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Current solicitations

State Justice Statistics Program, 2004 contains application information and guidelines for the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs). Applicant agencies must be authorized by State legislation or executive order. For funding in FY 2004, applications should be received by BJS no later than June 15, 2004. Applications received after June 15th may be deferred until the next fiscal year, beginning October 1, 2004.
BJS is soliciting applications through the National Criminal History Improvement Program Fiscal Year 2004 Program Announcement that includes application information, program priorities, and guidelines. Applicants agencies must be designated by the Governor to administer the NCHIP program and must apply electronically through the OJP Grant Management System (GMS) by April 30, 2004 to be eligible for funding from the FY 2004 appropriation.

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Applications and forms

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BJS funding programs

Criminal justice statistics programs | Assistance to State, local and Tribal governments

Criminal justice statistics programs

Data collection and processing

BJS maintains nearly three dozen major statistical series designed to cover each stage of the criminal justice system. A description of the various BJS data series can be found under the topical references on the BJS home page. The U.S. Census Bureau carries out the majority of BJS’s data collection activities. However, BJS conducts several statistical programs for which other non-profit organizations serve as BJS data collection agents. BJS periodically announces solicitations for these programs in the Federal Register and current solicitations are listed at the top of this page.

Statistical and methodological research

BJS conducts, supports, and implements methodological research and initiatives designed to improve the quality of justice statistics, records, and information systems.

BJS, in partnership with the American Statistical Association, sponsors research projects designed to foster improvements in the methods used to obtain, analyze, and report national-level data on crime and criminal justice. Each year new topics for methodological research are identified by BJS and ASA. Solicitations for new research projects are announced on an ongoing basis, with proposals accepted twice each year: March 15^th and October 15^th.

The BJS Visiting Fellows Program promotes criminal justice statistical research among the academic and professional justice community. Visiting Fellows participate in a specifically designed research project of particular operational relevance to the national or international justice system. The program offers criminal justice researchers an opportunity to have a significant impact on specific BJS projects as well as a chance to examine innovative approaches to the analysis and dissemination of BJS data.

Assistance to State, local and tribal governments

Developing capabilities in criminal justice statistics

State Justice Statistics (SJS) Program for Statistical Analysis Centers offers technical and financial support to States to establish and maintain a State-level capacity to collect, analyze and report statistics on crime and justice in order to contribute to effective State policies and programs and to participate in national data series. Through the creation of Statistical Analysis Centers, or SAC’s, BJS encourages analyses of evolving criminal justice topics of interest within the State using data gathered from State and local agencies and promotes statistical inquiries into improved measures of crime incidence and prevalence.

Program Application Guidelines Fiscal Year 2004

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The Tribal Justice Statistics Assistance Center (TJSAC), sponsored by BJS and operated by the Justice Research and Statistics Association, works with Federally-recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes to develop and/or improve tribal justice agencies' abilities to generate and use criminal and civil justice statistics. TJSAC will assist tribal jurisdictions to participate in –

national data collections such as the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program;
OJP-conducted data collections related to corrections, criminal victimization, court processing, and juvenile justice statistics; and
national law enforcement data systems such as the FBI's National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) and the National Protection Order File.
Tribes seeking assistance are encouraged to contact the Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA).

Improving justice records and information systems

National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) provides financial and technical support to States in improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history records and enhancing records of protective orders involving domestic violence and stalking, sex offender records, automated identification systems and other State systems supporting national records systems and their use for background checks.

National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Implementation Program assists States and local jurisdictions in improving their ability to measure crime and report crime information at the national-level. The program provides financial and technical assistance to States in their efforts to convert to the FBI’s new crime reporting system, NIBRS – a more sophisticated system of incident-based data detailing many of the elements of crime recorded at the scene by the investigating officer.

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