Juveniles Incarcerated in U.S. Adult Jails and Prisons, 2002?2021 shows changes in the number of juveniles (persons age 17 or younger) held in adult prisons and jails between 2002 and 2021. It also provides data on juveniles by sex and by whether they were held in federal prisons, state prisons, or local jails.
The BJS summary report?Update on the NCVS Instrument Redesign: Operational Pilot Test and Split Sample?provides an update on the next steps in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) instrument redesign timeline, and it describes operational plans to test and phase in the new survey instrument.
The NCVS is the nation?s primary source of information on crimes reported and not reported to police. BJS is conducting a multiyear effort to improve the efficiency, reliability, and utility of the NCVS. Through this effort, BJS has redesigned the entire survey instrument, which includes a household roster, a victimization screener, and a detailed Crime Incident Report.
This new report describes BJS?s activities on collecting data on prison rape during 2022. PREA Data Collection Activities, Calendar Year 2022 is the 13th report in a series that began in 2011 in fulfillment of BJS?s mandate established by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79). To implement the PREA requirements, BJS developed a data collection strategy involving multiple measures and modes. This report details that strategy to measure the incidence and prevalence of rape and sexual assault in adult correctional and juvenile justice facilities, including through the National Survey of Youth in Custody, the National Inmate Survey, and the Survey of Sexual Victimization. These collections are independent and not directly comparable.
 Five BJS-funded reports describe the testing and assessment of a new National Crime Victimization Survey instrument
These five BJS-funded reports describe testing efforts to develop and assess a new National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) instrument. This testing was a part of the NCVS Instrument Redesign and Testing Project, a major multiyear effort to revamp the existing core survey instrument. The reports are released to help inform interested parties and to encourage discussions on?
- measuring crime with the new survey instrument
- changes to the Crime Incident Report
- two new modules on police performance and community safety
- testing design and implementation
- experiments with survey letter formats and a promised incentive.
Read the Third-Party Reports:
BJS funds research and reports by other organizations or individuals to foster knowledge in the criminal justice field. These third-party reports are not BJS reports and do not release official government statistics. Please see the full disclaimer in each report for more information.
BJS seeks applications for funding in fiscal year 2023 to conduct research and testing activities related to the development of new data collections that will measure persons' access to justice for their civil legal needs. This program expands statistical infrastructure around justice system accessibility.
Applications will be submitted in a two-step process, each with its own deadline:
- Step 1: Submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov. Grants.gov forms are due on August 22, 2023, by 8:59 p.m. ET.
- Step 2: Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants.usdoj.gov. The full JustGrants application is due on August 29, 2023, by 8:59 p.m. ET.
BJS seeks applications for funding to update the Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI) instrument, field test the updated instrument, and prepare a national implementation plan to field the next iteration of the SPI. This program advances the rule of law, integrity, good government, public safety, and criminal justice through enhanced statistics on incarcerated persons to improve understanding of the risks, needs, and challenges of these vulnerable populations while in custody and upon release.
Applications will be submitted in a two-step process, each with its own deadline:
- Step 1: Submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov. Grants.gov forms are due on August 21, 2023, by 8:59 p.m. ET.
- Step 2: Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants.usdoj.gov. The full JustGrants application is due on August 28, 2023, by 8:59 p.m. ET.
BJS seeks applications to provide funding and technical assistance to local law enforcement agencies to increase and enhance their reporting of crimes in general and hate crimes specifically to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), as authorized by the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. ? 30507). This program advances the rule of law, integrity, good government, public safety, and criminal justice through improved police reporting of hate crimes.
Applications will be submitted in a two-step process, each with its own deadline:
- Step 1: Submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov. Grants.gov forms are due on August 1, 2023, by 8:59 p.m. ET.
- Step 2: Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants.usdoj.gov. The full JustGrants application is due on August 8, 2023, by 8:59 p.m. ET.
On September 27, 2023, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) will recognize the 50th anniversary of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Join us in person or virtually for a morning session in the Great Hall at the U.S. Department of Justice and an afternoon session in the Main Conference Room at the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs. Panelists and speakers will include selected federal leaders, nationally recognized criminal justice researchers, practitioner leaders, and NCVS subject matter experts.
The morning session will focus on the importance of the NCVS in informing criminal justice policies; the relevance of the NCVS in the federal statistical system; research using the NCVS; and the past, present, and future use of the survey. The afternoon session will focus on innovations to the NCVS over the decades; what we have learned from the survey on crime and victimization; and the outcome of research using the NCVS on critical topics, such as reporting to police, domestic violence, identity theft, and hate crime.?
Celebrating this milestone affirms BJS?s continuing commitment to providing reliable statistics on crime and victimization to inform policies and programs to combat crime, support victims, and reform and strengthen the criminal and juvenile justice system.
Plan to attend? In-person seating is limited. Please register for one or both sessions by July 31, 2023.?
 Update on the NCVS Instrument Redesign: Additional Findings from the National Field Test and Plans for Implementation
BJS held a webinar to provide updates on BJS?s efforts to redesign the entire National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) instrument. Presenters described findings from six NCVS reports, including the improvement of victimization measures in the new survey instrument, the performance of two new periodic modules, and BJS?s plan for implementation of the new survey instrument.
BJS hosted a webinar that provided the first public briefing on the report to the President on Equity and Law Enforcement Data Collection, Use, and Transparency.?The webinar featured a discussion with BJS Director Alex Piquero and Denice Ross, U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer, co-chairs of the Criminal Justice Statistics Interagency Working Group. They discussed the report findings and key recommendations for state and local leaders, law enforcement, researchers, and others in the police data ecosystem. A one-page summary of the report is also available here.
This webinar provided an update on BJS?s subnational victimization program activities. It covered findings from BJS?s Criminal Victimization in the 22 Largest U.S. States, 2017?2019, the first release of subnational violent and property crime estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey.
It also presented the analysis conducted to validate the state-level estimates, and it walked participants through the process to apply for access to the restricted-use data and highlighted available resources for analyzing these data.
 Team BJS attended and presented at the following conferences:
- BJS Director Alex Piquero presented at the 2023 Community Violence Intervention Conference hosted by the Giffords Center for Violence Intervention.
- BJS Principal Deputy Director Kevin Scott and BJS Statistical Research Specialist Amy Lauger provided an update to the Jails, Detention, and Corrections Committee at the 2023 National Sheriffs' Association Annual Conference.
- BJS Director Alex Piquero and BJS Statistician Rachel Morgan presented at the Health and Human Services Violence Against Women Steering Committee?s Intimate Partner Violence Research Symposium.
- Principal Deputy Director Kevin Scott participated in the opening event of the Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS) Institute Community Forum.
- BJS Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Researcher Emily Berg presented on small area estimation and the National Crime Victimization Survey at the International Indian Statistical Association 2023 Conference.
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