Criminal justice systems
The Intersection of Juvenile Courts and Exclusionary School Discipline
Prosecution of Federal Firearms Offenses, 2000–16
Examining the Impact of Prior Criminal Justice History on 2-Year Recidivism Rates: A Comparison of Drug Court Participants and Program Referrals International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Office of Justice Programs (OJP) / Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Federal Medicolegal Death Investigation Interagency Working Group (MDI-IWG) Resource Page
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established this Federal Medicolegal Death Investigation (MDI) Interagency Working Group (MDI-IWG) to coordinate Federal initiatives to strengthen the MDI system and support death investigation services practiced by medical examiner and coroner offices (ME/Cs) across the United States. The MDI-IWG...
National Institute of Justice, Annual Report 2017
Topics
A list of OJP topics.
Law Enforcement Resources
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.
Civil Rights
The Office for Civil Rights at the Office of Justice Programs ensures that recipients of financial assistance from OJP, as well as the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the Office on Violence Against Women, comply with federal laws that prohibit discrimination in employment and the delivery of services or benefits based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, and disability. See Civil Rights Requirements for more information.
Recipients of financial assistance from OVW are also prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. For more information, see Nondiscrimination Grant Condition in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.
Employees, beneficiaries and applicants for employment or services of any of the above who believe that they have experienced unlawful discrimination may file a complaint.
The Investigative Findings page captures information for a selection of OCR investigations.
Contacts
Director: Michael Alston
OCR Main Line: 202-307-0690
Fax: 202-354-4380
TDD/TTY: 202-307-2027
OCR E-mail: askOCR@ojp.usdoj.gov
Resources
Other federal civil rights agencies:
Justice & Mental Health Collaboration Program
How Formerly Incarcerated Women Confront the Limits of Caring and the Burdens of Control Amid California's Carceral Realignment
Sentinel Events Approach to Jail Suicide and Self-Harm
Post-Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Proxy Couples
Just Science: DNA: Just the Impact of Lawfully-Owed DNA Collection
Recent Changes in Corrections and Reentry: Thoughts From Two Leaders in the Field
