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News Releases 2022

12/29/2022

BJS Releases its 2023 Publication Calendar

12/29/2022

In FY 2021 Number of Federal Arrests Reached the Lowest Point in Two Decades

12/21/2022

OJP Announces the Inaugural Class of Reaching Rural Fellows

12/20/2022

National Institute of Justice Study Measures the Reliability of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

12/20/2022

U.S. Jail Population Increased While Prison Population Decreased in 2021

12/13/2022

BJS Releases Female Murder Victims and Victim-Offender Relationship, 2021

12/6/2022

BJS Releases Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected Under the First Step Act, 2022

11/28/2022

National Institute of Justice Studies the Courtroom Community's Role in Criminal Justice Reforms

11/21/2022

Justice Department Awards Almost $160 Million to Support Forensic Science

11/21/2022

Justice Department Grant Establishes New Center to Improve Conditions and Environments in Jails

11/18/2022

U.S. Residents Contact with Police was Lower in 2020 than 2018

11/15/2022

BJS Releases Law Enforcement Agencies that Employ School Resource Officers, 2019

11/14/2022

Justice Department Awards $20 Million to Help Register and Track Sex Offenders, Protect Young Athletes and Prevent Sexual Violence

11/10/2022

BJS Releases Data on Adjudication of Misdemeanor Offenses: Results from a Feasibility Study

11/09/2022

BJS Releases Facility Characteristics of Sexual Victimization of Youth in Juvenile Facilities, 2018 – Statistical Tables

11/03/2022

National Institute of Justice Examines New Approaches to Conducting Research About Jails

11/02/2022

Department of Justice Awards More Than $26 Million to Support Criminal Justice Research and Statistics

11/01/2022

Department of Justice Awards More Than $136 Million to Support Youth and Reform the Juvenile Justice System

11/01/2022

Department of Justice Awards Nearly $105 Million To Protect Children from Exploitation, Trauma and Abuse

10/27/2022

Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2022

10/26/2022

Justice Department Awards Over $90 Million to Combat Human Trafficking and Support Victims

10/19/2022

Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2018 – Statistical Tables

10/19/2022

Department of Justice Awards More Than $44 Million to Support Behavioral Health-Driven Approaches to Community Crises

10/14/2022

Department of Justice Awards More Than $340 Million to Address Substance Use Disorders and Fight the Overdose Epidemic

10/14/2022

Justice Department Awards More Than $370 Million to Reduce Violent Crime and Support Law Enforcement

10/14/2022

Department of Justice Awards Almost $190 Million in Grants to Support School Safety

10/13/2022

Justice Department Awards $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods

10/13/2022

Department of Justice Awards $45 Million to Improve Services for Crime Victims

10/5/2022

Justice Department Awards a Total of Nearly $100 Million to Help Reduce Recidivism and Support Successful Reentry to Communities

10/5/2022

BJS Releases Report Comparing the Nation's Two Measures of Crime

10/4/2022

BJS Releases Carjacking Victimization, 1995–2021

9/29/2022

Department of Justice Awards $100 Million to Reduce Community Violence

9/29/2022

BJS Releases Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2020 – Statistical Tables

9/22/2022

NIJ Examines Effectiveness of School Violence Training

9/21/2022

Justice Department Announces More Than $246 Million in Grants for Tribal Nations

9/20/2022

While Violent Victimization Declined from 1993 to 2021, Reporting to Police Rose from 2020 to 2021

9/15/2022

NIJ Studies Impact of Bias Crimes on Latino Victims

9/6/2022

BJS Releases Indicators for Crime Estimates Using NIBRS Data

9/1/2022

NIJ Examines Innovative Strategies to Improve Methods of Drug Analysis

8/30/2022

Justice Department Releases New Training to Focus on Privately Made Firearms

8/30/2022

BJS Releases Jails in Indian Country, 2021, and the Impact of COVID-19, July–December 2020

8/25/2022

More Than 374,000 Persons Held in State and Federal Prisons Tested Positive for COVID-19 in 2020–2021

8/24/2022

National Institute of Justice Funds Research to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Justice System

8/23/2022

Youth Arrests for Violent Crime in 2020 Drop to New Low

8/23/2022

BJS to Release Impact of COVID-19 on State and Federal Prisons, March 2020–February 2021

8/11/2022

BJS Releases Publications on NIBRS Estimation

8/11/2022

OJJDP/NIJ Study Highlights Patterns of Juvenile Court Referrals for Youth Born in 2000

8/10/2022

President Biden Taps Nationally Renowned Criminologist Alexis Piquero to Lead Bureau of Justice Statistics

