Repeat Violent Victimization, 2005-14
Date Published
August 2017
Publication Type
Publication
Victims of sex offenses
National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2018-19
Closing Date
On September 4, 2003, President George W. Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108 79). The act requires BJS to carry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape. The act further instructs BJS to collect survey data: the Bureau shall use surveys and other statistical studies of current...
National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC-3) 2017-18
2016-RP-BX-K002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$7,999,998
Facility-level and Individual-level Correlates of Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities, 2012
Date Published
June 2016
Publication Type
Publication,
Working Paper
Alaska Police-Public Contact Survey, Phase III PilotUniversity of Alaska Student Sexual Violence Victimization Survey
2015-BJ-CX-K042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$164,237
Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2013 - Statistical Tables
Date Published
May 2015
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
Rape and Sexual Assault Among College-age Females, 1995-2013
Date Published
December 2014
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
Indiana Online Child Sexual Victimization Project
2014-BJ-CX-K038
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$59,176
Seasonal Patterns in Criminal Victimization Trends
Date Published
June 2014
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
Bureau of Justice Statistics receives policy impact award
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-9320 |
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS RECEIVES POLICY IMPACT AWARD
WASHINGTON –The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and its data collection agents will receive the 2014 Policy Impact Award from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) for their innovative and salient efforts to measure...
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2014
Date Published
May 2014
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
Sexual Victimization Reported by Former State Prisoners, 2008
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10 A.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 | Contact: Sheila Jerusalem(202) 616-3227 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-0793 |
NEARLY 10 PERCENT OF FORMER STATE PRISONERS
REPORTED BEING SEXUALLY VICTIMIZED DURING CONFINEMENT
WASHINGTON – An estimated 9.6 percent of adult former state prisoners reported being sexually victimized during their most recent period of confinement, the Justice...
Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2007-2008
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://BJS.OJP.USDOJ.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-0556 |
Correctional Authorities Reported MORE THAN 14,800 Allegations of Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails during 2007 and 2008
One in seven were confirmed after investigation
WASHINGTON – Federal, state and local correctional authorities reported an estimated 7,374 allegations of...
Female Victims of Sexual Violence, 1994-2010
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-9320 |
OVER 60 PERCENT DECLINE IN SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST FEMALES
FROM 1995 TO 2010
WASHINGTON – From 1995 to 2005, sexual violence against U.S. female residents age 12 or older declined 64 percent from 5.0 per 1,000 females to 1.8...
Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2012
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-9320 |
ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF ADJUDICATED YOUTH REPORTED SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION IN JUVENILE FACILITIES IN 2012
WASHINGTON – An estimated 9.5 percent of adjudicated youth (1,720) in juvenile facilities reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another youth...
Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011-12
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-9320 |
INMATES WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS REPORTED HIGH RATES OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION IN 2011-12
WASHINGTON – Prison and jail inmates identified with mental health problems reported higher rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization than inmates without a mental health problem, according...
Survey of Sexual Violence in Adult Correctional Facilities, 2009-11 - Statistical Tables
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-9320 |
ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION IN PRISONS AND JAILS ROSE
FROM 2009 TO 2011; SUBSTANTIATED INCIDENTS REMAINED STABLE
WASHINGTON – Correctional administrators reported 8,763 allegations of sexual victimization in prisons, jails and other adult correctional facilities in 2011, a statistically...
Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2009-11
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-9320 |
ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION IN PRISONS AND JAILS ROSE
FROM 2009 TO 2011; SUBSTANTIATED INCIDENTS REMAINED STABLE
WASHINGTON – Correctional administrators reported 8,763 allegations of sexual victimization in prisons, jails and other adult correctional facilities in 2011, a statistically...