Bureau of Justice Statistics. Criminal Cases-- Most Severe Offenses: Case Count (Most Severe Offense) | US Bureau of Justice Filing Offense*: ALL OFFENSES | Terminating Offence*: ALL OFFENSES | Legal Disposition: All Dispositions, 2000 - 2008. Data-Planet™ Statistical Datasets by Conquest Systems, Inc. Dataset-ID: 034-008-001
Dataset: Shows Federal court criminal case count for serious offenses, by filing and terminating offense, disposition, and district, court, and office.
Presents data on resolutions of serious criminal cases in Federal circuit and district courts, collected as part of the Federal Justice Statistics Program. The program collects data from the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys, the Pretrial Services Agency, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Serious offenses include all felonies, and selected petty offenses and misdemeanors classified as severe by US Courts.
Category: Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
Subject: Sentencing, Criminal Offenses, Felonies, Judicial Decisions, Criminal Cases, Federal Courts
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) mission is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to Federal, State, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded. The BJS was first established on December 27, 1979 under the Justice Systems Improvement Act of 1979, Public Law 96-157 (the 1979 Amendment to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Public Law 90-351). The BJS is a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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