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This report examines the nature and frequency of U.S. residents? contact with police by residents? demographic characteristics, types of contact, perceptions of police behaviors, and police threats or use of nonfatal force. It is the twelfth release in a series that began in 1996.
Findings are based on data from BJS?s 2018 Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS), a supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2018 ? Statistical Tables (NCJ 255730) was written by BJS Statisticians Erika Harrell and Elizabeth Davis. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available at www.bjs.gov.
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. Jeffrey H. Anderson is the director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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