United States: New Justice Department Study Focuses On Tribal Crime Data

United States: New Justice Department Study Focuses On Tribal Crime Data   Federal agencies and American Indian tribes collaborate to address gaps in national-level reporting   Today the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Compendium of Tribal Crime Data, 2011. The compendium includes BJS's most current data on key criminal justice issues in Indian Country. It addresses gaps in national-level reporting of tribal crime data and is part of BJS's first annual report...

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