Compendium of Federal
Justice Statistics, 2003
Federal criminal case processing,
October 1, 2002-September 30, 2003
A Federal Justice Statistics Program Report
11,804
94,916
57,629
128,518
126,878
75,805
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Suspects investigated
in matters concluded
Suspects arrested
Defendants prosecuted
Offenders convicted
Offenders sentenced to
prison
Offenders sentenced to
probation
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
810 Seventh Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20531
Alberto R. Gonzales
Attorney General
Office of Justice Programs
Partnerships for Safer Communities
Regina B. Schofield
Assistant Attorney General
World Wide Web site:
http//www.ojp.usdoj.gov
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Lawrence A. Greenfeld
Director
World Wide Web site:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
For information contact
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
1-800-851-3420
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Lawrence A. Greenfeld
Director, BJS
This Bureau of Justice Statistics Report was prepared by
the Urban Institute under the supervision of Steven K.
Smith and Mark Motivans of the Bureau of Justice Statis-
tics (BJS). This report was prepared under BJS grant num-
ber 98-BJ-CX-K015. Principal staff at the Urban Institute
were Laura Winterfield, William Adams, Avi Bhati, Kamala
Mallik Kane, Barbara Parthasarathy, Christine Arriola, and
Yan Yuan. Layout and design were by David Williams.
Tom Hester of BJS provided editorial review.
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the
following Federal agencies and their staffs: The United
States Marshals Service (USMS), the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA), the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts (AOUSC), the Executive Office for
U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA), and the Federal Bureau of Pris-
ons (BOP). The staff who provided expert advice about
the sour