IT COVERS SIX ACTIVITIES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: POLICE PROTECTION, JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES, LEGAL SERVICES AND PROSECUTION, PUBLIC DEFENSE, CORRECTIONS, AND A RESIDUAL CATEGORY ENTITLED 'OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE.' FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRENDS ARE DISCUSSED IN THE INTRODUCTION WITH ACCOMPANYING TABLES AND CHARTS, FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SURVEY METHODOLOGY, DATA SOURCES, AND LIMITATIONS. FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTORY TEXT ARE THE MAIN TABLES, WHICH INCLUDE A 6-YEAR SUMMARY OF 'VARIABLE PASSTHROUGH' DATA WITH AN ACCOMPANYING EXPLANATION OF THIS UNIQUE CONCEPT AND 22 TABLES PRESENTING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPENDITURE AND EMPLOYMENT DATA WITH CORRESPONDING PERCENTAGE CHANGES FOR THE 6-YEAR PERIOD. SURVEY DATA REVEALED THAT, PROPORTIONATELY, AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, THE FASTEST GROWING CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTORS FROM FY 1971 TO FY 1976 WERE 'OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE' AND PUBLIC DEFENSE. HOWEVER, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS EXPENDED BY BOTH OF THESE SECTORS IN FY 1976 WERE SMALL IN COMPARISON TO OTHER SECTORS AND CONSTITUTED LESS THAN 5 PERCENT OF TOTAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPENDITURE. THE DOMINANT SECTORS, THOSE AREAS IN WHICH GOVERNMENT EXPENDED THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DOLLARS AND REQUIRED THE GREATEST NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, WERE POLICE PROTECTION FIRST AND CORRECTIONS SECOND. A TABLE-FINDING GUIDE CROSS-REFERENCES ALL SUBJECTS CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT PERTAINING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACTIVITIES BY ALL GOVERNMENTS COMBINED AND EACH LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT -FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES. THE APPENDIXES PRESENT A GLOSSARY OF TERMS, CONCEPTS, AND CATEGORIES USED IN THIS REPORT AND AN EXHIBIT OF MAIL QUESTIONNAIRES USED.