Frequently Asked Questions

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) annual report, Crime in the United States, presents data on law enforcement employment. Additionally, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) resource, Data Collection: Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) may also be of interest.

The following resources contain information about violence and safety in school settings:

• School Safety: By the Numbers, National Institute of Justice
• Summary of School Safety Statistics, National Institute of Justice
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety, Bureau of Justice Statistics

Additional information and resources that capture data on violence in schools can be found in our Special Feature: School Safety, which consists of federal and federally-sponsored materials and websites. Also see SchoolSafety.gov.

Kristina Rose is the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC).

DNA has been used for forensic examinations since the late 1980s, with DNA testing advancing significantly since that time. Please view the following resources and websites to learn more about the use of DNA:

• National Institute of Justice (NIJ): Forensic DNA: This section of the NIJ website provides extensive information on DNA, including NIJ-sponsored research and development projects.
• Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet Database (STRBase): This website brings together the abundant literature on forensic DNA.
• American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS): This organization is committed to the promotion of education and the elevation of accuracy, precision, and specificity in the forensic sciences.
• International Association for Identification (IAI): The IAI is the largest and oldest forensic organization.
• PubMed: PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950s and includes links to full-text articles and other related resources.

Additionally, a search of the Abstracts Database will also provide you with resources related to DNA and forensics.

When Your Child is Missing: A Family Guide to Survival, an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention report, contains helpful information for families about what to do when a child is missing. This report is also available in Spanish. For additional information, visit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children website and our Missing Children Special Feature.

Resources on youth gang prevention include the following:

• Gang Violence Prevention
• Helping At-Risk Youth Say "No" to Gangs
• Best Practices to Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model
• Parents' Guide to Gangs
• OJJDP Strategic Planning tool

Additional resources are available on the Special Feature: Youth Violence - Gangs section of our site and the National Gang Center website.

See the following resources for information that may be helpful when looking at ways to prevent school shootings:

• About School Crime and Safety, National Institute of Justice
• Special Feature: School Safety, OJP
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety, Bureau of Justice Statistics

The National Institute of Justice Journal article, What Do the Data Reveal About Violence in Schools?, may also be of interest.

Information about stress among law enforcement officers can be found on the following sites:

• Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community, National Institute of Justice
• Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness: Mitigating the Impact of Stress, Bureau of Justice Assistance

Information on tribal justice is available on the Department of Justice's Tribal Justice and Safety and Office of Tribal Justice websites. Visit the Tribal Justice topic page for additional information and resources from the Office of Justice Programs.

Operated by the National Institute of Justice, the CrimeSolutions website uses rigorous research to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. Visit the Drugs & Substance Abuse section of the site to view research on program effectiveness reviewed and rated by CrimeSolutions Researchers and Reviewers.

Also visit the Drugs & Substance Abuse of our site for additional publications and resources.