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Federal Justice Statistics, 2016 - Statistical Tables

NCJ Number
251772
Date Published
December 2020
Length
70 pages
Annotation

Based on data from the Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP), which is managed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), this report presents statistics on criminal case-processing in the federal justice system in 2016, including arrest and booking through sentencing and corrections.

Abstract

This report is based on data from BJS's Federal Justice Statistics Program, which began in 1979. It provides national statistics on the federal response to crime for fiscal year 2016. The report describes case processing in the federal criminal justice system, including investigations by U.S. Attorneys, prosecutions and declinations, convictions and acquittals, sentencing, pre-trial release, detention, appeals, probation and parole, and prisons.

Date Published: December 1, 2020