Description

This opportunity from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) funds a single awardee to assist in converting state- and federal-specific criminal history record fields into standardized research datasets for statistical analysis. The recipient will support BJS in enhancing national recidivism statistics and developing research projects using criminal history data from the FBI and state repositories. The project will build on previous CHRARP efforts, refining crosswalk tables, improving data coding accuracy, and performing in-depth analyses of the content and structure of criminal history records across jurisdictions. The work will include developing methods for data standardization, documenting data quality issues, and producing research extracts and technical documentation to support BJS’s mission.