Justice News
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...
Public comments requested on the revision of a currently approved BJS data collection: School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
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 the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following: Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary...
U.S. Sentencing Commission released its 2023 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics
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 by the Commission and collected from the 300,000+ sentencing documents submitted by the federal courts nationwide. more...
USSC Votes to Allow Retroactive Sentence Reductions and Announces Its Next Set of Policy Priorities
Today the Commission, by a majority vote, allowed for delayed retroactive application of Amendment 821 relating to criminal history—meaning that certain currently incarcerated individuals could be eligible for reduced sentences made effective beginning on February 1, 2024. The Commission also adopted its next set of policy priorities that include, among other things, reviewing and potentially...
Recent OJP and Other Justice-Related Publications
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...
BJS – An Environmental Scan of Cybercrime Measurement: Recommendations for the National Crime Victimization Survey
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released An Environmental Scan of Cybercrime Measurement: Recommendations for the National Crime Victimization Survey. This report describes research, evidence,...
BJS – Assessing the Quality of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Supplemental Fraud Survey (SFS)
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released Assessing the Quality of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Supplemental Fraud Survey (SFS). This report examines initial Supplemental Fraud...
