Listen as Director Alexis R. Piquero describes his background, his vision for BJS, and his commitment to using data to inform criminal justice policy and practice. ?I have long been a champion of using data and science to guide policy and improve decision-making. The importance of data ? more and better ? to help achieve the goals of social justice and public safety is something I have long believed in and practiced. Now, more than ever, the need is great for timely, accurate, relevant, and easy to understand data on crime and justice issues,? says Director Piquero.
Learn more about the Director from his biography.
These two publications, prepared jointly by BJS and FBI-Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, describe efforts to generate national estimates of crime known to law enforcement based on data reported to the FBI?s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
WASHINGTON ? State and federal correctional facilities performed 4,816,400 viral tests for COVID-19 on persons in prison from the beginning of March 2020 to the end of February 2021. Of these tests, 396,300 (8.2%) were positive for COVID-19, representing 374,400 unique infected persons in state and federal prisons.
This report presents statistics on persons held in Indian country jails, including the impact of COVID-19 on the jail population and staff. It describes the number and demographics of those held, the number of COVID-19 tests administered in the jails, and the percentage of tests that were positive. It also includes statistics on people released early due to the pandemic.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released the National Prisoner Statistics program ? Coronavirus Pandemic Supplemental Survey, 2021 dataset through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. These data were used in the BJS report?Impact of COVID-19 on State and Federal Prisons, March 2020?February 2021. State and federal correctional facilities performed 4,816,400 viral tests for COVID-19 on persons in prison from the beginning of March 2020 to the end of February 2021. The dataset provides state- and federal-level prison information on the following:
- number of persons admitted to, and in the custody of, U.S. prisons each month
- number of tests performed and unique number of prisoners testing positive for COVID-19
- unique number of corrections workers testing positive for COVID-19
- prisoners and corrections workers who died of COVID-19-related causes
- policies and practices adopted by state departments of corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Register now for BJS?s workshop on Analyzing Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference. The workshop will introduce new and potential data users to the types of information available through the NCVS, offer an overview of the survey structure and sample design, and provide hands-on training to assist in properly analyzing the NCVS public-use data. Participants will learn how to?
- replicate key estimates published through the annual Criminal Victimization bulletin and available through the NCVS Dashboard (N-DASH)
- analyze the available NCVS supplement data files
- highlight different types of research questions that can be addressed with the core and supplement data.
Space is limited, and registration is required. Send your name, affiliation, and preferred email address to [email protected].
Office of Justice Programs Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon announced that President Biden has appointed Dr. Alexis R. Piquero as Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics.?
BJS is pleased to announce Grace Kena as the new chief of the Publications and Dissemination Unit.
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