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Federal Justice Statistics, 2005 - Statistical Tables
Data Source Agency Files
| Data source agency —
data files |
Description of data files contents |
Compendium tables |
United States Marshals Service (USMS)
— Prisoner Tracking System (PTS)
— Warrant Information Network |
Contains data on suspects arrested for violations of Federal law, by Federal enforcement agencies and data about warrants initiated or cleared. The data include information on characteristics of Federal arrestees. |
Arrest:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Warrant:
1.5, 1.6 |
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
— Defendant Statistical System |
Contains data on suspects arrested by DEA agents, both within and outside the continental U.S. The data include information on characteristics of arrestees, type of drug for which arrested, as well as the type and number of weapons at time of arrest. |
Arrest:
1.4 |
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA)
— National LIONS System file
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Contains information on the investigation and prosecution of suspects in criminal matters received and concluded, criminal cases filed and terminated, and criminal appeals filed and handled by U.S. attorneys. The central system files contain defendant-level records about the processing of matters and cases; the central charge files contain the records of the charges filed and disposed in criminal cases. Data are available on matters and cases filed, pending, and terminated. |
Prosecution:
2.1, 2.2, 2.3 |
AOUSC: Pretrial Services Agency (PSA)
— Pretrial Services Act Information System |
Contains data on defendants interviewed, investigated, or supervised by pretrial services. The information covers defendants’ pretrial hearings, detentions, and releases from the time they are interviewed through the disposition of their cases in district court. The data describe pretrial defendants processed by Federal pretrial service agencies within each district. Defendants who received pretrial services through a local, non-Federal agency, such as the District of Columbia, are not included. |
Pretrial release:
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Adjudication:
4.4 (defendant characteristics)
Sentencing:
5.3, 5.4 (defendant characteristics) |
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC)
— Criminal Termination Files |
Contains information about the criminal proceedings against defendants whose cases were filed in U.S. district courts. Includes information on felony defendants, Class A misdemeanants — whether handled by U.S. district court judges or U.S. magistrates — and other misdemeanants provided they were handled by U.S. district court judges. The information in the data files cover criminal proceedings from case filing through disposition and sentencing. Data are available on criminal defendants in cases filed, pending, and terminated. |
Adjudication:
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Sentencing:
5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 |
United States Sentencing Commission (USSC)
—Monitoring Data Base
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Contains information on criminal defendants sentenced pursuant to the provisions of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. Data files are limited to those defendants whose court records have been obtained by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. |
Adjudication:
4.4 (defendant characteristics)
Sentencing:
5.3, 5.4 (defendant characteristics) |
| AOUSC: Court of Appeals |
Contains information on criminal appeals filed and terminated in U.S. Courts of Appeals. Records of appeals filed, pending, or terminated include information on the nature of the criminal appeal, the underlying offense, and the disposition of the appeal. |
Appeals:
6.1, 6.2, 6.3 |
| AOUSC — Federal Probation and Supervision Information System (FPSIS) |
Contains information about supervisions provided by probation officers for persons placed on probation or supervised release from prison. The files contain records of individuals entering or currently on supervision, as well as records of offenders terminating supervision. |
Corrections:
7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5,
7.6, 7.7, 7.8 |
| Bureau of Prisons (BOP): Extract from BOP’s online Sentry System |
The data extracts contain information on all offenders released from prison over a specific period of time plus information about offenders in prison when the data extracts are made. The information covers the time from when offenders enter prison until their release from the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons. |
Corrections:
FJSP did not receive data from the BOP in 2005. |
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