The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a dataset on capital punishment statistics through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. This dataset contains individual-level data on persons sentenced to death, including demographics, criminal history characteristics, date of death sentence, and type of sentence disposition.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released the 2014 National Survey of Tribal Court Systems (NSTCS) dataset through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. The NSTCS was the first complete enumeration of tribal court systems operating in the United States. The NSTCS consisted of three surveys specific to tribal court systems in the lower 48 states, Alaska Native villages, and the Code of Federal Regulations Courts (CFR Courts) operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). It covered a variety of complex topics, including tribal court administration and operations; prosecution, public defense, and civil legal services; pretrial, probation, and reentry programs and services; juvenile cases, domestic violence cases, and protection orders; enhanced sentencing authority; and information systems access.
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. Doris J. James is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities, visit BJS online.
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