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BJS FY 15 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)

Closing Date
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 of criminal justice and noncriminal justice background check systems. Achieving this goal is contingent on accomplishing four objectives: providing direct financial and technical assistance to states and tribes to improve their criminal...

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

Closing Date
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 Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

Closing Date
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) began the Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program in 1995 to provide national estimates of the total number of firearm purchase applications received and denied pursuant to the Brady Act and similar state laws. The FIST Program collects counts of firearm transfers and permit checks conducted by state and local agencies and combines this information with Federal Bureau of Investigation's...

Criminal Victimization, 2010

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011                             Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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RATE OF VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION DECLINED 13 PERCENT IN 2010

WASHINGTON – During 2010, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced a double-digit drop (down 13 percent) in the rate of violent victimization, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...