Objective Research for More Equitable Outcomes
The Committee on National Statistics has released the 8th Edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency, which supports the essential role of relevant, credible, trusted,...
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of its establishment, the COPS Office invited community members and leaders in law enforcement, public safety research, and civil rights to contemplate the next...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...