NIJ FY22 National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program

Overview

<p>OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. </p> <p>With this solicitation, NIJ, in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), seeks proposals for funding to support and enhance the National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program (NJJDAP) through the assembly of juvenile justice-related datasets; innovative analysis of, and reports on, complex data and issues; and dissemination strategies through publications and online resources that advance the relevance, utility, and accessibility of national juvenile justice data for the juvenile justice community and the public. The NJJDAP produces vital statistical information to the field regarding juvenile risk behaviors, juvenile victimization, juvenile offending, and the juvenile justice system’s response to law-violating behavior. The successful applicant will also work collaboratively with NIJ and OJJDP to make significant advances in the way these data are analyzed and made available through new and innovative dissemination strategies and tools that facilitate access to, and use of, juvenile justice-related data to inform juvenile justice policy and practice at the federal, state, and local levels.</p> <p>Among other factors in making award decisions, NIJ will consider to what degree an award will introduce new and innovative perspectives to this important area of research. NIJ will also consider how an award may broaden the pool of researchers and research entities involved in advancing the relevance, utility, and accessibility of national juvenile justice data.</p> <p><strong>Goals</strong> <br>The goal of this program is to analyze and disseminate comprehensive statistical information on juvenile risk behaviors, juvenile victimization and offending, and the juvenile justice system’s response to law-violating behavior and related issues to facilitate greater access to and use of data by the juvenile justice community and the public.</p> <p><strong>The primary objectives of this solicitation include the following:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Identify and assess national data sets that collect information on juvenile and criminal justice, victimization, offending, risk factors, and related issues.</li> <li>Analyze, interpret, and publish available data on juvenile populations, their victimization, offending, and risk factors relevant to current juvenile justice policy and practice needs and public interest.</li> <li>Analyze, interpret, and publish information from OJJDP-sponsored statistical data collections, not limited to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and the Juvenile Residential Facility Census.</li> <li>Analyze, interpret, and publish information on juveniles involved in the justice system from other national data collection programs (e.g. the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System [NIBRS]).</li> <li>Work with the OJJDP-sponsored National Juvenile Court Data Archive[1] to disseminate juvenile court data via publications and online data analysis tools, including Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics[2] and Easy Access to State and County Juvenile Court Case Counts.[3]</li> <li>Update and develop new content to populate the OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book and other webpages as required by NIJ and OJJDP to inform the public, with relevant and timely juvenile justice statistical information, including data tables, charts, maps, and interactive data analysis tools.[4] The successful applicant will have, or gain, familiarity with OJP’s Drupal-based web content management system, which is maintained by a separate information technology vendor, and demonstrate the ability to work with a variety of analytic tools including those hosted on OJP platforms (e.g. Socrata and Tableau). The successful applicant will work closely with NIJ, OJJDP, and OJP’s technology vendor to post and/or transfer all necessary files to populate statistical content on OJJDP’s website. Applicants are encouraged to recommend strategies for structuring, updating, and transferring data that will increase the utility, relevancy, and timeliness of the data for the users of OJJDP’s website.</li> <li>Obtain input from stakeholders in the juvenile justice community on new topics, products, or data visualizations that address unfilled information needs and develop recommendations for NIJ and OJJDP based on that input.</li> <li>Develop recommendations for NIJ and OJJDP to enhance users’ access and experiences with juvenile justice statistical information, including but not limited to the presentation of key findings, data visualizations, and other related information on topical and program area pages.</li> <li>Respond, in coordination with NIJ and OJJDP, to information requests regarding juvenile justice-related statistics and analyses from practitioners, policymakers, media, researchers, and the public.</li> <li>Work with other federal agencies and Department of Justice grantees involved in statistical data collection activities through periodic working group meetings and collaborative projects (e.g., joint analyses, presentations, and publications).</li> </ul>