Office of Justice Programs in the United States

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) was established by the
Justice Assistance Act of 1984 and reauthorized in 1994 to provide
Federal leadership, coordination, and assistance needed to make the Nation’s
justice system more ef?cient and effective in preventing and controlling
crime. OJP is responsible for collecting statistical data and conducting
analyses; identifying emerging criminal justice issues; developing and testing
promising approaches to address these issues; evaluating program results;
and disseminating these ?ndings and other information to State and local
governments

The Office is comprised of the following bureaus and of?ces: the Bureau
of Justice Assistance provides funding, training, and technical assistance to
State and local governments to combat violent and drug-related crime and help
improve the criminal justice system; the Bureau of Justice Statistics is responsible
for collecting and analyzing data on crime, criminal offenders, crime victims,
and the operations of justice systems at all levels of government; the National
Institute of Justice sponsors research and development programs, conducts
demonstrations of innovative approaches to improve criminal justice, and develops
new criminal justice technologies; the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention provides grants and contracts to States to help them
improve their juvenile justice systems and sponsors innovative research,
demonstration, evaluation, statistics, replication, technical assistance, and
training programs to help improve the Nation’s understanding of and response
to juvenile violence and delinquency; the Office for Victims of Crime administers
victim compensation and assistance grant programs and provides funding, training,
and technical assistance to victim service organizations, criminal justice agencies,
and other professionals to improve the Nation’s response to crime victims; the
Drug Courts Program Office supports the development, implementation, and
improvement of drug courts through technical assistance and training
and grants to State, local, or tribal governments and courts; the Corrections
Program Office provides financial and technical assistance to State and local
governments to implement correctionsrelated programs including correctional
facility construction and correctionsbased drug treatment programs; the
Executive Office for Weed and Seed helps communities build stronger, safer
neighborhoods by implementing the weed and seed strategy, a communitybased,
multidisciplinary approach to combating crime; the Office for State
and Local Domestic Preparedness Support is responsible for enhancing the
capacity of State and local jurisdictions to prepare for and respond to incidents
of domestic terrorism involving chemical and biological agents, radiological and
explosive devices, and other weapons of mass destruction; and the Office of
the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education provides college educational
assistance to students who commit to public service in law enforcement, and
scholarships with no service commitment to dependents of law enforcement
of?cers who died in the line of duty.

For further information, contact the Department of Justice Response Center. Phone, 800–421–6770. Email, askojp@ojp.usdoj.gov. Internet, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov.