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Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD)

The Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) component of Mortality In Correctional Institutions (MCI) (Formerly Deaths In Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) is a national census of all manners of arrest-related deaths and includes all civilian deaths that occurred during, or shortly after, state or local law enforcement personnel engaged in an arrest or restraint process. With the exception of innocent bystanders, hostages, and law enforcement personnel, all juvenile...

BJS FY 11 Methodological Research to Support the NCVS Survey: Self-Report Statistics on Rape and Sexual Assault Pilot Test

Closing Date
This solicitation seeks applicants to develop and test optimum data collection procedures for self-report data on rape and sexual assault. The focus of the work under this solicitation is to develop, implement, and test survey methods for providing estimates of rape and sexual assault, and to determine the feasibility of using these procedures in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) program. Applicants for funding under...

BJS FY 11 Arrested-Related Deaths Program, 2011-2013

Closing Date
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking proposals for assistance in the development and implementation of the Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) Program, 2011-2013. In addition, BJS is seeking assistance in the revision of the 2013 ARD survey instrument and refinements in procedures for collecting and analyzing data about arrest-related deaths. BJS anticipates that this 36-month award will begin on October 1, 2011, and will continue...

BJS FY 11 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities (SISFCF), 2012

Closing Date
The purpose of this award is to provide funding through a cooperative agreement for a collection agent to administer a survey to a national sample of prison inmates, hereafter known as the Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities (SISFCF), 2012. The activities under this award include drawing a national sample of prisoners and jail inmates, administering the surveys, and conducting data collection...

BJS FY 11 National Victimization Statistical Support Program (NVSSP)

Closing Date
This solicitation seeks applicants to develop and test optimum data collection procedures for self-report data on rape and sexual assault. The focus of the work under this solicitation is to develop, implement, and test survey methods for providing estimates of rape and sexual assault, and to determine the feasibility of using these procedures in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) program. Applicants for funding under...

BJS FY 11 Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2012-2015

Closing Date
The purpose of this award is to provide funding through a cooperative agreement to administer annually the Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC) data collection and analysis activities for four iterations of the survey: 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. The SJIC is used to describe changes in jail inmate populations in Indian country as well as facility operations and staffing in these jails. Intermittently...