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BJS FY 14 2015 Criminal History Record Assessment and Research Program (CHRARP)

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BJS is publishing this notice to announce the continuation of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, identify the program priorities, and provide information on application requirements. The goal of the NCHIP grant program is to improve the nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information and by ensuring the nationwide implementation...

BJS FY 14 2014 Visiting Fellows: Criminal Justice Statistics Programs

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for one or more BJS Visiting Fellows to work in its Criminal Justice Statistics Programs. The overall purpose of this program is to address substantive, methodological, and analytic issues to enhance or inform BJS statistical programs; to support the scholarly use of BJS data collections, expand the body...

Use of Victim Service Agencies by Victims of Serious Violent Crime, 1993-2009

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011             Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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NINE PERCENT OF SERIOUS VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS RECEIVED HELP OR ADVICE
FROM A VICTIM SERVICE AGENCY BETWEEN 1993 AND 2009


WASHINGTON – From 1993 to 2009, about nine percent of victims of serious violent crime―rape or other sexual assault...

Criminal Victimization, 2012

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME RATES INCREASED IN 2012

Increases driven by simple assaults and crime not reported to police

WASHINGTON – Violent and property crime rates rose for U.S. residents in 2012, the Bureau of Justice...

BJS FY 13 Federal Justice Statistics Analytical Resource Center

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BJS is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the BJS Analytic Resource Center (BJS-ARC), a project to support BJS's statistical methodology research, statistical analyses, and reporting for its Criminal Justice Statistics Program. As the principal federal statistical agency in the Department, BJS is responsible for the collection, analysis, publication, and dissemination of statistical information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and...

BJS FY 13 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)

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The NCHIP grant program is to improve the nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information and by insuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and noncriminal justice background check systems.

BJS FY 12 National Survey of Victim Service Organizations

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks applications to provide services in support for the development of a statistical system on services provided to victims based on victim service organizations and their records. As the principal federal statistical agency in the Department, BJS is responsible for the collection, analysis, publication, and dissemination of statistical information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operations...

BJS FY 12 Analytic Resource Center

Closing Date
BJS is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the BJS Analytic Resource Center (BJS-ARC), a project to support BJS's statistical methodology research, statistical analyses, and reporting for its Criminal Justice Statistics Program. As the principal federal statistical agency in the Department, BJS is responsible for the collection, analysis, publication, and dissemination of statistical information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and...