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Bureau of Justice Statistics Adds Data Gathering In A Half Dozen Crime Categories

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p>Source: Crime & Justice News</p> <p>"<font size="1">Even in a time of 'budget belt-tightening' the U.S. </font></p> <p>Bureau of Justice Statistics is expanding its data-</p> <p>gathering, says a top Justice Department official. BJS </p> <p>is adding data series on courthouse security, criminal </p> <p>appeals, private security, Internet predation and </p> <p>stalking, Jeffrey Sedgwick, assistant attorney general </p> <p>for justice programs, told the Justice Research and </p> <p>Statistics Association yesterday in Portland, Ore. BJS </p> <p>also is starting a census of law enforcement gang </p> <p>units and a project on human trafficking data in </p> <p>conjunction with Northeastern University and the </p> <p>Urban Instiute. Sedgwick headed BJS until his recent </p> <p>promotion by President Bush.</p> <p>An expansion of BJS' Deaths in Custody Reporting </p> <p>Progam will include information on deaths in facilities </p> <p>maintained by the federal Immigration and Customs </p> <p>Enforcement agency. Speaking about crime generally, </p> <p>Sedgwick said 'crime rates have remained basically </p> <p>flat over the last several years.' Although some cities </p> <p>have reported rising crime rates, it would be a mistake </p> <p>to mischaracterize 'small spikes' as 'a gathering </p> <p>storm,' Sedgwick said. That remark seemingly was </p> <p>aimed at the Police Executive Research Forum, which </p> <p>in the fall of 2006 issued a crime report using </p> <p>the 'gathering storm' title. PERF said its conclusions </p> <p>were based on its own survey of major cities and the </p> <p>FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report for 2005, which </p> <p>the group said reflected 'a significant increase in </p> <p>violent crime throughout the country.'"</p> <p>Crime & Justice News - <u><font color="#ff0000" size="1">http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001YBtxkiXt-mdXGf7A3lc2v-WRqnUChXlztako2V7e-sVfMfhshUnxAVER6WcwOLNl92s8WizhezUjnq70wAiUbBru342g3srho0SDUbxHyKM=</font></u><font size="1"> </font></p> <p> </p> <p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on October 17, 2008 (boomark / email).