Title: Prosecution of Federal Firearms Offenses, 2000-16?
Authors: Urban Institute: Emily Tiry, Kelly Roberts Freeman, and William Adams
Publication date: October 2021
Award number: 2017-BJ-CX-K055
This report was produced by Urban Institute for BJS under award number 2017-BJ-CX-K055. It describes trends associated with the prosecution of persons charged with a firearm offense in U.S. district courts from 2000 to 2016. It presents data on the following stages of the federal criminal justice system: investigation and referral of suspects to U.S. attorneys, and prosecutions, convictions, and sentencing of defendants in U.S. district court. Statistics are based on analysis of data from BJS?s Federal Justice Statistics Program.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics funded this third-party report. It is not a BJS report and does not release official government statistics. The report is released to help inform interested parties of the research or analysis contained within and to encourage discussion. BJS has performed a limited review of the report to ensure the general accuracy of information and adherence to confidentiality and disclosure standards. Any statistics included in this report are not official BJS statistics unless they have been previously published in a BJS report. Any analysis, conclusions, or opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views, opinions, or policies of the Bureau of Justice Statistics or the U.S. Department of Justice.
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