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Data collections

Civil Justice Survey of State Courts (CJSSC)

The Civil Justice Survey of State Courts (CJSSC) provided a broad, systematic investigation of the nature of civil litigation (i.e., tort, contract, and real property cases) disposed of in a sample of state general jurisdiction courts. Data collected includes information about the types of civil cases litigated at trial, types of plaintiffs and defendants, trial winners, amount of total damages awarded, amount of punitive damages...

National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP)

From 1986 to 2006 the National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP) collected felony sentencing from a nationally representative stratified sample of state courts in 300 counties. The information collected included: age, race and gender of offenders; dates of arrest, conviction and sentencing data; mode of conviction and type of sentence imposed. Data were collected every 2 years during this time period.

Cybercrime against Businesses, 2005

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WEDNESDAY, September 17, 2008 Contact: Kara McCarthy: 202-307-1241
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67 PERCENT OF RESPONDING BUSINESSES DETECTED CYBERCRIME IN 2005

WASHINGTON - Among 7,818 businesses responding to the National Computer Security Survey (NCSS), 67 percent detected at least one cybercrime in 2005, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Nearly...

BJS FY 09 National Private Security Survey

Closing Date
The purpose of this award is to provide funding to research, develop, design, and draft three plan options for the implementation the 2009 National Private Security Survey (NPSS). The primary objective of the award is to produce project specifications for this multi-survey data collection on private security officers, which will ultimately serve as the counterpart to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Law Enforcement Management and...

BJS FY 09 State Court Processing Statistics

Closing Date
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking proposals to redesign the State Court Processing Statistics Project (SCPS) project. The purpose of this award is to provide funding to redesign SCPS and enhance the project's data collection capabilities. SCPS is a recurring data collection project involving the compilation of felony cases processed in 40 large urban counties chosen to be representative of the 75 most...

BJS FY 09 Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP)

Closing Date
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking proposals for assistance in the development and implementation of the 2010-2011 Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) Program. In addition, BJS is seeking assistance in the development of alternative designs for the 2012 ARD Program. The recipient of funds will assist BJS in transitioning toward a more uniform, nationwide collection of statistical information on the prevalence and characteristics of arrest-related...

BJS FY 08 National Inmate Survey

Closing Date
The purpose of this award is to provide funding to administer the 2009 National Inmate Survey (NIS). The NIS is an Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) instrument administered to inmates in correctional facilities to measure the prevalence of sexual assault at the facility level. BJS anticipates making one award for a 24-month period under this solicitation. This survey is part of the National Prison Rape Statistics...