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*JUNE 22, 2021*




BJS-funded third-party reports are now available [ [link removed] ]

*Title*: "Enhancement of the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Annual Probation Survey Frame [ [link removed] ]
"*Authors*: RTI International: Erin Kennedy, Tim Smith, and Nicole Mack
*Publication date*: June 2021
*Award number*: 2015-R2-CX-K139

This report was produced by RTI International for BJS under award number 2015-R2-CX-K139. It describes the processes and findings from a project focused on enhancing the survey frame used to conduct BJS’s Annual Probation Survey to improve the survey estimates. BJS administers the Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole (ASPP) to provide the only state and national estimates of probation and parole populations in the United States. The ASPP has been providing longitudinal statistics about probation and parole populations since 1979 and 1980, respectively, which include estimates about the size, composition, outcomes, and entries and exits of state and federal probation and parole populations. The ASPP is central to BJS’s efforts to document key correctional trends because the ASPP data are combined with BJS’s prison and jail statistics to describe overall corrections populations.

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*Title*: "The Nation’s Move to NIBRS: Formulating the Future of Crime Data in Policing – Workshop Proceedings [ [link removed] ]
"*Authors*: National Crime Statistics Exchange Team, RTI International, and Police Executive Research Forum
*Publication date*: June 2021
*Award number*: 2017-BJ-CX-K054

This report was produced by RTI International and the Police Executive Research Forum for BJS under award number 2017-BJ-CX-K054. It is a summary of proceedings from a one-day BJS-sponsored workshop held in December 2019 in Washington, D.C. The goal of the workshop was to gather input from stakeholders, including police practitioners, researchers, and crime and data analysts on ways to leverage incident-based data for enhanced tactical and strategic analysis and to improve policing practice and build community trust as a result of the nationwide transition to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The report provides a summary of the workshop’s key themes, a compilation of innovative analytic approaches identified by the workshop participants, and activities that could promote and accelerate the use of NIBRS data, and is intended to help law enforcement practitioners, police executives, and researchers.

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*Title*: "Statistical Models to Predict Mental Illness Among State and Federal Prisoners [ [link removed] ]
"*Authors*: RTI International: Jeremy Aldworth and Phillip Kott; SAMHSA: Sarra Hedden (former); BJS: Joseph Gfroerer (former consultant) and Lauren G. Beatty
*Publication date*: June 2021
*Award number*: HHSS283201000003C

This report was produced by RTI International and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for BJS under award number HHSS283201000003C. SAMHSA developed a model-based methodology to obtain nationally representative estimates of serious mental illness (SMI) and any mental illness (AMI) among the adult U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population in the 2008-12 Mental Health Surveillance Study (MHSS) as part of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). This paper examines the feasibility of adapting and applying this methodology to 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI) data, collected by BJS, to obtain nationally representative estimates of SMI and AMI among state and federal prisoners.

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BJS data collection

 

Dataset now available: Compendium of State Privacy and Security Legislation, 2002-2015 [ [link removed] ]

The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a new compendium dataset through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data that provides the laws, executive orders, and administrative regulations relating to the privacy and security of criminal history record information for all 50 states. This dataset updates the previous version of the compendium released in 2003 with thousands of new entries. Each statute has been classified within keyword categories that can be queried to analyze changes in these laws and policies over time.

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics funded these third-party reports. They are not BJS reports and do not release official government statistics. These reports are released to help inform interested parties of the research or analysis contained within and to encourage discussion. BJS has performed a limited review of these reports to ensure the general accuracy of information and adherence to confidentiality and disclosure standards. Any statistics included in these reports are not official BJS statistics unless they have been previously published in a BJS report. Any analysis, conclusions, or opinions expressed in these reports are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views, opinions, or policies of the Bureau of Justice Statistics or the U.S. Department of Justice.

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.

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