Editing Office of Justice Programs

{{Short description|The US federal government's main crime prevention research arm}}
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|formed          = {{Start date and age|1984}}
|jurisdiction    = [[Federal government of the United States]]
|headquarters    = <br />810 [[7th Street (Washington, D.C.)|7th Street]] [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.|NW]]<br />[[Washington, D.C.]], United States
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|chief1_name     = Brent Cohen, Acting Assistant Attorney General
|chief2_name     = Maureen Henneberg
|chief2_position = Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Operations and Management
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The '''Office of Justice Programs''' ('''OJP''') is an agency of the [[United States Department of Justice]] that focuses on crime prevention through [[research and development]], assistance to state, local, and [[Native Americans in the United States|tribal]] [[criminal justice]] agencies, including [[Law enforcement agency|law enforcement]], [[corrections]], and [[Juvenile delinquency|juvenile justice]] through [[Federal grant|grants]] and assistance to crime victims.

The Office of Justice Programs is headed by an [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]].<ref name= leadership>{{cite web |title= Leadership |work= Office of Justice Programs |publisher= United States Department of Justice |access-date= November 13, 2014 |url= http://ojp.gov/about/leadership.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170107032746/https://ojp.gov/about/leadership.htm |archive-date= January 7, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Brent Cohen is the Acting Assistant Attorney General.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ojp.gov/about/offices/oaag.htm|title=Office of Justice Programs - Office of Assistant Attorney General|date=January 30, 2017|website=ojp.gov|publisher=Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>  OJP's Assistant Attorney General is responsible for the overall management and oversight of the office.

==History==
In 1968, the [[Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] (LEAA) was established under the [[Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968|Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act]]; LEAA was abolished in 1982. Its predecessor agency was the Office of Law Enforcement Assistance (1965–1968). The LEAA was succeeded by the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics (1982–1984).<ref>{{cite web|title=Records of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration|url=https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/423.html|access-date=2007-06-10|publisher=National Archives}}</ref> In 1984, the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics became the Office of Justice Programs with the enactment of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Office of Justice Programs|url=http://www.ncjp.org/saas/ojp|access-date=2016-08-03|publisher=National Criminal Justice Association Center for Justice Planning}}</ref>

==Organization==

===Leadership===
*Office of the [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]]

===Program offices===
*[[Bureau of Justice Assistance]] (BJA)
*[[Bureau of Justice Statistics]] (BJS)
*[[National Institute of Justice]] (NIJ)
*[[Office for Victims of Crime]] (OVC)
*[[Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention]] (OJJDP)
*[[Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking]] (SMART)

===Business offices===
*Office of Administration (OA)
*Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
* [https://ojp.gov/about/offices/ocio.htm Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)]
*Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
*Office of General Counsel (OGC)
*Office of Communications (OCOM)
*Equal Employment Opportunity Office (EEO)
*Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management (OAAM)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ojp.gov/about/about.htm|title=About the Office of Justice Programs|website=ojp.gov|publisher=Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Sex offender registries in the United States]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website}}
* [https://www.usaspending.gov/federal_account/015-0404 State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance] account on [[USAspending.gov]]
* [https://www.usaspending.gov/federal_account/015-0405 Juvenile Justice Programs] account on USAspending.gov

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[[Category:Criminal justice]]
[[Category:United States Department of Justice agencies]]