Learn how science is being used to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s response to sexual assault.
Justice Department supports Tribes and Alaska Natives through Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation.
Bureau of Justice Assistance and New York DA office partnership helps communities across the country test unsubmitted sexual assault kits.
Police Officer Body-Worn Cameras
The OJP Diagnostic Center has released findings from a literature review of the current evidence on the challenges and benefits of body-worn video camera technology for law enforcement. 
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has released a new blog on how research can provide evidence-based answers to many of the questions about campus sexual assault—how often it happens, how universities and colleges can respond, and what can be done to prevent it.
Recent advances in brain science confirm that the brain does not finish developing until a person is well into his or her 20s – much later than previously believed. As a result, young adults are more prone to risk-taking behavior and more susceptible to peer pressure than older adults. Learn more about the challenges justice-involved young adults face, as well as the significant opportunities that exist for reform.
BJS presents domestic violence on C-SPAN. See show slides and keys to the slides. Full reports on domestic violence on bjs.gov. Nonfatal Domestic Violence, 2003–2012; Intimate Partner Violence: Attributes of Victimization, 1993–2011; and Intimate Partner Violence, 1993–2010. View video at C-SPAN
09/16/15 Justice department awards over $97 million to improve public safety and victim services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
The Department of Justice today announced 206 awards, totaling more than $97 million, to American Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, tribal consortia and tribal designees.
09/16/15 Approximately 6 in 10 children witnessed or experienced violence, crime or abuse in 2011
Nearly 58 percent (57.7 percent) of children and adolescents were exposed to some type of violence at least once and more than 41 percent (41.2 percent) were victims of some type of assault in the past year—with approximately 1 in 10 physically injured as a result, according to a study released today by the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
09/08/15 OJJDP releases research on youth’s mental health needs and long-term outcomes after detention
Today the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) released four research bulletins based on findings from the Northwestern Juvenile Project, which investigates the mental health needs and long-term outcomes of juvenile detainees.
09/03/15 BJS releases criminal appeals in state courts
The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Criminal Appeals in State Courts, which describes the characteristics of criminal appeals resolved in state appellate courts in 2010.
08/27/15 Violent crime rate remained unchanged while property crime rate declined in 2014
The violent crime rate did not change significantly in 2014 compared to 2013, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.
08/05/15 Study finds severe punishment does not reduce offending among high-risk adolescents
Severe punishment—such as correctional placement or a longer stay in correctional placement—does not meaningfully reduce offending or arrests among high-risk adolescents, according to a study released today by the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
08/04/15 Deaths in local jails and state prisons increased for the third consecutive year
For the third consecutive year the number of inmates who died in state prisons and local jails increased, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.
07/16/15 Justice department welcomes new science advisory board sub-committee chairs
The Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today spoke with new subcommittee chairs of the agency’s Science Advisory Board to congratulate them on their leadership integrating science into the organization’s everyday decision making
07/14/15 BJS releases tribal crime data collection activities, 2015
The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2015, which describes BJS’s activities to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, as required by the Tribal Law and Order Act, 2010.
07/07/15 An estimated 32 percent of local police departments were using body-worn cameras in 2013
An estimated 32 percent of local police departments provided at least some officers with body-worn cameras and 6 percent provided at least some officers with weapon-attached cameras in 2013, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.
Dr. Angela Williamson, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Senior Policy Advisor
I oversee the $41 million Sexual Assault Kit Initiative designed to help law enforcement address the issue of unsubmitted sexual assault kits in their jurisdictions.
