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News Releases 2022

 

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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 5th 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


Date Published: December 29, 2022