Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

- ...... - ~r---~---------~--------~~---Saurcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Agure 1.1 Criminal justice expenditures of Federal, State, and local governments, by type of activity, United States,fiscal years 1971 and 1979f\OTE: This survey of expenditure and employment Is conductedannllally by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the U.S.Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Ingen,llral, six categories of activity are covered: policeprarl!ctlon, judicial, legal services and prosecution, publicdefense, corrections, and ather. Data are collected for threelevels of government: Federal, State, and local. Lccalgovernment coverage includes all county governments, allmunicipalities having a 1977 population of 10,000 or more,and a sample of remaining cities and townships under 10,000population. The survey ponel was ct.l!Tlprlsed, therefore, ofthe Federal Government, the 50 State governments, and11,835 local governments (3,040 coooty governments, 6,728municipalities, and 2,067 townships).Because all State and county governments weresurveyed, data relating to them are not subject to sCllll>lingerror (l.e., variations that might result if a different samplewere used). However, data reported for local governmentsare estimates that are subject to sampling error. Localgovernment estimate. are aCC1Ira\'e (at the 95 percent levelof confidence) to within three-quarters of I percent of thetotals that would have been expected if all local governments Iwere surveyed,$14.0Field compilation and mall canvass methods were usedto obtain the data and were supplemented by reference to avariety of published government documents such as budgets,financial statements, and audit reports. Expenditure data aregenerally for the fisc') I year. For the Federal Government,fiscal year 1979 refers to the period beginning Oct. I, 1978and endinq Sept. 30, 1979; State expenditure data cover thefiscal y,-,cr ending June 30, 1979, except for New York (Mar.31, 1979i, Texas (Aug. 31, 1979), and Alabama and Michigan(SePT. 30, 1979). For local governments, the 1979 fiscalyears reported are those that closed between July I, 1978and June 30, 1979; most municipalities and counties endedthe Ir fiscal years on Dec. 31, 1978 or June 30, 1979.~Ioyment data are for October 1~79, for all levels ofgovernment. The 1979 data ore preliminary figures; revisionsof these duta will appear in the following publication: U.S.Deportment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, JusticeEx nditure a~d 10 nt in the U.S. 1979, NCJ:t16'4ITas angton, D ••: vernment nnting Office, 1993).For details of survey methodology and definitions of terms,see Appendix I.I~Ii"Characteristics of the Crimlnai Justice SystemsAgurrt 1.2 Expenditures f:lr criminal justice activities, by level of governmentand type of activity, United States, fiscal year 1979f\OTE: See NJTE, Figure 1.1. For survey methodology alld definitions of terms, seeAppendix I.Other criminal Justice$723 million(18.3%)Corrections$393 million _(9.9%)Public defense$240 million(6.1%)Legal services /"'"and prosecution .,/'$276 million(7.0%)Federal Government$3,951 mllilonllPolice protection$1,950 million(49.4%)JUdicial$370 mlilion(9.4%)$12.0$10.001971~1979Other criminal Justice$589 mll1i0n(7.0%)State government$8,418 million_Police protection$2,149 million(25.5%)~.!!0"C-0II)c~iIi$8.0$6.0$4.0Corrections$3,771 million -(44.8%)Public defense$128 million(1.5%)Judicial$1,328 mililon(15.8%)Legal servicesand prosecution$453 million(&.4%)$2.0$0.0Policeprotection0.1 $0.4Judicial Legal services Public Corrections OtheranddefensecriminalprosecutionjusticeSaurce: Agure provided to SO-.RCEBOO