This report describes trends and patterns in fatal and nonfatal firearm violence from 1993 to 2018 and for the more recent period of 2014 to 2018. It includes data on the type of firearm; location of the incident; victim and offender demographic characteristics and relationship; type of violence, injury, and treatment; police notification; and victims? self-protective behaviors.
Data are based on BJS?s National Crime Victimization Survey and death certificates in the National Vital Statistics System of the National Center for Health Statistics.
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This third-party report was produced by the U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (CES), under award number DJO-BJS-21-RO-0005. It explores the role of race/Hispanic origin, other demographic characteristics, and custodial/criminal history factors on post-release mortality, including the timing of deaths. It also assesses whether conditional release to community supervision or reimprisonment may explain the higher post-release mortality found among non-Hispanic whites. The second part of the analysis estimates standardized mortality ratios by sex, age group, and race/Hispanic origin using the U.S. general population as a reference.?
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BJS is pursuing several initiatives, including implementing a redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey, collecting new data on the maternal health of incarcerated women, and increasing understanding of crime victimization in historically underserved communities through investment in the volume, quality, and analysis of data collected by the National Incident-Based Reporting System. Under the President's FY 23 budget, BJS would continue these investments, as well as develop a new data collection on access to justice. Read about this work in ?Leveraging Federal Statistics to Strengthen Evidence-Based Decision-Making,? chapter 15 of Analytical Perspectives: Budget of the U.S. Government: Fiscal Year 2023.
Additionally, key information about the budget request for the DOJ Office of Justice Programs (OJP), is available here https://www.ojp.gov/presidents-fy-2023-budget-request.
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a dataset on capital punishment statistics through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. This dataset contains individual-level data on persons sentenced to death, including demographics, criminal history characteristics, date of death sentence, and type of sentence disposition.
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released the 2014 National Survey of Tribal Court Systems (NSTCS) dataset through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. The NSTCS was the first complete enumeration of tribal court systems operating in the United States. The NSTCS consisted of three surveys specific to tribal court systems in the lower 48 states, Alaska Native villages, and the Code of Federal Regulations Courts (CFR Courts) operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). It covered a variety of complex topics, including tribal court administration and operations; prosecution, public defense, and civil legal services; pretrial, probation, and reentry programs and services; juvenile cases, domestic violence cases, and protection orders; enhanced sentencing authority; and information systems access.
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BJS seeks applications for funding for the?FY 2022 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices. This program provides information on the country?s medicolegal death investigation (MDI) system, which contributes to the investigation of all suspicious or violent deaths, determines whether to pursue criminal investigations surrounding deaths, and acts as an early warning system to identify increased mortality related to matters such as violence, substance abuse, or biological or chemical terrorism.?
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 June 7, 2022 by 8:59 p.m. ET.
- Step 2: Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants.usdoj.gov. The full JustGrants is due on June 14, 2022 by 8:59 p.m. ET.
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks applications for funding to administer the Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies and Census of Tribal Court Systems. This program furthers the DOJ?s mission by protecting civil rights, addressing inequities, and advancing criminal justice reform; keeping the country safe; advancing juvenile justice reforms and investing in youth; advancing science and innovation; and serving victims of crime.
Applications will be submitted in a two-step process, each with its own deadline:
1. Step 1: Submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov. Grants.gov forms are due on June 9, 2022 by 8:59 p.m. ET.
2. Step 2: Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants. The full JustGrants application is due on June 16, 2022 by 8:59 p.m. ET.
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