2024, on reinstating, with changes, the Census of Jails (COJ), a previously approved data collection. In 2024, the COJ will collect comprehensive data from all jail facilities in the United States, including 1-day population counts and inmate demographics, conviction status, and holds for federal and state prison authorities. It will also cover facility characteristics, jail programs, and the screening and treatment of opioid use disorder.

BJS also proposes to replace the Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) with the COJ starting in 2025. The 2025 and 2026 COJs will have fewer questions, like the ASJ, but will sample all instead of one-third of jails. Submit your comments to the Office of Management and Budget through the "Federal Register".

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BJS data collection
Access the 2021 and 2022 NIBRS extract files through NACJD

BJS released the 2021 and 2022 National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) extract files through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). BJS developed these files to provide users access to NIBRS data that have been reconfigured into a format compatible with widely available analytic software. Users can access incident details and victim profiles and explore data on persons arrested.

Access the 2021 Extract Files [ [link removed] ]

Access the 2022 Extract Files [ [link removed] ]

Access the Full Data Series [ [link removed] ]

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BJS data collection
*Now available: 2020 and 2021 Uniform Crime Reporting Program datasets * [ [link removed] ]

BJS released 15 datasets for 2020 and 2021 from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data series through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). UCR data are collected by the FBI?s Criminal Justice Information Services Division and serve as the preeminent source of information on crimes and arrests recorded by participating law enforcement agencies. BJS supports the archiving of these files through NACJD to facilitate access to the data by researchers, academics, students, and the public.

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BJS announcement
BJS releases redacted Mortality in Correctional Institutions data [ [link removed] ]

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) provided to a third party a redacted version of certain data submitted under the Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI) data collection, in response to a court order issued in the course of litigation that remains ongoing.

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Engagement
Team BJS attended and presented at the following events:

* Committee on Population Statistics of the Population Association of America Fall Meeting
* 2023 SEARCH Criminal History Records Improvement Workshop
* Fall Virtual Research Gathering: SAC-to-SAC [Statistical Analysis Center]
* Analyzing Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey: A Workshop for Data Users





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