Reference and statistics.The Bureau of Justice Statistics Noun 1. Bureau of Justice Statistics - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers BJS (BJS Noun 1. BJS - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers Bureau of Justice Statistics ) presents Key Crime and Justice Facts at a Glance, a section of its Web site that presents trends in crime and justice in 35 charts that are updated as new data becomes available. Small versions of the charts (thumbnails) and brief statements of findings are presented. A click on each thumbnail will retrieve a page that contains a full-sized version of the chart and additional information about the data and findings. A click on the full-sized version of the chart will access a table with the data used in the chart. Also, spreadsheets with the chart data can be saved to the user's hard drive and imported into most spreadsheet, charting, and word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and programs. In addition, full-sized color versions of selected charts, suitable for overheads or handouts, are available. Covered topics include trends in crime (violent and property crime, victim characteristics, and arrests); federal investigations and prosecutions; felony convictions in state courts; correction (including capital punishment capital punishment, imposition of a penalty of death by the state. History Capital punishment was widely applied in ancient times; it can be found (c.1750 B.C.) in the Code of Hammurabi. ); demographics in correction populations, by gender and race; demographics in jail populations, by age, gender, and race; and expenditures. This site can be accessed at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance.htm; paper versions of these charts are available from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a program that disseminates publications from the United States Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) agencies, as well as the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Office on Violence Against at 800-851-3420 |
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