National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Following are resources from OJP program offices and federal sponsors:
- Special Feature: Family Violence
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Children Exposed to Violence
Funding
View the latest funding opportunity from the Bureau of Justice Assistance:
- Comprehensive Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Program | BJA | Due: 11/25/20
- Addressing Substance Use Disorders in America's Jails: Clinical Guidelines for Withdrawal Management Solicitation | BJA | Due: 10/28/20
Webinar:
Responding to America's Communities: Comprehensive Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Program | BJA
November 10, 2020, 2 p.m. ET
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LEADS Class of 2020
NIJ has selected its new class of law enforcement and civilian scholars for the Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) program. The 2020 scholars come from 14 departments across 9 U.S. states in, and two from law enforcement agencies in Canada. Meet the Scholars
38th Annual National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest Now Open
OJJDP invites fifth graders to participate in the 38th Annual National Missing Children's Day poster contest.
Virtual Consultations on FY21 Crime Victims Fund Tribal Set-Aside Formula Program
The Office for Victims of Crime invites tribal leaders, representatives, and stakeholders to participate in the Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund for Fiscal Year 2021.
- November 17: Virtual Consultation Sessions
- November 18: Virtual Consultation Sessions
- View Framing Paper
New Release: Violent Victimization by Race or Ethnicity, 2005-2019
This report provides official estimates of criminal victimizations from BJS's National Crime Victimization Survey. It provides the rate and number of violent victimizations from 2005 to 2019 by victim race or ethnicity. Access Report and Data Tables
Publications
- Violent Victimization by Race or Ethnicity, 2005-2019
- National Consortium on Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide Final Report
- Prisoners In 2019
- Jail-Specific Data Analysis - Considerations for Jail Analysts
- Jails in Indian Country, 2017-2018
Online Resources
- Twenty Years of Progress in the Anti-Trafficking Movement
- Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against Extremism
- Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan and Office for Victims of Crime Director Jessica E. Hart Recognize Domestic Violence Month at a Law Enforcement and Domestic Violence Roundtable
- Justice Department Invests More Than $43 Million in Research That Supports Public Safety Practices