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    • Prison Rape Elimination Act Data Series

    Metadata Updated: March 12, 2025

    The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) collects and analyzes data on the incidence and effects of sexual violence in prisons and jails. The data, in various datasets, are collected from individuals currently and formerly in federal, state, county, and municipal facilities. The data are collected using a multiple-measure, multiple-mode data collection strategy. Data sets in this series include surveys and other statistical studies, including the National Inmate Survey (NIS), the Former Prisoner Survey (FPS), and the National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC).

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    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025

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    Harvested from DOJ JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025
    Publisher Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Maintainer
    Identifier 2442
    Data First Published 2011-11-11T14:34:54
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2021-09-27T08:18:09
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Aicategory Not AI-ready
    Bureau Code 011:21
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Collection Metadata true
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    Harvest Source Id 3290e90a-116f-42fc-86ac-e65521ef3b68
    Harvest Source Title DOJ JSON
    Internalcontactpoint {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Ask BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:askbjs@usdoj.gov"}
    Jcamsystem {"acronym": "OJP_EXT", "id": 8, "name": "External system not available in CSAM"}
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadatamodified 9/2/2022 6:21:00 PM
    Program Code 011:061
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Sourceidentifier https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/series/256
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8826e188225c82ea4cb4a1750629cd8a55ca4d03b8a740900654184e8ca05122
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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