What type of crimes are individuals arrested for in the federal system, which would place them on supervision with U.S. Pretrial Services?
The jurisdiction of federal courts in criminal cases is the authority of the court to hear a certain kind of case. Federal court jurisdiction in criminal cases is limited to those offenses Congress gives the courts the authority to hear. Most of the offenses Congress has authorized the federal courts to hear are defined in Titles 18 and 21 of the U.S. Code. FEDERAL CRIMES: A federal crime must have some connection with the interest of the nation as a whole and not with just a particular state. The crime must be a violation of a criminal law passed by Congress. There are various categories of federal crimes. There are those crimes which affect certain areas that the federal government has the power to regulate under the Constitution such as banking practices, interstate commerce, and imports and exports. There are crimes which affect agencies of the federal government such as the Department of Transportation and crimes which occur on federal government property. In the latter instance,
