Special Topics Using Data from the Federal Justice Statistics Program

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) was created in 1982 to serve as a national clearinghouse of federal criminal case processing data. Six federal criminal justice agencies provide data for the FJSP, from arrest through post-conviction supervision. Recently, the Executive Office for Immigration Review contributed data to the FJSP to increase BJS’s ability to explain the federal response to immigration. This presentation focuses on several special topics not regularly explored with these data, including an examination of human trafficking using different data sources, American Indian and Alaska Natives in the federal criminal justice system, and immigration trends with data from federal criminal and immigration courts.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 46. Courts & Sentencing

Individual Presentations

• Immigration Court Statistics, 2018-2023 - Ryan Kling, Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Federal Immigration Offense Trends using the FCCPS - Rachel Seo-Park, Bureau of Justice Statistics; George Ebo Browne, OJP, DOJ, Bureau of Justice Statistics; Charles Costanzo, Penn State University

• A Comparison of Methodologies Used to Enumerate Human Trafficking Statistics - Vanessa Masick, Abt Global; Pearl Zheng, Abt Global; Shelby Hickman, Abt Global; Mark Motivans, Bureau of Justice Statistics; Rachel Seo-Park, Bureau of Justice Statistics

• American Indians and Alaska Natives in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 2023 - Mark Motivans, Bureau of Justice Statistics; Ryan Kling, Bureau of Justice Statistics