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NEWS RELEASES 2016
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12/20/2016
OJJDP releases research-based guidelines for Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts
12/16/2016
National Institute of Justice examines issues regarding unmanned aircraft use in public safety
12/15/2016
Mortality rate among state prisoners was stable from 2013 to 2014 but increased among federal prisoners and local jail inmates
12/13/2016
Department of Justice to release reports on
Mortality in State Prisons, 2001-14 - Statistical Tables
and
Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-14 - Statistical Tables
12/13/2016
Department of Justice to release report on Arrest-Related Deaths Program Redesign Study
12/12/2016
Call for nominations: 2016 Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery
12/09/2016
National Institute of Justice publication considers benefits of community corrections
12/06/2016
BJS releases
Supplemental Tables on Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 30 States in 2005
12/05/2016
National Institute of Justice studies use of CT scans in autopsies
11/29/2016
Public safety funding available to federally-recognized tribes and tribal consortia
11/29/2016
New report details technology???s role in youth harassment
11/16/2016
BJS releases
State-Administered Indigent Defense Systems, 2013
11/15/2016
BJS releases
Determining the Optimal Number of Interview Waves in the National Crime Victimization Survey: Evaluation and Recommendations
11/14/2016
National Institute of Justice releases publication examining restrictive housing
11/10/2016
BJS releases
Jails in Indian Country, 2015
10/31/2016
National Institute of Justice awards funding to study elder abuse
10/25/2016
Justice Department awards more than $3.3 Million for research to reduce firearms violence
10/24/2016
Department of Justice announces expansion of the program to enhance tribal access to National Crime Information data
10/21/2016
Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates to deliver remarks at the Right to Counsel National Consortium Second Annual Meeting
10/21/2016
National Institute of Justice releases latest research on alternatives to youth incarceration
10/20/2016
BJS's Crime Victimization Survey shows rate of overall violent crime remained flat from 2014 to 2015; property crime rate decreased
10/19/2016
National Institute of Justice releases video on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men
10/19/2016
Department of Justice launches
Changing Minds
campaign to help children exposed to violence
10/14/2016
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch delivers closing remarks at the North American Working Group on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls
10/07/2016
Justice Department awards more than $6.3 million for research projects to support law enforcement and communities
10/04/2016
Office of Justice Programs awards over $32.6 million to increase law enforcement safety, strengthen community partnerships
09/29/2016
Justice Department announces almost $18 million in awards to support sex offender registration, assessment, intervention
09/29/2016
BJS releases
Justice Assistance Grant Program, 2016
09/27/2016
FBI and Bureau of Justice Statistics award $24.2 million to law enforcement agencies to support national crime-reporting infrastructure
09/26/2016
Office of Justice Programs awards over $38 million to expand sexual assault kit testing
09/26/2016
Justice Department expands Violence Reduction Network to Jackson, Mississippi and Nashville, Tennessee
09/26/2016
Office of Justice Programs awards more than $5.6 million to enable information, technology sharing to reduce crime
09/26/2016
Office of Justice Programs awards more than $34 million to build sustainable, science-based crime reduction strategies
09/26/2016
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announce settlements of Tribal Trust Accounting and Management Lawsuits
09/26/2016
Attorney General Lynch announces more than $107 million to improve public safety, victim services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
09/26/2016
Justice Department awards over $6.3 million to study effects of incarceration
09/26/2016
Department of Justice awards over $20 million to Law Enforcement Body-Worn Camera Programs
09/23/2016
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch to deliver remarks at Violence Reduction Network Fall Summit opening ceremony
09/20/2016
US Departments of Labor and Justice award $59.4 million in grants to improve reentry outcomes for current, formerly incarcerated individuals
09/20/2016
Justice Department announces over $4 million in grants to rehabilitate and reduce recidivism among military veterans
09/19/2016
Justice Department announces over $10 million to improve substance abuse treatment for justice-involved people
09/14/2016
Office of Justice Programs awards nearly $3 million to reduce unnecessary confinement, save corrections costs
09/13/2016
Justice Department announces $17.5 million in grants to support correctional reform, enhance public safety
