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12/07/2017
42 Percent of violent victimizations reported to police in 2016
12/05/2017
Bureau of Justice Statistics releases Jails in Indian Country, 2016
11/30/2017
11/24/2017
National Institute of Justice examines use of 3D imaging in crime-solving
11/21/2017
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11/29/2018
Most Violent Offenders Released from State Prison in 2016 Served Less Than 3 Years
11/21/2018
Justice Department Awards $56 Million to Support Law Enforcement Health and Safety
11/16/2018
Body-Worn Cameras Acquired by Nearly Half of State And Local Law Enforcement Agencies
10/25/2018
Fact Sheet: Office for Victims of Crime Awards $35 Million...
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12/10/2019
Office of Justice Programs Awards $143.7 Million in Child Protection Grants
12/10/2019
Fact Sheet: Office of Justice Programs Awards $143.7 Million in Child Protection Grants
12/06/2019
Office of Justice Programs Awards More Than $212 Million to Support Juvenile Justice
12/06/2019
By Matt Dummermuth, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
People may tend to think of my home state of Iowa as a place of endless cornfields, where honest and hardworking people live. Which it is. But like all of the U.S., Iowa faces human trafficking, an evil, brutal and pervasive crime that degrades and dehumanizes every person it touches...
It seems prescient that Juanita Adams' Lakota name, Omani Wi, means "woman on the longest walk." Because her last journey took 30 years—until she reached her final resting place with her family, in South Dakota's Badlands on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
A member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, Juanita was 19 years old when she left Pine Ridge in 1978 to join the American Indian...
OJP, along with DOJ partners, are committed to supporting and protecting America's law enforcement. Featured resources include officer safety & wellness, DOJ resources, VALOR, tribal law enforcement, and helping law enforcement combat opioids.
Following are training and technical assistance resources that have been created by and are available from OJP bureaus and offices related to human trafficking:
Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Strategy and Operations e-Guide
This Office for Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Assistance e-Guide provides direction and promising practices on anti-human trafficking Task Force creation, structure, and enhancement and includes links...
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