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The '''Bureau of Justice Statistics''' ('''BJS''') of the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring crime, criminal victimization, criminal offenders, victims of crime, [[correlates of crime]], and the operation of criminal and civil justice systems at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels. Established on December 27, 1979, BJS collects, analyzes, and publishes data relating to [[crime in the United States]]. The agency publishes data regarding statistics gathered from the roughly fifty-thousand agencies, offices, courts, and institutions that together comprise the U.S. justice system.<ref name="US Bureau of Justice Statistics, about web-site">{{cite web|url=http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/aboutbjs.htm |title=About the Bureau of Justice Statistics |publisher=U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics |access-date=2006-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926003905/http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/aboutbjs.htm |archive-date=2006-09-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The mission of BJS is "To collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government."

BJS, along with the [[National Institute of Justice]] (NIJ), [[Bureau of Justice Assistance]] (BJA), [[Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention]] (OJJDP), [[Office for Victims of Crime]] (OVC), and other program offices, comprise the [[Office of Justice Programs]] (OJP) branch of the Department of Justice.