BJS
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- noun
- Jargon
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- Veterans (30 percent) were more likely to be first-time offenders than nonmilitary offenders (23 percent), suggesting the possibility of combat-related triggers as a factor contributing to criminal activity (BJS, 2000).
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) (2000) reported that veterans incarcerated in federal prisons (13.2 percent) are more than twice as likely as nonveteran federal prisoners (6.4 percent) to report mental illness problems.
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Later, I called up 1-800-BJS-CLUB to verify the corporate policy.
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I only stumbled across it by chance, trying to see if the survey the BJS had promised to conduct about the matter was done, which it was.
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Perry, Steven W. American Indians and Crime: A BJS Statistical Profile. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 2004.
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BJS states that this amounts to a total of 88,500 prisoners who were sexually abused in a year.
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During 2002, women in state or federal prisons increased by 4.9% compared to 2.4% for men (BJS, 2002).
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In fact, more incarcerated women than men were diagnosed as HIV positive (3.5% vs. 2.2%) (BJS, 2000).
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The rate of violent crime increased by a whopping 17% last year, according to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), marking the biggest jump since 1993.
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The BJS provides valuable data on crime rates across the United States.
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According to the BJS, violent crime has decreased significantly over the past decade.
Synonyms
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A part of the U.S. Department of Justice that collects and studies crime and prison numbers for government officials
Surface Forms
Morphology
BJS = B + J + S
This is an initialism made of letters; the component letters are not meaningful English morphemes, so knowing them does not help a learner infer the agency name or meaning.
Etymology
BJS stands for the three words Bureau, Justice, and Statistics, so you can remember it as the government's 'office' that 'counts' facts about crime and courts. That's why BJS means the U.S. agency that collects and shares national crime and justice data.