Justice Expenditure and Employment in the United States, 2001

• NCJ Number: 202792
• Author(s): Lynn Bauer; Steven D. Owens
• Date Published: May 2004
• Length: 10 pages
• Agencies: BJS
• Publication Type: Survey

Annotation

This document provides selected data from the Census Bureau’s Annual General Finance and Employment Surveys.

Abstract

Provides selected data from the Census Bureau's Annual General Finance and Employment Surveys. Data presented include police protection, judicial and legal services, and corrections expenditure and employment for Federal, State, and local governments in 2001 and national trend data for 1982 to 2001. Expenditure data are provided for fiscal year 2001; employment and payroll data are for the month of March 2001. The report compares justice expenditure to spending for other governmental services and analyzes trends in justice spending and employment. It also presents per capita employment data relative to other State and government services, as well as per capita expenditure data by governmental function.