7/28/2022

BJS Releases Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2022

7/26/2022

BJS Releases Federal Deaths in Custody and During Arrest, 2020 – Statistical Tables

7/25/2022

NIJ-Funded Research Examines Use of CT Scans to Replace Autopsies

7/21/2022

Federal Agencies Release Joint Study on Workplace Violence

6/28/2022

BJS and NCES Release Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety:  2021

6/23/2022

NIJ-Funded Research Amasses Forensic Data to Help Analyze Skeletal Remains of the Young

6/21/2022

BJS Releases Violent Victimization by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 2017–2020

6/17/2022

BJS Releases PREA Data Collection Activities, 2022

6/8/2022

BJS Releases Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, 2021

5/31/2022

BJS Releases Immigration, Citizenship, and the Federal Justice System, 2000–2020 Supplemental Tables

5/31/2022

BJS and NCES Release Incidence of Victimization at School and Away from School

5/25/2022

National Institute of Justice Publishes Recommendations for Improving Forensic Laboratory Practices

5/25/2022

Justice Department Recognizes Wisconsin ICAC Task Force Members and an Assistant U.S. Attorney with Attorney General’s Special Commendation

5/25/2022

Justice Department Recognizes Los Angeles 5^th Grader as Winner of the 2022 National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest

5/25/2022

Justice Department Recognized NCIS Team with Missing Children's Law Enforcement Award

5/25/2022

Justice Department Recognized Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Employees with Missing Children's Child Protection Award

5/25/2022

BJS Releases Federal Justice Statistics, 2020

5/16/2022

Review Panel on Prison Rape to Hold Hearings

5/4/2022

President Biden Taps Nationally Renowned Criminal Justice Researcher Nancy La Vigne to Lead National Institute of Justice

5/4/2022

President Biden Taps Youth Justice Advocate to Lead Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

4/29/2022

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Recognizes Individuals and Organizations for Service to Victims of Crime

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes Environmental Crime Victim Assistance Team with Federal Service Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes South Dakota Court-Appointed Special Advocate with Volunteer for Victims Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes Georgia Victim Advocate with National Crime Victim Service Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Honors Pennsylvania Researcher with Crime Victims Research Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes Pennsylvania Victim Advocate with National Crime Victim Service Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes Middle District of Tennessee U.S. Attorney's Office With Financial Restoration Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes North Carolina Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with Allied Professional Award

4/29/2022

Justice Department Recognizes Human Trafficking Survivor and Advocate From Washington with Special Courage Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes Bronx Organization with Innovation in Victim Services Award

4/29/2022

Justice Department Recognizes Grassroots Sexual Violence Coalition with Ronald Reagan Public Policy Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes Indianapolis Health Center with Innovation in Victim Services Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes Georgia Advocate with Crime Victims' Rights Award

4/29/2022

Department of Justice Recognizes Puerto Rico Physician with Allied Professional Award

4/29/2022

Justice Department Recognizes Florida Sexual Assault Survivor and Advocate with Special Courage Award

4/29/2022

BJS Releases Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence, 1993–2018

4/27/2022

Justice Department Study Finds Juveniles in Residential Placement Dropped 65 Percent Between 1997 and 2019

4/25/2022

NIJ Examines Experiences of U.S. Citizen Labor Trafficking Victims

3/31/2022

BJS Releases Report on Correctional Populations and New Prisoners Data Dashboard

3/24/2022

BJS Releases Pretrial Release and Misconduct in Federal District Courts, Fiscal Years 2011–2018

3/21/2022

NIJ Studies Approaches to Improve School Safety

3/8/2022

BJS Releases Reports on the NCVS Instrument Redesign and More

3/1/2022

National Institute of Justice Studies Ways to Disrupt Opioid Distribution Networks

2/24/2022

National Institute of Justice Funds First Open-Source Catalog of U.S. School Shootings

2/24/2022

BJS Releases Criminal Victimization, 2020 – Supplemental Statistical Tables

2/23/2022

National Institute of Justice Funds First Open-Source Catalog of U.S. School Shootings

2/17/2022

BJS Releases The Nation’s Two Crime Measures, 2011–2020

2/14/2022

President Biden Taps Ohio Criminal Justice Director Karhlton Moore to Lead Bureau of Justice Assistance

2/10/2022

BJS Releases Stalking Victimization, 2019

2/9/2022

Number of Delinquency Cases Handled in Juvenile Court Declines by More Than 50 Percent Between 2005 and 2019

2/4/2022

National Institute of Justice Funded Research Amasses Details of a Half Century of United States Mass Shootings