The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a report on Federal Justice Statistics 2013-2014. Note the time lag. That's part of the problem with justice statistics.
Another problem is that statistics are sometimes defined in ways that people would not expect. "Tracking recidivism rates involved identifying prisoners released from federal prison following a U.S. district court commitment between 1998 and 2014."
What about people released from federal prison and subsequently prosecuted by state authorities? Not in the definition. Not tracked.
Three-fifths of federal arrests in 2014 were made in just 5 of the nation's 94 judicial districts -- Southern Texas, Western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California. What do these five districts have that none of the others have? You guessed it.
Another problem is that statistics are sometimes defined in ways that people would not expect. "Tracking recidivism rates involved identifying prisoners released from federal prison following a U.S. district court commitment between 1998 and 2014."
What about people released from federal prison and subsequently prosecuted by state authorities? Not in the definition. Not tracked.
Three-fifths of federal arrests in 2014 were made in just 5 of the nation's 94 judicial districts -- Southern Texas, Western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California. What do these five districts have that none of the others have? You guessed it.
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