- U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awards nearly $18 million to combat violence due to methamphetamine, heroin and gangs
Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates today announced nearly $18 million in COPS Office grant funding aimed at addressing and reducing violent crime through programs focused on methamphetamine use and production, the distribution of heroin and…
- 2015-09-28 00:00 -
- Justice Department announces more than $2 million for smart policing initiative
Deputy Attorney General Sally W. Yates today announced that the Justice Department has awarded more than $2 million in funding for the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI).
- 2015-09-28 00:00 -
- Justice Department expands violence reduction network to five new sites
Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates and Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced that five new cities will join the Violence Reduction Network (VRN), a comprehensive approach to reducing vio…
- 2015-09-28 00:00 -
- 17.6 Million U.S. Residents Experienced Identity Theft in 2014
An estimated 17.6 million persons, or about 7 percent of U.S. residents age 16 or older, were victims of at least one incident of identity theft in 2014, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.
- 2015-09-27 00:00 -
- Justice department announces $17 million in awards to support sex offender registration, assessment, intervention
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced more than $17 million in Fiscal Year 2015 grant assistance for states, territories and tribal governments to use in implementing and enhancing sex offender programmin…
- 2015-09-24 00:00 -
- 11 percent of prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested in another state within 5 years
An estimated 11 percent of nearly 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested at least once in another state within five years of release, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.
- 2015-09-24 00:00 -
- Justice department to hold violence reduction network summit opening ceremony and media engagement
The U.S. Department of Justice will kick off the Second Annual Violence Reduction Network (VRN) Summit on Monday, September 28, 2015.
- 2015-09-23 00:00 -
- Justice department awards over $23 million in funding for body worn camera pilot program to support law enforcement agencies in 32 states
As part of President Obama’s commitment to building trust and transparency between law enforcement and the communities they serve, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today announced that the Justice Department has awarded grants totaling more than $…
- 2015-09-22 00:00 -
- Approximately 6 in 10 children witnessed or experienced violence, crime or abuse in 2011
Nearly 58 percent (57.7 percent) of children and adolescents were exposed to some type of violence at least once and more than 41 percent (41.2 percent) were victims of some type of assault in the past year—with approximately 1 in 10 physically inj…
- 2015-09-16 00:00 -
- OJJDP releases research on youth’s mental health needs and long-term outcomes after detention
Today the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) released four research bulletins based on findings from the Northwestern Juvenile Project, which investigates the mental health needs and long-term outcomes of juvenile detainees…
- 2015-09-08 00:00 -
