Criminal Justice Statistics
If you are researching statistics about crime, victims, law enforcement, courts, and corrections, you've come to the right webpage.

Police Officers Get Vested (Literally) Via the Net
It's a fact: Bulletproof vests save the lives of law enforcement officials. In 1998, Congress began allocating funds to state and local law enforcement agencies to help them buy bulletproof vests. The program had to be designed for efficiency and speed and it is. The Department of Justice is administering the program entirely on the web.

Cyber Sleuths Bust Cyber Swindlers
Drawn to the anonymity and low cost of webpages and e-mails, the ranks of cyber swindlers are steadily growing. But Federal Communications Commission investigators are turning the tables on these Internet con artists.

How to Report
Internet-Related Crime
Report Internet-related crime, like any other crime, to appropriate law enforcement investigative authorities at the local, state, federal, or international levels, depending on the scope of the crime. This Department of Justice site tells you how.

Dick Tracy Joins the FBI
Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and comic strip hero Dick Tracy worked together to catch dangerous fugitives.

We're Looking for Stories

Federal workers are doing amazing things to deliver government services electronically. Access America E-Gov E-Zine wants to tell these stories.

We are looking for stories about federal agencies, or multi-agency partnerships, that are addressing the information technology needs of our Nation's criminal justice community.

These stories can be short, as in a "byte" of about 150 words, or they can be longer feature stories. Write feature stories in plain language with quotes from customers who experience the service electronically and quotes from federal employees and their partners who deliver the service.

Include a contact person with phone number and email address. Send your stories to pat.wood@npr.gov or pat.smith@gsa.gov. If you need more information, call Pat Wood, National Partnership for Reinventing Government, (202) 694-0063. Please pass this request along to others who may be interested.