Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/1208

 93 STAT. 1176

PUBLIC LAW 96-157—DEC. 27, 1979 "PART C—BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS BUREAU OP JUSTICE STATISTICS

Statistical information, collection and analysis. 42 USC 3731.

State governmental organizations and facilities.

"SEC. 301. It is the purpose of this part to provide for and encourage the collection and analysis of statistical information concerning crime (including white-collar crime and public corruption), juvenile delinquency, and the operation of the criminal justice system and related aspects of the civil justice system and to support the development of information and statistical systems at the Federal, State, and local levels to improve the efforts of these levels of government to measure and understand the levels of crime (including crimes against the elderly, white-collar crime, and public corruption), juvenile delinquency, and the operation of the criminal justice system and related aspects of the civil justice i^stem. The Bureau shall utilize to the maximum extent feasible State governmental organizations and facilities responsible for the collection and analysis of criminal justice data and statistics. In carrying out the provisions of this part, the Bureau shall give primary emphasis to the problems of State and local justice systems. ESTABLISHMENT, DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS

42 USC 3732.

Director, appointment, qualifications.

Grants.

"SEC. 302. (a) There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a Bureau of Justice Statistics (hereinafter referred to in this part as 'Bureau'). "(b) The Bureau shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall have had experience in statistical programs. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall not engsige in any other employment than that of serving as Director; nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act. "(c) The Bureau is authorized to— "(1) make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, private organizations, or private individuals for purposes related to this part; grants shall be made subject to continuing compliance with standards for gathering justice statistics set forth in rules and regulations promulgated by the Director; "(2) collect and analyze information concerning criminal victimization, including crimes against the elderly, and civil disputes; "(3) collect and analyze data that will serve as a continuous and comparable national social indication of the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent, distribution, and attributes of crime, juvenile delinquency, civil disputes, and other statistical factors related to crime, civil disputes, and juvenile delinquency, in support of national, State, and local justice policy and decisionmaking "(4) collect and analyze statistical information, concerning the operations of the criminal justice system at the Federal, State, and local levels; "(5) collect and analyze statistical information concerning the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent, distribution, and attributes

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