Public comments requested on the revision of a currently approved BJS data collection: School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

Jun 18, 2024 | News

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through August 19, 2024, on the School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data collection. Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in...

COPS – Technology-Facilitated Violence

Mar 19, 2024 | Publication

Technology-facilitated violence (TFV) such as doxing, swatting, or cyberstalking is a cybercrime that harms victims via use of the internet and mobile technology. This publication is a resource that will assist state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) agencies in...

U.S. Sentencing Commission released its 2023 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics

Mar 5, 2024 | News

The Sourcebook presents information on the 64,124 individuals sentenced in fiscal year 2023—a federal caseload that held steady from the previous year. The Sourcebook provides the public with a comprehensive and timely compilation of information received and analyzed...

COPS – Implementing Change in an Ever-Evolving World: Law Enforcement’s Innovative Responses to a Constantly Changing Landscape

Feb 13, 2024 | Publication

This guide is intended to present police leaders with a framework for institutionalizing community engagement strategies to improve their personnel’s willingness to increase proactive, positive interactions with the community. It draws on the discussions from law...

USSC – 2023 Demographic Differences in Federal Sentencing

Nov 14, 2023 | Publication

This report used new analytical techniques and newly available data to answer whether demographic factors are associated with two sentencing decisions: whether to impose a sentence of prison or probation, and the length of imprisonment when imposing a prison sentence....