Justice News
BJA Recognizes Former Michigan SAC Director Dr. Edmund McGarrell
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984, which established the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). As part of the commemoration of BJA’s 40th anniversary, BJA recognized the people and organizations that have worked with BJA over the last 40 years to transform our nation’s criminal justice system. As part of this effort, BJA created the first-ever Excellence in...
U.S. Sentencing Commission released a New Report – Cyber Technology in Federal Crime
This report provides demographic and sentencing information for those individuals who used at least one of three types of cyber technology during their offenses—hacking, cryptocurrency, and the dark web—along with the types of offenses committed using these technologies. The Commission analyzed this data to draw comparisons with all other federally sentenced individuals between fiscal years 2014...
The Nation’s Data at Risk Webinar Recording Now Available
The American Statistical Association hosted a webinar to discuss their 90-page report detailing serious threats to America’s ability to continue producing trusted, nonpartisan and essential statistics that serve every community in the nation. Titled The Nation’s Data at Risk: Meeting America’s Information Needs for the 21st Century, the report assesses the core of the federal statistical...
Public comments requested on the Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection: 2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey
BJS encourages comments for 60 days through September 17, 2024, on the reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection: 2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey. Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following: Evaluate whether the...
Statistical Experts Warn of Looming Threats to Vital Official Data
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9, 2024 – As the nation wraps up celebrations of its birth 248 years ago, a first-ever comprehensive report about the status of the federal statistical system—informing and powering the progress of the world’s oldest democracy since the first census in 1790—issues a clarion call with concerns for the future of official statistics. Today, the American Statistical Association...
Public comments requested on the Extension of a Currently Approved Collection: National Corrections Reporting Program
BJS encourages comments for 60 days through September 3, 2024, on the extension of a currently approved collection: National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP). Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following: Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for...
Recent OJP and Other Justice-Related Publications
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...
