Public Law 96-157

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Public Law 96-157 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1979 that, among other criminal justice reforms, formally established and authorized the Bureau of Justice Statistics within the Department of Justice.

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Public Law 96-157 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Congress ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
appliesTo Bureau of Justice Statistics ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
authorizedAgency Bureau of Justice Statistics ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
established Bureau of Justice Statistics ⓘ
governmentLevel federal ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalForm public law ⓘ
legalStatus in force (as amended) ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInJurisdictionOfEstablishedAgency United States Department of Justice ⓘ
numberInCongress 96-157 ⓘ
partOf United States federal criminal justice legislation ⓘ
providesFor analysis of criminal justice data ⓘ
collection of national crime statistics ⓘ
publication of criminal justice statistics ⓘ
purpose to improve the collection, analysis, and dissemination of criminal justice statistics ⓘ
to support criminal justice policy development through statistical information ⓘ
regulates federal criminal justice statistical activities ⓘ
relatedTo Bureau of Justice Statistics ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
criminal justice policy in the United States ⓘ
sector justice system ⓘ
signedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
subjectMatter crime data collection ⓘ
criminal justice ⓘ
criminal justice statistics ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
typeOfReform criminal justice reform ⓘ
yearEnacted 1979 ⓘ

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Bureau of Justice Statistics → legalBasis → Public Law 96-157 ⓘ