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Report Documents Federal Criminal Justice Trends from 1994-2003

Bureau of Justice Statistics press release: “The number of suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system grew substantially during the 10-year period of 1994 to 2003, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. U.S. federal prosecutors investigated more than 130,000 suspects during 2003 (a new record), up from 99,000 men and women in 1994.”

  • “The report, Federal Criminal Justice Trends, 2003 (NCJ- 205331), is the first in a new series to track changes in the federal criminal justice system. It employed data from eight federal agencies to describe the enforcement of several thousand statutes in the U.S. Criminal Code. The report was written by BJS statistician Mark Motivans.”
  • See also the associated Spreadsheets (zip format 60K)
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