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FY 18 Mortality in Correctional Institutions

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Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI) (formerly known as the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) is a BJS flagship data collection that began in 2000. Through this collection, BJS measures mortality in correctional settings and reports on how and why inmates die in custody. BJS collects inmate mortality data annually from nearly 3,000 local jails and 50 state departments of corrections (DOCs). Respondents report the...

Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole (ASPP) 2015 2018

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The Annual Surveys Probation and Parole (ASPP) are two separate data collections, independently referred to as the Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole Survey. Since 1980, the ASPP have collected aggregate data on the number of persons supervised on probation or parole (i.e., post-custody community supervision), together referred to as the community supervision population. The ASPP obtain aggregated data from administrative records maintained by state...

National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) 2015-2019

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The NPS and NCRP are flagship data collections for BJS that measure the size and nature of state and federal prison populations on an annual basis. The two collections complement each other by obtaining aggregate and detailed individual-level information on prisoners for use in characterizing the prison population over time, as well use in statistical analyses that have policy implications. The NPS collects aggregate counts...

FBI and BJS Awarded $11.8 Million in FY 2017 to Boost Incident-Based Crime Reporting Funding was Provided Through the 2017 National Crime Statistics Exchange Initiative

U.S. law enforcement agencies recently received a total of $11.8 million in fiscal year 2017 grants through the National Crime Statistics Exchange initiative (NCS-X). NCS-X is administered by BJS in partnership with the FBI. Six states were awarded a total of $6.4 million to establish or enhance their National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), a more detailed method of collecting and reporting crime statistics, and...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Extension and Update: 2017-19 Survey of Sexual Victimization

The Bureau of Justice Statistics encourages comments for 60 days until April 27, 2018, on the extension and update of a currently approved data collection: 2017-19 Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV). Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information...

Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ) Design, Testing, Data Collection and Dissemination

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BJS is seeking applications for funding to conduct both instrument and sampling design work, field test a survey of inmates in county and city jail, nationally field to a probable sample of jail inmates the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ), and provide statistical and data dissemination support for the SILJ. The SILJ has been conducted periodically since 1972 and is a core collection...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Reinstatement and Update: 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until January 16, 2018, on a data collection reinstatement and update: 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies. Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Extension: National Crime Victimization Survey

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until February 2, 2018, on the extension of a currently approved data collection: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the accuracy of...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Reinstatement and Update: 2018 Police Public Contact Survey

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until February 20, 2018, on a data collection reinstatement and update: 2018 Police Public Contact Survey. Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the accuracy of the agency's...