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*YEAR IN REVIEW*




*2021*







*The Bureau of Justice Statistics wishes you safety, peace, and joy in the new year

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New in 2021

In 2021, BJS made strides in modernizing how we present and disseminate statistical data to make it easier for you to obtain relevant data. During 2021, BJS?


* Launched a redesigned BJS website [ [link removed] ] with a new, user-friendly design allowing for easier access to new and archived data, interactive graphs and tables, and other features. Stay updated on website improvements at the About the BJS Website page [ [link removed] ].
* Released the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Dashboard (N-DASH [ [link removed] ]), a new, modern data visualization tool with nearly 30 years of victimization data.
* Introduced a new format of interactive reports that allows users to compare characteristics of sexual assault victims to victims of other serious violent crimes, examine sexual victimization rates by victim demographics, and view statistics on police clearance and arrest outcomes for sexual assaults. See the 2015 [ [link removed] ] and 2019 [ [link removed] ] reports.
* Held a series of webinars on the NCVS, hate crime, and criminal prosecutions.
* Created the BJSgov Facebook page [ [link removed] ].
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BJS publications

BJS released 76?publications in 2021, including the following headlines:


* Indian country jails see 30% decrease in inmate population attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more >> [ [link removed] ]
* BJS releases 2020 National Crime Victimization Survey data. Read more >> [ [link removed] ]
* Nearly a fifth of state and federal prisons and a tenth of local jails had at least one suicide in 2019. Read more >> [ [link removed] ]
* Violent hate crimes were most commonly motivated by bias against race, ethnicity or national origin. Read more >> [ [link removed] ]
* U.S. attorneys investigated more than 1,800 hate crime suspects from 2005 to 2019. Read more >> [ [link removed] ]
* COVID-19 spurs 25% drop in inmates held in local jails. Read more >> [ [link removed] ]

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BJS data analysis tools

BJS updated 2 data analysis tools and launched 1 new dashboard:


* *NEW* National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Dashboard (N-DASH) [ [link removed] ]
* Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) ? Prisoners [ [link removed] ]
* Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics (FCCPS) [ [link removed] ]?data tool_

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BJS third-party reports

BJS released 17 third-party reports in 2021.

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BJS data collections

In 2021, BJS released new or updated datasets through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data from the following collections:


* Annual Parole Survey [ [link removed] ]
* Annual Probation Survey [ [link removed] ]
* Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country [ [link removed] ]
* Capital Punishment in the United States [ [link removed] ]
* Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies [ [link removed] ]
* Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices [ [link removed] ]
* Compendium of State Privacy and Security Legislation [ [link removed] ]
* Mortality in Correctional Institutions [ [link removed] ]
* National Corrections Reporting Program [ [link removed] ]
* National Crime Victimization Survey [ [link removed] ] (including School Crime Supplement [ [link removed] ])
* National Incident-Based Reporting System [ [link removed] ]
* National Inmate Survey [ [link removed] ]
* National Prisoner Statistics [ [link removed] ]
* National Survey of Victim Service Providers [ [link removed] ]
* Survey of Prison Inmates [ [link removed] ]
* Survey of State Attorneys General [ [link removed] ]

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December in Review

In December 2021, BJS released 8 publications [ [link removed] ] and 8 datasets [ [link removed] ]. We [ [link removed] ]updated the Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics [ [link removed] ]?data tool to include 2019 data, hosted 3 topical webinars, and published a notice in the "Federal Register" [ [link removed] ] on the proposed reinstatement of the previously approved 2022 Police Public Contact Survey (PPCS) [ [link removed] ]. BJS also announced Dr. Alexia Cooper [ [link removed] ] as the new chief of the Law Enforcement Statistics Unit.

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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.

For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online [ [link removed] ].






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