Justice Outcomes Explorer

Methodology

The Justice Outcomes Explorer (JOE) statistics are produced by the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS) team. A subset of these statistics, the Justice Outcomes Explorer Socioeconomic Statistics (JOE-SS), are produced using linked CJARS and Census Bureau data holdings. The development and disclosure of these statistics are the results of a collaboration between the Census Bureau and the University of Michigan.

For technical details on how the statistics are produced, please see the Justice Outcomes Explorer (JOE) Technical Documentation.

Justice Outcomes Explorer (JOE) Technical Documentation

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Any conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the U.S. Census Bureau. All results were approved for release by the Disclosure Review Board of the U.S. Census Bureau (Data Management System number: P-7500378, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval numbers: CBDRB-FY23-0516, 9/29/2023.