Frequently Asked Questions

The Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative serves as a Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) and advises the U.S. Attorney General on justice information sharing and integration initiatives. It represents more than thirty independent organizations spanning the spectrum of law enforcement, judicial, correctional, and related bodies. For further information, visit the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative website.

Juvenile gang activity statistics can be found in Highlights of the 2012 National Youth Gang Survey, an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) report. Visit the Gangs Special Feature for additional information. Also visit the website for the National Gang Center, a project jointly funded by OJJDP and the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Aggravated assault statistics are available in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) annual report, Crime in the United States. Also see the FBI's Crime Data Explorer, which allows users to build their own customized crime statistics data tables.

Information about organized crime can be found in the Transnational Organized Crime section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation website.

Resources to assist child abduction victims and their families are available on the Missing and Exploited Children section of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website.

Also, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was established in 1984 to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, find missing children, and assist victims and their families. See the NCMEC site or call 800-THE-LOST (800-843-5678) for assistance.

Additionally, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) is a clearinghouse for missing persons and unidentified decedent records. NamUs is a free online system that can be searched by medical examiners, coroners, law enforcement officials and the general public to solve these cases. To enter a missing persons report into the NamUs database, visit the registration page.

Finally, for additional information about child abduction, see the Missing Children Special Feature.

The following resources capture information on children's exposure to violence and its impact:

• Compendium of Research on Children Exposed To Violence (CEV) 2010-2015
• Children's Exposure to Violence, Crime, and Abuse: An Update
• National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence Series

Also see the Children Exposed to Violence webpage from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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 Crime and Crime Prevention section of the site to view research on programs reviewed and rated by CrimeSolutions Researchers and Reviewers.

Finally, visit the Crime Prevention section of our site for additional publications and resources.

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 Law Enforcement section of the site to view research on program effectiveness reviewed and rated by CrimeSolutions Researchers and Reviewers.

The National Juvenile Court Data Archive (Archive) houses the automated records of cases handled by courts with juvenile jurisdiction. The Archive was established by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to promote access to automated juvenile court data sets, which include information for juvenile justice research and policymaking efforts.

Additionally, Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics (EZAJCS) was developed to facilitate independent analysis of national estimates of delinquency cases processed by the nation's juvenile courts. EZAJCS allows users to perform unique analyses on the age, sex, and race of juveniles involved in these cases as well as the referral offense, the use of detention, adjudication and case disposition.

See the Correctional Healthcare section of the National Institute of Corrections website for information and resources.