News Releases 2021

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News Releases 2021

12/23/2021

Department of Justice Awards More Than $12 Million to Support Data Sharing

12/23/2021

Justice Department Awards More Than $40 Million to Improve Services for Crime Victims

12/23/2021

Justice Department Awards Nearly $444 Million to Support Violence Intervention Efforts

12/23/2021

Justice Department Awards Nearly $37 Million to Combat Human Trafficking and Help Victims

12/23/2021

Justice Department Awards Nearly $87 Million to Combat Human Trafficking and Help Victims

12/23/2021

Justice Department Awards More Than $125 Million in Grants Under the STOP School Violence Act

12/23/2021

Justice Department Awards $34 Million to Support Community Crisis Response

12/23/2021

Justice Department Awards More Than $100 Million to Support Youth

12/23/2021

Justice Department Awards More Than $210 Million to Support Forensic Science

12/22/2021

Department of Justice Awards More Than $38 Million to Promote Reforms in the Justice System

12/22/2021

Justice Department Awards Almost $141 Million to Protect Children

12/22/2021

Justice Department Awards More Than $110 Million to Support Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

12/22/2021

Department of Justice Awards More Than $300 Million to Fight Opioid and Stimulant Crisis and to Address Substance Use Disorders

12/21/2021

BJS Releases Report on Employment of Persons Released from Prison; Updated Data Tool on Federal Statistics

12/20/2021

Justice Department Will Award $1.6 Billion to Reduce Violent Crime and Strengthen Communities

12/16/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Correctional Populations

12/14/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Prisoners and Jail Inmates

12/10/2021

BJS Releases Capital Punishment, 2020 – Statistical Tables

12/9/2021

Justice Department Awards $20 Million to Help Register and Track Sex Offenders and Protect Young Athletes

12/2/2021

National Institute of Justice Study Advances Understanding of Hate Crime Perpetrators

12/1/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Mortality in State and Federal Prisons and Local Jails

11/30/2021

BJS Releases Non-U.S. Citizens in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 1998–2018

11/23/2021

Justice Department Boosts Efforts to Solve American Indian and Alaska Native Missing Person and Unidentified Remains Cases

11/23/2021

BJS Releases Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected Under the First Step Act, 2021

11/18/2021

BJS Releases New National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Dashboard (N-DASH)

11/15/2021

Justice Department Announces More Than $73 Million to Help Crime Victims and Improve Public Safety in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

11/15/2021

Justice Department Awards Nearly $104 Million to Help Crime Victims in Indian Country

11/12/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Long-Term Effects of Suspension and Expulsion

11/09/2021

BJS Releases Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices, 2018

11/04/2021

BJS Releases Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009–2019 Statistical Tables

10/28/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Federal Justice Statistics; Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities

10/28/2021

Justice Department Will Award More Than $21 Million to Prevent and Respond to Hate Crimes

10/26/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Background Checks for Firearm Transfers; Survey of Publicly Appointed Defense Attorneys

10/19/2021

BJS to Release Jails in Indian Country, 2019–2020 and the Impact of COVID-19 on the Tribal Jail Population

10/19/2021

BJS Releases 2020 National Crime Victimization Survey Data

10/14/2021

BJS to Release Criminal Victimization, 2020

10/07/2021

Nearly a Fifth of State and Federal Prisons and a Tenth of Local Jails had at Least One Suicide in 2019

10/06/2021

Department of Justice Announces Ten New Public Safety Partnership Cities

10/06/2021

Office of Justice Programs Releases Toolkit to Help Law Enforcement Lead COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach

10/06/2021

BJS Releases Services for Crime Victims, 2019

09/28/2021

Office of Justice Programs Restores Program to Study Race and Justice

09/24/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Research to More Accurately Determine Time of Death

09/24/2021

Justice Department Awards Nearly $187 Million to Support Community Safety

09/22/2021

Department of Justice Launches Program to Help Police Respond to Mass Violence

09/20/2021

Justice Department Awards Over $1.2 Billion in Grants to Assist, Compensate Victims

09/13/2021

Violent Hate Crimes Were Most Commonly Motivated by Bias Against Race, Ethnicity or National Origin

09/09/2021

BJS to Release Reports on Hate Crime

09/08/2021

BJS Releases Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 24 States in 2008:  A 10-Year Follow-Up Period (2008–2018)

08/17/2021

National Institute of Justice Researchers Create Program That Can Assist in Age of Death Determination

08/10/2021

NIJ Examines Treatment of Youth Involved in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems

07/30/2021

BJS Releases Interactive Reports on Sexual Assaults Recorded by Law Enforcement

07/29/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Prisoner Recidivism; Tribal Crime

07/29/2021

National Institute of Justice Announces Official Results of Recidivism Forecasting Challenge

07/22/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Adults in U.S. Correctional System

