and a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the Justice Department. Visit https://bjs.ojp.gov & subscribe to JUSTSTATS https://bjs.ojp.gov/subscribe. The Bureau of Justice Statistics was established on December 27, 1979, under the Justice Systems Improvement Act of 1979 (Pub. We provide objective and independent criminal justice statistics in support of national, state, tribal, and local
justice policies and decision-making. BJS has three main responsibilities: 1) building and maintaining statistical data collections that span the sequence of events in the criminal justice system; 2) providing statistics that respond to criminal justice programs and policy information needs; and 3) providing state, tribal, and local governments with technical and financial support to expand or enhance criminal justice programs. To learn more about the history of BJS visit https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=abu. Sign up for email notices of new crime and justice statistical materials as they become available here: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=signup.
