National Institute of Justice The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has released "Five Things About Youth and Delinquency," a brief highlighting the latest data and research-based findings on...
BJS – Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2024
This report fulfills the requirement of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (TLOA; P.L. 111-211, 124 Stat. 2258, § 251(b)) to report annually on BJS’s activities to establish and enhance a tribal...
COPS – Technology-Facilitated Violence
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...
COPS – Implementing Change in an Ever-Evolving World: Law Enforcement’s Innovative Responses to a Constantly Changing Landscape
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...
USSC – 2023 Demographic Differences in Federal Sentencing
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...
COPS – Implementing Change in an Ever-Evolving World: Law Enforcement’s Innovative Responses to a Constantly Changing Landscape
Change management has long been studied in the business community, and many models of organizational change have been proposed with applicability to public-sector organizations such as law...
USSC – Federal Escape Offenses
The report examines five fiscal years of data regularly collected by the Commission (FY17 - FY21) combined with specially collected data to provide a deeper understanding of escape offenses and the...
COPS – Vehicular Pursuits: A Guide for Law Enforcement Executives on Managing the Associated Risks
The COPS Office and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) collaborated with the Police Executive Research Forum to develop this resource to help law enforcement agencies manage...
NASEM – Toward a 21st Century National Data Infrastructure: Enhancing Survey Programs by Using Multiple Data Sources
Much of the statistical information currently produced by federal statistical agencies - information about economic, social, and physical well-being that is essential for the functioning of modern...
NASEM – Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice through Community-driven Safety and Reducing Harm
The report highlights opportunities and strategies for strengthening the capacity for community organization, in ways that build collective efficacy, while mitigating harms associated with racial...