BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics
BJS and the FY2013 and
FY2014 Budget Implications
Presented by
William J. Sabol, Ph.D., Acting Director
June 7, 2013
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BJS authority spans:
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Collecting and analyzing statistical data on all aspects of federal, state,
and local criminal justice systems (see “sequence of events” flow
chart) and related aspects of the civil justice system;
Collecting and analyzing statistical data on statutorily-identified topics
including crimes against the elderly, juvenile delinquency, criminal
offenders and juvenile delinquents.
Assisting state, local, and tribal governments in gathering and
analyzing justice statistics
Disseminating high-value information and statistics to inform policy
makers, researchers, criminal justice practitioners, and the general
public
Maintaining an ongoing program of research and develop to
recommend national standards for statistics, ensure their reliability,
and fulfill statutory mission.
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BJS statistical collections
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• 46 separate statistical collections
– 16 annual
– 30 periodic
• Organized around substantive areas
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Victimization (NCVS ~ 75% of total “core” BJS budget)
Law Enforcement
Prosecution and Adjudication
Corrections
Recidivism, Reentry and Special Projects
Criminal Justice Data Improvement Programs
• Mandates:
– Prison Rape Elimination Act Statistics (funded by transfers into BJS)
– Tribal Law and Order Act
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Sequence of Events in the Criminal Justice System
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BJS budget: Three elements
• Criminal Justice Statistics Program (CJSP)
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– NCVS
• NCVS Core
• NCVS Redesign
– Non-NCVS CJSP
• State & Local Law Enforcement Assistance
– NCHIP
– NICS
• Research, Evaluation, and Statistics Set Aside (2% of nonresearch and statistics grant funds in OJP)
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BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics
2% Research & Statistics Set Aside
• At the discretion of the Attorney General,…, up to 2 percent of funds
made available for grant or reimbursement programs under such
headings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for research,
evaluation, or statistical programs administered by the National
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be
transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National Institute
of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be used by them for
research, evaluation or statistical purposes, without regard to
authorizations for such grant or reimbursement programs; …
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FY 2014 President’s Budget Request and FY2011FY2013 Enacted ($000s)
FY 2011
Enacted
FY 2012
Enacted
FY 2013
Enacted
FY 2014
Requested
60,000
45,000
48,000
52,900
National Crime Victimization Survey
Redesign of the NCVS
Redesign/Development of Data Programs for Indian
Country
41,000
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26,000
10,000
500
36.000
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36,000
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Non-NCVS (CJSP)
19,000
8,500
12,000
9,526
26,567
6,000
5,000
6,000
12,000
50,000
5,000
29,060
29,238
27,310
1,300
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1,300
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1,500
3,500
2,000
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Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
Criminal Justice Statistics Programs (BJS base program)/1
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)/1
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
Grants/1
Research, Evaluation, and Statistics Set Aside/1
Federal Inmate Research and Evaluation (transfer to BOP)
NAS Study on Current and Future Crime Data Needs
Demonstration Field Experiment (Chicago CeaseFire/Cure
Violence)
Gun Safety Research
1/Includes funds for management and administrative costs.
FY2013: ~85% of enacted FY2013 (~$41.3 mn.) was available for program funds after rescissions, sequestration, and M&A.
FY2012: ~90% of enacted FY2012 (~$41.3 mn.) was available for programming.
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Use of the 2% RESS Set Aside
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BJS & NIJ agreed upon allocation: 1/3 BJS; 1/3 NIJ; 1/3 joint programs;
• Building a system of incident level law enforcement administrative
records (NCS-X).
• Crime Indicators Working Group and subnational estimation of crime
and victimization.
• Victim services organizations, coverage of non-household populations
in NCVS, victim-offender overlap.
• Continuous data collection for law enforcement management and
administration statistics.
• White collar crime statistics.
• Joint with NIJ:
– Center for the Collection and Analysis of Administrative Data on Crime,
Recidivism and Re-entry.
– Metropolitan Crime Consortia: Using Administrative Data to Measure, Prevent,
and Reduce Crime.
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BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics
FY2013 Impacts
• Use of set aside to fund core CJSP programs funded (e.g.,
ARD, DCRP, State Justice Agencies & Tribal Lands,
Prosecutors Survey, FJSP, NCRP, P&P, etc.)
• R&D funding (e.g., NCS-X, criminal history records
conversion, crosswalk, etc.)
• Joint BJS-NIJ projects scaled back and delayed
• Hiring freeze (DOJ wide):
– BJS staffing (on board) has fallen from 57 in 2010 to 43 in 2013
– 8 unfilled statistician positions (25 on board); 4 exceptions granted
(1 on board; remaining 3 before the end of FY13)
– Major surveys delayed (e.g., SILJ)
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FY 2014 Priority Statistical Areas
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Continue to improve BJS’ criminal victimization statistics derived from the NCVS;
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Continue exploration/use of administrative records data in police and correctional
agencies;
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Sub-national estimates
Enhancing data on the crimes of rape and sexual assault;
Recidivism information
Arrests/booking statistics
Offenses known to the police (NCS-X)
Expand surveys of inmates of prisons and jails;
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Inform the process of re-entry / reintegration
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Maintain BJS’ core statistical programs in law enforcement, victimization, prosecution and
adjudication, corrections, recidivism, and criminal justice data improvement programs;
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Continue to improve the availability of justice statistics for Indian country; and
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Continue to support the enhancement of criminal justice statistics available through state
statistical analysis centers.
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FY2014 Impacts
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• Assuming sequestration and set-aside: ~$45mn for
programming; ~$9mn for non-NCVS core
– Set aside funding to be used for core
– Investment in NCS-X police administrative records impacted
• Set aside is at the discretion of the AG (grant-making
entities’ funding tapped);
• Set aside eliminated
– NCVS and weakened non-NCVS
• Staffing:
– Major surveys impacted (SILJ, victim-offender overlap)
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Principal Federal Statistical Agencies:
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Budget and Staffing Levels, FY 2013
Statistical Agency
Home Department
or Agency
Total
Staff
Total
Statisticians
FY 2013
Budget
(millions)
Census Bureau
Commerce
12,642
2,293
1,000.4
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor
2,493
150
618.2
National Center for Education Statistics
Education
113
70
317.0
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Agriculture
1,520
736
195.5
National Center for Health Statistics
Health and Human
Services
550
166
161.8
Energy Information Administration
Energy
374
78
116.4
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Commerce
166
10
96.5
Economic Research Service
Agriculture
382
1
77.4
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Justice
55
30
68.0
National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics
National Science
Foundation
48
24
42.6
Statistics of Income
Treasury
171
32
39.5
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Transportation
70
15
38.0
Office of Research, Evaluation and
Statistics
Social Security
Administration
86
8
29.3
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BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics
FY 2014 NCHIP Increase
• Description
• Justification
• Goals and Objectives
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Contact Information
BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics
810 7th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20531
(202) 307-0765
William.Sabol@usdoj.gov
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