09/13/2016
Justice Department announces over $13 million in grants to improve adult drug courts across 41 jurisdictions
09/12/2016
National Institute of Justice launches Real-Time Forecasting Challenge
09/09/2016
Department of Justice invests $63 million in nation's crime labs
09/08/2016
Office for Victims of Crime releases updated SANE Guide
08/30/2016
BJS releases
Interviewing Conditions in the National Crime Victimization Survey, 1993???2013
08/10/2016
Office of Justice Programs??? Office for Civil Rights enters into agreement with the Richland County Sheriff???s Department to ensure civil rights protections for students
08/08/2016
Department of Justice expands services for crime victims
07/26/2016
SMART Office holds National Symposium on Sex Offender Management and Accountability
07/26/2016
BJS releases
Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2016
07/21/2016
Department of Justice to release report on state and local law enforcement training academies, 2013
07/07/2016
Adolescents acting alone committed more nonfatal violent victimizations than those acting with others between 2004 and 2013
06/30/2016
More than 1,300 suspected child sexual predators arrested during Operation Broken Heart
06/30/2016
BJS releases
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2013???14 Statistical Tables
06/28/2016
BJS releases two reports:
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2016
, and
Facility-Level and Individual-Level Correlates of Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities, 2012
06/24/2016
Cities join Justice Department for National Summit on Preventing Youth Violence
06/21/2016
43 percent of offenders placed on federal community supervision in 2005 were arrested within five years.
06/16/2016
Number of child kidnappings by strangers unchanged over past decade and a half; fewer end in homicide
06/16/2016
Coordinating Council to discuss state and local youth violence prevention efforts at quarterly meeting
06/16/2016
The number of full-time employees in Sheriffs??? Offices increased nearly 60 percent from 1993 to 2013
06/15/2016
National Institute of Justice releases special report on testing evidence in sexual assaults
06/14/2016
Justice Department and CNCS announce Elder Justice Americorps; $2 million partnership will expand legal resources for older crime victims
06/08/2016
Office for Victims of Crime awards $3.6 million to support victims of Charleston church shooting
05/25/2016
Attorney General recognizes California bus driver at Missing Children's Day Award Ceremony
05/25/2016
Attorney General recognizes three Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Investigators at Missing Children's Day Award Ceremony
05/25/2016
Attorney General recognizes Texas investigator with Law Enforcement Award at Missing Children's Day Award Ceremony
05/25/2016
Attorney General awards special commendation to Arizona Crimes Against Children Task Force at Missing Children's Day Ceremony
05/25/2016
Attorney General Lynch recognizes law enforcement and private citizen at Justice Department's Annual Missing Children's Day Ceremony
05/24/2016
Number of juveniles in residential placement continues to decline in 2013
05/23/2016
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch to recognize law enforcement and private citizen at National Missing Children's Day ceremony
05/19/2016
Prisoners age 55 or older made up 10 percent of the state prison population in 2013, up from 3 percent in 1993
05/05/2016
National Institute of Justice releases findings on violence against American Indian and Alaska native women and men
04/28/2016
Justice Department releases national guide for sexual abuse medical forensic examinations of children
04/22/2016
Department of Justice to launch Inaugural National Reentry Week
04/18/2016
Communities nationwide recognize National Crime Victims??? Rights Week - The Office for Victims of Crime Awarded $377,000 for commemorative events
04/13/2016
Bureau of Justice Assistance awards $2 million to implement and enhance Community Courts
04/12/2016
Justice Department honors contributions to Crime Victims' Rights and Services at National Ceremony
04/08/2016
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch to deliver remarks at National Crime Victims' Rights Service Awards
03/02/2016
The Office for Victims of Crime announces Language Access Initiative to reduce language barriers to victim services
03/01/2016
New Orleans, St. Louis, and Milwaukee join Justice Department's Violence Reduction Network
01/29/2016
NIJ Journal Issue no. 276 examines research advancing forensic science
01/28/2016
Allegations of sexual victimization at juvenile correctional facilities rose between 2011 and 2012
01/20/2016
New science-based brochure provides practical guidance for notifying victims of sex assault after their kit is tested
01/20/2016
BJS releases
Campus Climate Survey Validation Study Final Technical Report
01/05/2016
OCR issues report, finds Alabama agency failed to properly recruit, hire and retain female troopers
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