Published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), this report describes the similarities and differences between crime estimates derived from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), sponsored by BJS, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).  The NCVS and NIBRS measure a set of crime offenses that overlap but are not identical, which leads to differences in estimates between the two data sources.  The NCVS interviews victims on crimes both reported and not reported to police, while NIBRS collects data on crimes recorded by law enforcement agencies.  Taken together, these two measures of crime provide a more comprehensive picture of crime in the United States.

On Thursday, October 6, 2022, the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) announced a new $9.8 million award under the Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) program to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University to provide multi-disciplinary, scenario-based active shooter training to first responders.  The PASS program provides funds for scenario-based training that prepares officers and other first responders to handle active-shooter and other violent threats safely and effectively.

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators, this webinar will discuss the risk factors, prevalence, and interventions—including community responses—related to people with traumatic brain injuries.  There will be a focus on brain injuries among people in the criminal justice system to help participants understand environmental factors and strategies for identification, support, and referral.  The webinar will cover available resources for people living with traumatic brain injuries and for providers working with this population.

When:  Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Time:  2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., ET

Published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), this report contains recently released updated crime statistics for all of 2021 via its National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Also in this release, the FBI has compiled a report comparing the 2020 and 2021 NIBRS crime data.  Some of the highlights include:

• Overall violent crime volume decreased 1.0% for the nation from 1,326,600 in 2020 to 1,313,200 in 2021, which was up 5.6% from 2019.
• The number of murders increased from 22,000 in 2020 to 22,900 in 2021.  This constitutes an increase of 4.3% on top of the 29.4% increase in 2020.
• From 2020 to 2021, the robbery rate decreased 8.9%, which heavily contributed to the decrease in overall violent crime despite increases in murder and rape rates at the national level.
• The volume of drug-related offenses increased compared to 2020 in every category except for marijuana/hashish.

Hosted by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this webinar will show how parallel investigation techniques commence with a review of tactics and strategies that can be introduced in related fraud inquiries.  The importance of protecting the tradecraft deployed and the use of open and closed source research will be discussed, to include comparable techniques used in covert sensitive investigations.  Money laundering utilizing virtual, or cryptocurrency will be featured to examine current tradecraft.  Additionally, this presentation will include discussion of the impact on non-profits as well as a look at mortgage fraud.  Supporting case studies will highlight the merit of covert/sensitive law enforcement investigative techniques.  The presentation will emphasize the link between tax avoidance, money laundering, and terrorist funding.  Finally, proper legislation and an effective suspicious-transaction reporting process will complete the program.

When:  Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Time:  12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m., ET