name: Department of Justice Vocabulary
description: >-
  Shared vocabulary of terms used across DOJ public APIs and feeds, including
  the DOJ News API, FOIA.gov developer APIs, and the Bureau of Justice
  Statistics NCVS and NIBRS APIs.
terms:
  - term: DOJ
    definition: >-
      The U.S. Department of Justice, the federal department responsible for
      enforcing the law and defending the interests of the United States.
  - term: Office of Public Affairs
    definition: >-
      The DOJ office that publishes official press releases, speeches, and
      blog entries on behalf of the Department.
  - term: Press Release
    definition: >-
      An official news announcement issued by the Department or one of its
      components.
  - term: Speech
    definition: >-
      A public address by a senior Department official, often the Attorney
      General, available through the DOJ News API.
  - term: Blog Entry
    definition: >-
      A short article published by the Department on its blog and available
      through the DOJ News API.
  - term: Component
    definition: >-
      A DOJ bureau or office such as FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals, or BOP
      that may issue news content.
  - term: FOIA
    definition: >-
      The Freedom of Information Act, the statute through which the public
      may request federal agency records.
  - term: Annual FOIA Report
    definition: >-
      The XML report each federal agency files annually summarizing FOIA
      activity, accessible via the FOIA.gov developer API.
  - term: BJS
    definition: >-
      The Bureau of Justice Statistics, the DOJ component that collects and
      analyzes statistical data on crime and the justice system.
  - term: NCVS
    definition: >-
      The National Crime Victimization Survey, BJS's annual survey of U.S.
      households on criminal victimization.
  - term: NIBRS
    definition: >-
      The National Incident-Based Reporting System used by law enforcement
      agencies to report detailed incident-level crime data to the FBI.
  - term: National Estimate
    definition: >-
      A statistic computed from NIBRS submissions to estimate national-level
      crime measures.
  - term: Personal Victimization
    definition: >-
      A category in NCVS that captures non-fatal violent crimes against
      individuals.
  - term: Household Victimization
    definition: >-
      A category in NCVS that captures property crimes against households.
  - term: OJP
    definition: >-
      The Office of Justice Programs, the DOJ component that funds research,
      programs, and statistics including BJS.
  - term: Open Data Catalog
    definition: >-
      The DOJ collection of datasets published via Data.gov and the DOJ
      Open Government program.
  - term: Dataset
    definition: >-
      A collection of related data files published with metadata and
      documentation.