07/20/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Justice Assistance Grant Program

07/19/2021

NIJ Develops Tools to Assess Risk of Prisoner Recidivism

07/14/2021

BJS Releases Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety:  2020

07/13/2021

BJS Releases Alcohol and Drug Use and Treatment Reported by Prisoners

07/08/2021

U.S. Attorneys Investigated More Than 1,800 Hate Crime Suspects From 2005 to 2019

07/08/2021

BJS To Release Federal Hate Crime Prosecutions, 2005–19

07/07/2021

Justice Department to Provide Funding for Body-Worn Cameras to Small, Rural and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies

06/29/2021

BJS Releases PREA Data Collection Activities, 2021

06/08/2021

BJS Releases Capital Punishment, 2019 – Statistical Tables

06/07/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Microbial Evidence:  The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind

06/02/2021

BJS Launches Redesigned Website and Releases Reports

05/26/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Impact of Student Mentoring

05/25/2021

Justice Department Recognized Members of Fresno County Sheriff's Office with the Attorney General's Special Commendation

05/25/2021

Kansas Student Wins Justice Department's National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest

05/25/2021

Justice Department Honors Illinois Sergeant with Missing Children's Law Enforcement Award

05/25/2021

Justice Department Recognizes Hawaii Missing Children Coordinators with Child Protection Award

05/25/2021

Justice Department Honors Maryland Postal Service Employee with Missing Children's Citizen Award

05/25/2021

Justice Department Observes National Missing Children’s Day

05/12/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Virginia's School Safety Threat Assessments

05/05/2021

OJJDP/NIJ Report Shows Juvenile Arrests Drop to Four-Decade Low

04/29/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Mortality in Prisons and Jails

04/27/2021

BJA Now Accepting Applications for the National Public Safety Partnership

04/23/2021

Department of Justice Honors Louisiana Student with Tomorrow's Leaders Award

04/23/2021

Justice Department Honors Ohio Victim Advocate with Ronald Reagan Public Policy Award

04/23/2021

Department of Justice Honors Navajo Health Provider with Allied Professionals Award

04/23/2021

Department of Justice Honors Minnesota Man with Victim Rights Legend Award

04/23/2021

Department of Justice Honors Vegas Strong Resiliency Center with National Crime Victims Service Award

04/23/2021

Department of Justice Honors Oklahoma Woman with Volunteer for Victims Award

04/23/2021

Justice Department Honors Ohio Violence Against Women Act Officer with First Responders Award

04/23/2021

Justice Department Honors Florida Crime Victim with Special Courage Award

04/23/2021

Justice Department Honors Sexual Assault Survivor and Advocate with Special Courage Award

04/23/2021

Justice Department Honors North Carolina Chief Deputy with First Responders Award

04/23/2021

Department of Justice Honors Ohio Woman with Federal Service Award

04/23/2021

Department of Justice Honors Florida Woman with Professional Innovation in Victim Services Award

04/23/2021

Department of Justice Honors Wisconsin Woman with National Crime Victims Service Award

04/23/2021

BJA Awards Nearly $700,000 to Launch Drug Disposal Program in Selected States

04/23/2021

Attorney General Merrick Garland Recognizes Individuals and Organizations for Service to Crime Victims

04/22/2021

Justice Department Partnership Finds More Than 300 Unidentified Persons Through Fingerprint Analysis

04/21/2021

Department of Justice Awards Emergency Funding to Support Response to Nashville Bombing

04/15/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Stalking And Financial Fraud

04/05/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Reliability of Sobriety Tests for Marijuana Use

04/01/2021

BJS Releases Victims Of Identity Theft, 2018

03/30/2021

Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases Reports On Prisoners

03/23/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Human Trafficking

03/17/2021

National Institute of Justice Identifies Technology Needs for Probation and Parole Services

03/15/2021

National Institute of Justice Creates Database to Address Product Counterfeiting

03/11/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Victim-Offender Access to Support Services

03/10/2021

COVID-19 Spurs 25% Drop in Inmates Held in Local Jails

03/08/2021

BJS to Release Reports on Jail Inmates; COVID-19

03/08/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Impact of Safe Harbor Laws on Sex Trafficking Victims

03/04/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Ways to Estimate True Financial Costs of Crime

02/22/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Methods and Trends in Collecting Statistics on Juveniles in Custody

02/16/2021

National Institute of Justice Examines Law Enforcement Challenges Posed by Autonomous Vehicles

02/16/2021

BJS Releases Reports on Federal Prisoner Statistics; Background Checks for Firearm Transfers

01/29/2021

Jutice Department Recognizes the 10th Annual Human Trafficking Prevention Month

01/19/2021

Justice Department Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Public Safety in Tribal Communities

01/19/2021

OJJDP Releases Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, 2018

01/14/2021

BJS Releases Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Offenders and Arrestees, 2018