BJS RELEASES TRIBAL CRIME DATA-COLLECTION ACTIVITIES, 2019

Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

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BJS RELEASES TRIBAL CRIME DATA-COLLECTION ACTIVITIES, 2019 

          WASHINGTON— The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Tribal Crime Data-Collection Activities, 2019. This report is the seventh in a series that began in 2011. It meets the requirement, established by the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-211, 124 Stat. 2258, § 251(b)), that BJS report, no later than July 31 of each year, on tribal data-collection activities and statistical findings. This report describes the data-collection activities during 2018 and 2019, and it summarizes the most recent statistical findings from the Survey of Jails in Indian Country and the Federal Justice Statistics Program. It also discusses BJS funding to enhance tribal participation in national records and information systems.

TITLE:          Tribal Crime Data-Collection Activities, 2019 (NCJ 252983)

 

AUTHOR:     Steven W. Perry, BJS Statistician

                                   

WHERE:       www.bjs.gov

          The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Jeffrey H. Anderson is the director.

 

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