ANNOUNCEMENT ARCHIVE

New BJS Working Paper Series
BJS has established a Criminal Justice Working Papers (CJWP) series, which provides preliminary analysis of substantive, technical, and methodological issues. These papers are works in progress designed to encourage discussion, promote the sharing of relevant findings and knowledge in a timely manner, contribute to scholarly debate, solicit constructive feedback on the research, and inform continuing work in the topic area. The views expressed in a working paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of BJS or the U.S. Department of Justice. The authors accept responsibility for errors. Access detailed guidelines for the BJS Working Paper Series and read the first paper, Federal Sentencing Disparity: 2005–2012.

National Center for Health Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics announce fellowship opportunity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is seeking a full-time Associate Service Fellow to work on the National Survey of Hospital Victim Services (NSHVS). NCHS and BJS have partnered to conduct the NSHVS, which seeks to estimate the number of hospitals that provide services to victims of crime, the types of services provided, the staffing allocated to provide these services, and the types and number of victims served. The Fellow will assist with all aspects of survey design and implementation, data collection and analysis, and writing and publishing reports. Applications are due by November 6, 2015. For additional fellowship details, please visit the CDC website.

Bureau of Justice Statistics proposes generic information collection clearance
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) encourages comments for 60 days until December 7, 2015, on a generic information collection clearance that will allow BJS to conduct a variety of cognitive, pilot, and field test studies.
Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), published in the Federal Register, should address points such as —

Bureau of Justice Statistics proposes revisions to ASJ, DCRP, and SJIC
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) encourages comments for 60 days until November 3, 2015, on proposed revisions to the Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ), Death in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) - Local Jails, Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC), and DCRP - Prisons
Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), published in the Federal Register, should address one or more of the following four points —

BJS announces 60-day notice for proposed New Collection: Body Worn Camera Supplement (BWCS) to the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey
The Bureau of Justice Statistics encourages comments for 60 days until October 30, 2015, on a proposed New Collection: Body Worn Camera Supplement (BWCS) to the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey.
Your comments to BJS’s requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), published in the Federal Register, should address one or more of the following four points —