The Office of Justice Programs(OJP) Fiscal Year 2010 Program Plan

The 2010 program plan provides funding opportunities and new initiatives from OJP as well as guidance on how to take advantage of those opportunities. The plan provides the latest and most complete information about the resources available to help reduce crime, improve the justice system, and serve victims. More information is available on the OJP website: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ProgramPlan/index.htm.

Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Justice Statistics

The Bureau of Justice Statistics requested that the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies (in cooperation with the Committee on Law and Justice) convene a panel to review its statistical programs. This book comprehensively reviews all of the agency’s data series—on victimization, corrections, adjudication and prosecution, and law enforcement—as well as its work with state and local agencies.  The volume complements an earlier report on options for conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey. It outlines a set of strategic goals for BJS and suggests areas for further development. The book is available on the website of the National Academy Press, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12671.

The BJS website was recently redesigned to provide not just a new look and feel, but to make it much easier to find information. Enhanced search tools provide more precise search results. Information has been reorganized by topic to provide broader views of what is available. Detailed descriptions of criminal justice topics, data collections and terms used in our analysis provide crucial context for the data. For tutorials and other helpful resources, visit our help page.