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News Releases 2024

11/19/2024

Justice Department Elevates Perspectives of Young People at the 2024 National Conference on Youth Justice

11/18/2024

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to Host 2024 National Conference on Youth Justice, Nov. 19-21, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

11/14/2024

State prosecutor offices reported a 44% increase in staff from 1992 to 2020

11/14/2024

BJS Releases State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies and Recruits, 2022 – Statistical Tables

11/13/2024

BJS Releases Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Other Psychostimulant Offenses in Federal Courts, 2022

11/7/2024

Office of Justice Programs to Host National Convening on the Epidemic of Missing or Murdered Black Women and Girls

11/6/2024

Federal Deaths in Custody and During Arrest, 2022 - Statistical Tables

11/5/2024

Latest Data Show Campus Law Enforcement Agencies Employ an Average of 2.1 Officers Per 1,000 Students

10/29/2024

BJS Releases Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2024

10/22/2024

BJS Releases Survey of Public Defenders (SPD) Pilot Report

10/4/2024

About 1 in 5 U.S. Residents Experienced Contact with the Police in 2022

10/2/2024

Justice Department Awards $4B to Support Community Safety

9/30/2024

Readout of OJP and White House Community Violence Intervention Announcements

9/27/2024

New Curriculum on Bullying and Hate Crimes Empowers Students and Fosters Respectful Communities

9/25/2024

Justice Department Awards Nearly $30M to Combat the Rise of Hate and Bias Crimes

9/19/2024

BJS Releases Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2022

9/18/2024

BJS Releases Trends for Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 1999–2018: The First 20 Years of the Permanent Brady Act Period

9/17/2024

BJS Releases Jails in Indian Country, 2023

9/16/2024

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Turns 50: Celebrating Five Decades of Hope and Progress

9/12/2024

Violent Victimization Unchanged Year Over Year and at Prepandemic Levels

9/6/2024

Justice Department Releases New Training to Focus on Detecting Machine Gun Conversion Devices

9/6/2024

BJS Releases Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Cases in Federal Courts, 2012–2022

8/15/2024

Acting AAG Cohen Shares Vision, Affirms Priorities with State Agencies and National CVI Leaders

8/13/2024

BJS Releases Socio-Emotional Consequences of Violent Crime, 2022

8/1/2024

BJS Releases a Report on the Justice Assistance Program

7/29/2024

Office for Victims of Crime Funding 1st Victim Advocacy Corps

7/25/2024

NIJ Announces Investment to Enhance Research at Minority-Serving Institutions

7/25/2024

BJS Releases Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2023

7/2/2024

BJS Releases Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2019–2020 - Statistical Tables

6/25/2024

Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council to Focus on Trauma-Informed and Healing-Centered Support for Youth and Families

6/11/2024

BJS Releases 2023 Preliminary Jails Data

6/7/2024

Mission in Action: OJP Focuses on Community as Co-Producer of Safety and Justice

6/6/2024

BJS Releases PREA Data Collection Activities, 2023

5/30/2024

About 2% of Adult U.S. Residents Under Correctional Supervision in 2022

5/29/2024

Office of Justice Programs Announces the Children’s Justice Project to Identify Children’s Remains

5/22/2024

Office of Justice Programs Announces South Carolina’s Hanna Lapina as Winner of the National Missing Children’s Day 2024 Poster Contest

5/22/2024

Office of Justice Programs Commemorates National Missing Children’s Day

5/16/2024

NIJ Examines Drug-Impaired Driving and the Impact of Emerging and Undertested Drugs

5/1/2024

BJS Releases two Reports on Measuring Prevalence in the National Crime Victimization Survey

4/29/2024

Readout of Second Chance Fellows Panel Event

4/25/2024

Justice Department Recognizes Crime Victim Services Professionals and Survivors at 2024 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony

4/25/2024

Nonfatal Violent Victimization of Juveniles Returns to Prepandemic Levels

4/11/2024

OJJDP Announces $17 Million to Support a Continuum of Care Approach to Address Youth Justice and Advance Community Safety

4/9/2024

OJJDP Announces Continuum of Care Grant Initiative to Promote Community Safety and Better Outcomes for Youth

3/29/2024

BJS Releases Methodological Research to Support the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence

3/25/2024

Justice Department Launches the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center

2/29/2024

Readout of Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon’s Participation in Northwell Health Gun Violence Prevention Forum

2/29/2024

Drug Enforcement Administration Arrests for Fentanyl Surpass Arrests for Heroin for First Time

2/20/2024

BJS Releases Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, 2022

2/13/2024

Readout of Office of Justice Programs Participation in White House Community Violence Awareness Week

2/8/2024

Justice Department Announces Plan to Administer Grant Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2024 to Strengthen Community Safety

2/1/2024

BJS Releases Primary State Law Enforcement Agencies: Personnel, 2020

1/31/2024

BJS Releases Data on Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes from Prisons and Jails: Results from a Feasibility Study

1/18/2024

Federal Arrests Increase 24% After Falling to a 20-Year Low

1/12/2024

OJP, Department of Education Leaders Tout Progress in Educational Opportunities for Incarcerated Individuals at American Correctional Association Conference

1/9/2024

BJS Releases Data Breach Notifications and Identity Theft, 2021

1/4/2024

BJS Releases Federal Pretrial Release During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Fiscal Years 2019–2021

1/4/2024

Justice Department, AmeriCorps Partner to Support Juvenile-Justice Involved Youth Reentering Their Communities