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Crimes and victims ------------------- [ Criminal victimization, general
Victim characteristics
Characteristics of crime
Incident-Based Reporting
    Statistics

Criminal offenders


Special Topics ----------------------- [ Drugs and crime
Homicide Trends
Firearms and crime
Reentry trends
International statistics


Key Facts at a Glance

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Crime trends                             
Trends in Federal investigations
    and prosecutions
Trends in felony convictions
     in State courts
Corrections trends
Expenditure trends


The justice system


Law enforcement -----
[ Federal agencies
State and local agencies
Campus agencies

Prosecution

Courts & sentencing ---
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Pretrial release and detention
Criminal case processing
Criminal sentencing
Civil justice statistics
Court organization
Indigent defense


Corrections --------
[ Capital punishment
Jails
Prisons
Probation and parole
 

Federal justice statistics


Expenditure & employment
                 
 

Criminal record systems


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Additional Links
Justice Records Improvement Program [ NCHIP -Criminal history records
NIBRS - Incident Based Reporting
Data for analysis -------------------------- [ Data Online
Spreadsheets
Datasets & codebooks
Data from other sources --------------
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FBI's Uniform Crime Reports
Juvenile justice statistics
FedStats
Social Statistics Briefing Room

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
 
About BJS ----------------------------------- [ Statistical programs
Grant programs
Dissemination programs
Related sites -------------------------------- [

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