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Now includes over 400 programs and 50 practices.
We encourage Tribes and Alaska Natives to consider OJP's broad array of programs, when seeking to improve public safety.
Milwaukee, New Orleans, St. Louis announced as participants at Spring VRN Summit.
During NCVRW, communities hold events to honor crime victims and promote awareness of victims' rights. Visit the NCVRW site to learn more and to get involved.
OJP Diagnostic Center Resource Guide: Reforming the Assessment and Enforcement of Fines and Fees
Justice system reform has captured the attention of the American public. While the discussion generally has focused on sentencing policies, police accountability, and reentry, recent efforts by state court judges, court administrators, and advocates have brought attention to a less-examined but equally significant issue. . 
OJJDP Observes National African American History Month
Watch a video of Administrator Listenbee discussing the Office's ongoing efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities within the juvenile justice system in this issue of OJJDP News @ a Glance.
Reentry has been a key focus of our work at the Office of Justice Programs throughout the Obama Administration. The President himself was a clear supporter of the Second Chance Act when he served as senator, and he has championed reentry strategies. . .
Return on a Chance blog from Department of Justice Second Chance Fellow Daryl Atkinson
The facts are well known. Many people – too many people – face unnecessary obstacles to reentry. In order to successfully reenter society, they must navigate a maze of over 45,000 barriers to employment, housing, and civic participation, which may be triggered as a result of their contact with the criminal justice system.
03/01/16 New Orleans, St. Louis, and Milwaukee join Justice Department's Violence Reduction Network
01/29/16 NIJ Journal Issue no. 276 Examines Research Advancing Forensic Science
01/28/16 Allegations of sexual victimization at juvenile correctional facilities rose between 2011 and 2012
01/20/16 BJS Releases Campus Climate Survey Validation Study Final Technical Report
01/05/16 OCR issues report, finds Alabama Agency failed to properly recruit, hire and retain female troopers
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.
