Bureau of Justice Statistics

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is an agency within the US Department of Justice, with responsibilities for maintaining criminal justice data and statistics.

BJS, along with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), and other program offices, comprise the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) branch of the Department of Justice.

[edit] Publications of the BJS

• National Crime Victimization Survey
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

[edit] External link

• Bureau of Justice Statistics (official)

[edit] See also

• Uniform Crime Reports (FBI)

• Federal Justice Research Program
• National Institute of Justice
• National Victim's Resource Center