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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Section 1
Characteristics of the criminal justice systems
The tables in Section 1 describe the organization, financial expenditures, and
employment of law enforcement, courts, and corrections systems in the United States. Also
included is selected legislation relating to municipal curfews, firearm restrictions, and
alcohol use. Among the contributing sources are the U.S. Department Justice, Bureau of
Justice Statistics; International City/County Management Association; Federal Bureau of
Investigation; Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; National Center for State Courts;
American Judicature Society; American Correctional Association; and Federal Bureau of
Prisons.
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Contents
Expenditures for criminal justice activities
Corrections expenditures
Federal budget authorities for criminal
justice activities
Federal drug control funding
Employment and payroll for criminal justice
activities
State and local law enforcement personnel
and departments
Local police and sheriffs' departments
State and local police agencies with 1,000
or more officers
Campus law enforcement
Employment, payroll, and personnel
expenditures for law enforcement
Salaries for police officers and other law
enforcement personnel
Workload, budget, and staff of the U.S.
Marshals Service
Appropriations, salaries, and personnel for
the Federal judiciary
Characteristics of Presidential appointees
to Federal courts
Criminal cases filed per judgeship in U.S.
District Courts
Duties performed by magistrates in U.S.
District Courts
Number and term of State court judges
Qualification requirements, salaries, and
selection process for State court judges
Staff and budget of judicial conduct
organizations
Prosecutors' offices
Utilization of petit and grand jurors in
U.S. District Courts
Jury fees in State and Federal courts
Drug courts
Investigative reports by Federal probation
officers
Jails
Correctional facilities
Correctional system personnel
Shock incarceration programs
Private correctional facilities
Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities and
staff
State and Federal paroling authorities
Activities of the U.S. Parole Commission
Curfews in large U.S. cities
Statutory provisions on firearms
Statutory provisions related to alcohol
use and driving
Tables and figures