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

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 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.
• Released the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Dashboard (N-DASH), 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 and 2019 reports.
• Held a series of webinars on the NCVS, hate crime, and criminal prosecutions.
• Created the BJSgov Facebook page.

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

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

• *NEW* National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Dashboard (N-DASH)
• Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) ? Prisoners
• Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics (FCCPS)?data tool
  
  

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BJS released 17 third-party reports in 2021.

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

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

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

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.