Related Links

The Court Statistics Project (CSP) collects and analyzes data relating to the work of our nation's state courts.

The National Conference on Privacy, Technology and Criminal Justice Information, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and SEARCH, May 31-June 1, 2000.

A report published by SEARCH

Information on firearms, including Brady Act

 A compact between the States (previously known as "III Compact") to facilitate interstate access to criminal records for noncriminal justice purposes.

First-ever comprehensive look at the role that commercial background screening companies play in the collection, maintenance, sale and dissemination of criminal history record information for employment screening and other important risk management purposes, December 2005.

Summarizes the focus group's discussions regarding the issue of criminal identity theft, and sets out its conclusions and recommendations, December 2005.

Provides a comprehensive and analytic look at noncriminal justice background checks, providing some clarity on many of the pervasive questions associated with the process, May 2006.

The Courts page on the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) website contains publications from the NCJRS Federal sponsors, including BJS, Q&A, related links, events, and materials from the NCJRS Abstracts Database.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for the custody and care of more than 200,000 Federal offenders. BOP protects public safety by ensuring that Federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure.

Funded by BJS, the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Data Resource Center provides information on how data are collected and used in the states. This Center seeks to identify the types of information currently being captured by state and local agencies.

Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs) are state agencies that collect, analyze, and disseminate justice data. They contribute to effective state policies through statistical services, research, evaluation, and policy analysis.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels.

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) offers solutions that enhance court operations with the latest technology; collects and interprets the latest data on court operations nationwide; and provides information on proven "best practices" for improving court operations.

BJS's Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJSRC) compiles comprehensive information describing suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system.

The goal of the Department of Justice's Tribal Justice and Safety in Indian Country Website is to provide a user-friendly, current, and comprehensive resource for American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal governments to further improve the safety of their communities.

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. BJS is one of the federal sponsors of NCJRS.

The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data; and through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of crime and justice data.