Crime prevention

Learn about BJA-supported efforts and initiatives that work to reduce firearm accidents and misuse.

Coordinated by BJA, the U.S. Department of Justice's National Public Safety Partnership was launched to help communities suffering from serious violent crime problems to build up their capacity to fight crime.

This program was created to assist states in building, implementing, and improving victim notification capacity.

This initiative seeks to enable police agencies to effectively use evidence-based practices, data, and technology.

Designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime, this program's effectiveness depends upon the ongoing coordination, cooperation, and partnerships of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies working together with the communities they serve and engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney in all 94 districts.

NMVTIS is designed to prevent various types of automobile theft and fraud by providing an electronic means for verifying and exchanging title, brand, theft, and other data among state motor vehicle titling agencies, law enforcement officials, consumers, and other authorized users of the system.

This program is designed to assist state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in preventing and reducing intellectual property theft and related crime.

The Defense Procurement Fraud Debarment (DPFD) Clearinghouse is the single point of contact for contractors or subcontractors of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to promptly confirm whether potential employees have been convicted of fraud or any other felony arising out of a contract with DoD.