Annual Reports and Reports to Congress

Find annual and other legislated reports by year:

2024 —

• Understanding and Reducing Deaths in Custody: Final Research Report
• Understanding and Reducing Deaths in Custody: Interim Summary Report
• First Step Act Annual Report, June 2024, U.S. Department of Justice

2023 —

• 2023 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• NamUs Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report
• FY 2023 OJP Correctional Education Evaluation
• Annual Evaluation Plan, Fiscal Year, 2023, U.S. Department of Justice
• FY 2022 Report for Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2022 Women in Federal Incarceration

2022 —

• 2022 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• NamUs Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report
• FY 2022 Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement for the Committee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
• Annual Evaluation Plan, Fiscal Year, 2022, U.S. Department of Justice
• FY 2022 Report for Committees on Appropriations Native Hawaiians in the Criminal Justice System
• National Institute of Justice Literature Review and Data Analysis on Deaths in Custody, Report to Congress
• FY 2022 Report for Committees on Appropriations Native Hawaiians in the Criminal Justice System
• First Step Act Annual Report, April 2022, U.S. Department of Justice
  • 2022 Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool

2021 —

• 2021 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2021 Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool
• FY 2021 Report to the Committees on the Judiciary on the Study of Investigative Factors Related to Online Child Exploitation Report
• FY 2021 Report to the Committees on Appropriations: Research on School Resource Officer Programs
  • Related Report: School Policing Programs: Where We Have Been and Where We Need To Go Next

2020 —

• 2020 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• The Attorney General's First Step Act Section 3634 Annual Report
  • 2020 Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool
  • First Step Act Implementation Fiscal Year 2020 90-Day Report
• FY 2020 Report to the Committees on Appropriations Formerly Incarcerated Women and Reentry: Trends, Challenges, and Recommendations for Research and Policy
• A Comprehensive School Safety Framework: Report to the Committees on Appropriations
• STOP School Violence Initiative Metrics: FY 2020 Report to the Committees on Appropriations

2019 —

• 2019 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2019 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program

2018 —

• 2018 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2018 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program

2017 —

• 2017 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2017 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
• Fiscal Year 2017 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities
• The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative: FY 2017 Report to Congress

2016 —

• 2016 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2016 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
• Fiscal Year 2016 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities 

2015 —

• 2015 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2015 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
• Fiscal Year 2015 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities
• The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative: 2015 Report to Congress 

2014 —

• 2014 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2014 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
  • 2014 Abstracts
• Funding for Fiscal Year 2014 DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities
• Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Report

2013 —

• 2013 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2013 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
  • 2013 Abstracts
• Funding for Fiscal Year 2013 DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities (pdf, 12 pages)

2012 —

• 2012 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2012 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
  • 2012 Abstracts
• Funding for Fiscal Year 2012 DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities 

2011 —

• 2011 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2011 DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 Report to Congress
• 2011 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
  • 2011 Abstracts

2010 —

• 2010 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2010 DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 Report to Congress
• 2010 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
  • 2010 Abstracts (xls, 399 KB)

2009 —

• 2009 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2009 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
  • 2009 Abstracts (xls, 236 KB)

2008 —

• 2008 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2008 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
  • 2008 Abstracts (xls, 217 KB)

2007 —

• 2007 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2007 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
  • 2007 Abstracts

2006 —

• 2006 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2006 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants Program
  • 2006 Awards (xls, 96 KB)

2005 —

• 2005 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2005 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants Program
  • 2005 Abstracts (xls, 91 KB)

2004 —

• 2005 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants Program
• 2004 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2004 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants Program

2003 —

• 2003 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2003 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants Program

2002 —

• 2002 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• 2002 Report on the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants Program

2001 —

• 2001 NIJ Annual Report to Congress

2000 —

• 2000 NIJ Annual Report to Congress

1999 —

• 1999 NIJ Annual Report to Congress

1998 —

• 1998 NIJ Annual Report to Congress 

1997 —

• 1997 NIJ Annual Report to Congress

1996 —

• 1996 NIJ Annual Report to Congress

1995 —

• 1995 NIJ Annual Report to Congress
• Confidentiality of Communications Between Sexual Assault or Domestic Violence Victims and Their Counselors: Findings and Model Legislation

Historic Reports —

• National Institute of Justice: Annual Report, 1991-1992
• Justice System Improvement Act Agencies - Second Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1981
• Justice System Improvement Act Agencies - First Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1980
• Quest for Justice - A Report on a National Institute of Justice (1973)
• National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice: History, Charter, Organization, and Philosophy (1968)
• Compendium of the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Regulations (1968)