The report describes NIJ and related financial data as well as growth in funding and collaborative activities since 1994. An overview of the year includes data on basic and applied research, technology development, testing new ideas and technology, expanding the horizons, sharing knowledge and documents published. In addition, the report details awards made in fiscal year 1998 in 16 topic areas: Corrections, Courts, Crime Mapping, Crime Prevention, Drugs and Crime, Information Dissemination and General Support, International Crime, Policing, Public Housing and Crime, Schools, Sentencing, Technology Development, Victimization and Victim Services, Violence, Youth and Gangs. NIJ staff published or presented papers and reports concerning international comparisons of drug use among arrestees, law enforcement agencies’ use of geocoding and geographic analysis, the role of women in the criminal justice system, victimization and personal fraud, and the effects of pepper spray. Figures, notes, appendixes