Characteristics of the criminal justice systems
The organization, financial expenditures, and employment of law enforcement, courts, and corrections systems in the United States are the focus of this section. Legislation related to driving and alcohol use also is covered.
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- Education programs in prisons and jails
- Expenditures
- Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities and staff
- Jails and jail staff
- Juvenile facilities
- Private jails
- State, Federal, and private correctional facilities and staff
- 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 magistrate judges in U.S. District Courts
- Investigative reports by Federal probation officers
- Jury fees in State and Federal courts
- Petit and grand jurors in U.S. District Courts
- Prosecutors in State courts
- Salaries and selection process for State court judges
- U.S. attorneys, personnel and work hours
- Corrections expenditures
- Criminal justice expenditures
- Criminal justice employment and payroll
- Edward Byrne Law Enforcement Assistance funds
- Federal budget authorities for criminal justice activities
- Federal drug control funding
- Appropriations, salaries, and personnel for the Federal judiciary
- Characteristics of Presidential appointees to Federal courts
- Salaries and selection process for State court judges
- College and university campus police
- Complaints about police use of force
- Employees, payroll, and personnel expenditures
- Federal law enforcement officers and agencies
- Female and minority police officers in large cities
- Large city police departments
- Local police departments
- Salaries
- Sheriffs' offices
- Special jurisdiction agencies
- State and local police employment and payroll, combined totals
- State police agencies
- Tribal law enforcement agencies