National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Health, Social Support, and Reentry: A Longitudinal Examination Of Incarcerated Individuals
The Evolution of the Convict Code throughout Mass Incarceration: The Influence of Subculture on Misconduct, Victimization, and Offender Attitudes
Policing the Drinking Community: A Propensity Score Matched, Multilevel Assessment of the War on Drunk Driving (1983-2013)
Alternative Policy for Drug Possession: Impacts on Substance Use and Racial Disparities
Evidence-Based Interventions in Juvenile Detention Facilities: The Role of Perceptions of Staff
Alaska Police-Public Contact Survey, Phase III PilotUniversity of Alaska Student Sexual Violence Victimization Survey
BJS Data Report, 1986
Selected Crime, Criminal Justice, and Demographic Data - 25 Largest Cities
Selected Crime, Criminal Justice, and Demographic Data - 90 Most Populous Counties
Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS Advance for Release at 5 P.M. EDT Friday, July 2, 1993 202-307-0784 The nation's more than 17,000 state and local police and sheriff's departments had 840,647 full-time employees as of June 30, 1992, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. BJS, a Department of Justice agency, said 603,465...
Highlights from 20 Years of Surveying Crime Victims: NCVS 73-92
50 Percent of Prison Inmate Deaths in Northeast Caused by Aids 28 Percent Caused By Aids Nationwide During 1991 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1993 50 PERCENT OF PRISON INMATE DEATHS IN NORTHEAST CAUSED BY AIDS 28 PERCENT CAUSED BY AIDS NATIONWIDE DURING 1991 More than half of the prison inmate deaths...
Survey of State Prison Inmates, 1991
Survey of Inmate Characteristics ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1990 BJS 202-307-0784 An estimated 16 percent of prison inmates were armed with a gun when they committed the offense for which they were serving time, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. About half of the armed inmates (or about 8 percent of all prisoners) said they had fired...
Crime and Nations Households, 1992
CRIMES AFFECTING U.S. HOUSEHOLDS REACH NEW LOW U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1993 CRIMES AFFECTING U.S. HOUSEHOLDS REACH NEW LOW A smaller percentage of U.S. Households were victimized by violent crime or thefts last year than in any year since the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) started counted in 1975...
Probation and Parole 1993
PROBATION AND PAROLE POPULATIONS REACH NEW HIGHS U.S. Department of Justice ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1994 202-307-0784 PROBATION AND PAROLE POPULATIONS REACH NEW HIGHS .WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Almost 5 million Americans--or one in 39 adults--were under some form of correctional control in 1993, according to the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). More than two-thirds of...
Firearms and Crimes of Violence
Violent Offenders Increasingly Likely to be Armed U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BJS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1994 202-307-0784 VIOLENT OFFENDERS INCREASINGLY LIKELY TO BE ARMED WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Violent offenders are increasingly likely to be armed, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said today. While the overall violent crime rate decreased during the last decade, the rate of offenses committed with pistols and...
Murder in Large Urban Counties, 1988
"Murder in Large Urban Counties, 1988" U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY MAY 12, 1993 202-307-0784 In a study of prosecuted murder cases, about 80 percent of murder victims knew their killers and 16 percent were related to their killers, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. BJS, a Department of Justice agency, said...
Prosecutors in State Courts, 1992
TYPICAL STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS SMALL WITH LARGE CASELOAD ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1993 202-307-0784 TYPICAL STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS SMALL WITH LARGE CASELOAD WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most state prosecutors have relatively small staffs to handle large criminal caseloads, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said today. According to a 1992 survey, half of the nation's state prosecutors...
Violence against Women: Estimates from the redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS Women Usually Victimized by Offenders They Know ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1995 202/307-0784 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Women were attacked about six times more often by offenders with whom they had an intimate relationship than were male violence victims during 1992 and 1993, the Department of Justice announced today. During each...
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES $40 MILLION TO ENHANCE STATES' CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS
WASHINGTON, DCThe Justice Department announced today that it is awarding $40 million (See chart attached) to state agencies to improve the completeness, quality and accessibility of the nation's criminal record systems. Since 1995, awards have totaled over $354 million and have gone to all states.
Funding, which is provided under...
National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Courts
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.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
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.