Bureau of Justice Statistics

United States Bureau of Justice Statistics
Agency overview

Formed	December 27, 1979 (1979-12-27)
Jurisdiction	United States government agency
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Website	www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs

The United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is a federal government agency belonging to the U.S. Department of Justice and a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. Established on December 27, 1979, the bureau collects, analyzes and publishes data relating to crime in the United States. The agency publishes data regarding statistics gathered from the roughly fifty-thousand agencies that comprise the U.S. justice system on its Web site.^[1]

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.
—Bureau of Justice Statistics

BJS, along with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), and other program offices, comprise the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) branch of the Department of Justice.

See also 1
BJS Directors 2
External links 3
References 4

BJS Directors

In 2005, the Bush administration replaced BJS director Lawrence Greenfeld after he refused to remove certain racial statistics from a report, despite having published similar statistics in 2001. The following two references provide analysis and initial reporting, respectively.

Bessette, Joseph M. "The Injustice Department", The Weekly Standard (Volume 011, Issue 05), October 17, 2005.
Lichtblau, Eric. "Profiling Report Leads to a Demotion". The New York Times, August 24, 2005.

More recently, Jeffrey Sedgwick, Michael Sinclair, John Jay Professor James P. Lynch, and former Deputy Director William Sabol have served as Directors.

External links

Official website
most recent reports

References

^ "About the Bureau of Justice Statistics". U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Archived from the original on 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2006-09-27.

Principal Agencies of the Federal Statistical System of the United States

Department of Labor	Bureau of Labor Statistics

Department of Commerce	Census Bureau Bureau of Economic Analysis

Department of Energy	Energy Information Administration

Department of Agriculture	Economic Research Service National Agricultural Statistics Service

Department of Transportation	Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Department of Justice	Bureau of Justice Statistics

Department of Education	National Center for Education Statistics

Department of Health and Human Services	National Center for Health Statistics

Independent agencies	Statistics of Income Division (Internal Revenue Service) National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (National Science Foundation) Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics (Social Security Administration)

As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the principal agencies of the Federal Statistical System have statistical activities as their core mission and conduct much of the government’s statistical work.

Agencies under the United States Department of Justice

Headquarters: Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building Eric Holder, Attorney General James Cole, Deputy Attorney General

Deputy Attorney General	Justice Management Division Criminal Division National Security Division Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Drug Enforcement Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Prisons National Institute of Corrections United States Marshals Service Executive Office for Immigration Review Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management Office of the Federal Detention Trustee Office of Intelligence Policy and Review Office of the Pardon Attorney Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties Office of Professional Responsibility Office on Sexual Violence and Crimes against Children Office of Tribal Justice Professional Responsibility Advisory Office United States Attorneys INTERPOL, U.S. National Central Bureau National Drug Intelligence Center United States Parole Commission Office of Legal Counsel

Associate Attorney General	Office of Justice Programs Office of Dispute Resolution Office on Violence Against Women Community Oriented Policing Services Office of Information Policy Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Antitrust Division Civil Division Civil Rights Division Environment and Natural Resources Division Tax Division United States Trustee Program Community Relations Service Office of Legal Policy

Assistant Attorneys General	Antitrust Division Civil Division Civil Rights Division Criminal Division National Security Division Environmental and Natural Resources Division Justice Management Division Tax Division Office of Legal Counsel Office of Legal Policy Office of Legislative Affairs Office of Justice Programs

Solicitor General

Categories

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Government agencies established in 1979
Criminal justice statistics
National statistical services
United States Department of Justice agencies
Statistical organizations in the United States
1979 establishments in the United States
Federal Statistical System of the United States

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