Bureau of Justice Statistics
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- noun
- /ˈbjʊəroʊ əv ˈdʒʌstɪs stəˈtɪstɪks/
- Formal
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Oficina de Estadísticas Judiciales
- Beck, A. J., & Harrison, P. M. (2006). Prison and jail inmates of midyear 2005. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department
- Bureau of Justice Statistics report
- U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Examples
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According to a report released in January by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, nearly 70 percent of colleges and universities in 2012 operated full law enforcement agencies with sworn police officers.
Academic text (2016) -
According to the most recent data from the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of tort trials at the state level has decreased.
Academic text (2007) -
If anyone is interested, go read the Bureau of Justice Statistics' prison rape report.
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Source: Civil Trial Court Network, a National Center for State Courts project sponsored by the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Academic text (1995) -
In 2009, there were 125,910 reported cases of sexual violence (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2010).
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The same Bureau of Justice Statistics report found that campus agencies recorded 45 violent crimes per 100,000 students in 2012.
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The majority population may use illegal drugs at the same or higher level as the minority populations (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1999).
Academic text (2005) -
Glaze L. E. (2011). Correctional populations in the United States, 2010. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Bivariate analyses suggest that African Americans and Hispanics are victimized more often than white non-Hispanics (Bureau of Justice Statistics 1995).
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According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the rate of property crimes has significantly decreased over the past decade.
Synonyms
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The US federal agency that collects and studies crime and justice numbers
Surface Forms
Morphology
bureau + of + justice + statistics
The name is compositionally built from 'bureau' (an agency) + 'justice' (the legal system) + 'statistics' (data/analysis), so a learner who knows these words can infer it is the agency that collects/analyzes justice-related data. Although it is a proper organizational name, the structure follows standard noun-of-noun composition and is cross-linguistically transparent, making the meaning predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Bureau of Justice Statistics is a government office whose name shows its job: a bureau meaning 'office' that counts statistics about justice, like crime, courts, and prisons. So, the name means the agency that collects and gives these numbers to leaders and researchers to help them make better decisions.