BJS is pleased to announce Todd Minton as the new chief of its Jails and Community Corrections Statistics Unit. Todd has worked as a statistician for over 25 years, providing expertise to BJS, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. federal statistical system on topics related to jails and the measurement of demographic characteristics of inmates held in local and Indian country jails. In this role, Todd oversees a team of statisticians with a portfolio of data collections, including the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ), Census of Jails (COJ), Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ), Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC), the Annual Probation Survey, and the Annual Parole Survey. Todd holds an MS in criminal justice, with a specialization in corrections, from the University of Baltimore, and a BA in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland, College Park.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Kevin M. Scott, PhD, is the acting director.
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