name: BJS Data Analysis Tools Capabilities
description: >-
  Capabilities exposed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics through its
  Socrata-backed dataset APIs (NCVS and NIBRS National Estimates) and
  JEET-style interactive data visualisation tools.
capabilities:
  - name: Query NCVS Datasets
    description: Run SoQL queries against National Crime Victimization Survey datasets.
    operationId: getNcvsDatasetJson
    method: GET
    path: /resource/{datasetId}.json
  - name: Download NCVS Datasets as CSV
    description: Bulk download NCVS rows as CSV for offline analysis.
    operationId: getNcvsDatasetCsv
    method: GET
    path: /resource/{datasetId}.csv
  - name: Query NIBRS National Estimates
    description: Run SoQL queries against NIBRS national-estimates datasets.
    operationId: getNibrsDatasetJson
    method: GET
    path: /resource/{datasetId}.json
  - name: Download NIBRS National Estimates as CSV
    description: Bulk download NIBRS national-estimates rows as CSV.
    operationId: getNibrsDatasetCsv
    method: GET
    path: /resource/{datasetId}.csv
use_cases:
  - name: Researcher data extraction
    description: >-
      Extract victimisation and incident-based estimates for academic and
      policy research using SoQL filters.
  - name: Justice expenditure analytics
    description: >-
      Combine BJS expenditure and employment datasets to analyse government
      spending on the criminal justice system.
  - name: Civic data journalism
    description: >-
      Pull NCVS and NIBRS rows into newsroom dashboards with $select and
      $where to focus on specific offences or demographics.
  - name: Open-government dashboards
    description: >-
      Embed crime trend charts in third-party portals using SODA-backed JSON
      and CSV downloads.