The State Justice Statistics (SJS) Program is designed to maintain and enhance each state's capacity to address criminal justice issues through collection and analysis of data. The SJS Program provides support to each state to coordinate and conduct statistical activities within the state, conduct research to estimate impacts of legislative and policy changes, and serve as a liaison in assisting BJS to gather data from respondent agencies within their states.
The South Dakota Statistical Analysis Center (SAC), a component of an operational unit of the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, will use SJS funds to complete tasks associated with the following projects: 1) continue efforts to compile and submit to BJS data on deaths occurring in the process of arrest; 2) access and analyze criminal history records to prepare reports on issues identified as state priorities during the award period, including analyses on domestic violence, drug abuse control and monitoring, and drug diversion cases; 3) conduct an analysis of the 2013 National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data to provide a detailed overview by crime type for Group A and Group B offenses; 4) complete the annual South Dakota Criminal Justice Directory to centralize personnel data for all local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, corrections, and the judicial and executive branches of government; 5) collect information on personnel issues, salaries, policies, procedures, and budgets for the 2013 Sheriff Management Study publication to provide administrators with a valid means of comparing policies and practices and to help guide managerial decisions; and 6) continue to function as the state clearinghouse for criminal justice statistical data and complete ad-hoc, issue-specific reports throughout the award period as requested.
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