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This report, released annually since 2011, describes activities by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, including?
- data-collection programs and activities during 2018 and 2019
- tribal participation in national records and information systems
- the most recent statistical findings on American Indians and Alaska Natives in the federal justice system.?
Selected Highlights:
- During fiscal year (FY) 2018, BJS conducted cognitive testing of the Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies and posted notices in the Federal Register for public comment.
- From FY 2016 to FY 2018, BJS awarded three grants totaling $621,600 to tribes in order to improve and automate their criminal-history records and databases.
- In FY 2016, a total of 3,189 tribal or non-tribal American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) were arrested by federal law enforcement agencies, 1,790 were admitted to federal prison, and 1,839 were released from federal prison.
- Each year from FY 2014 to FY 2016, the number of AIANs exiting federal prison exceeded the number entering.
This report meets the requirement of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (TLOA; P.L. 111-211, 124 Stat. 2258, ? 251(b)) to report annually on BJS?s activities to establish and enhance a tribal crime data-collection system.
Tribal Crime Data-Collection Activities, 2019 (NCJ 252983) was written by BJS Statistician Steven W. Perry.?The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website 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.
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