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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Office of Justice Programs
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|Mission=The Office of Justice Programs aims to provide federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and reduce crime, improve the criminal and juvenile justice systems, increase access to justice, and assist victims. It works to achieve these goals through innovative research, funding, and support for evidence-based practices.
|ParentOrganization=United States Department of Justice
|CreationLegislation=Justice Assistance Act of 1984
|Employees=700
|Budget=$4.3 billion (Fiscal Year 2023)
|OrganizationExecutive=Assistant Attorney General
|Services=Grants administration; Research and statistics; Policy development; Training and technical assistance
|HeadquartersLocation=38.90225, -77.00874
|HeadquartersAddress=999 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20531, USA
|Website=https://www.ojp.gov/
}}
{{Short description|The US federal government's main crime prevention research arm}}

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|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|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 (Office of Justice Programs)]] (OA)
*[[Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Office of Justice Programs)]] (OCFO)
*[[Office of the Chief Information Officer Office of Justice Programs)]] (OCIO) - https://ojp.gov/about/offices/ocio.htm
*[[Office for Civil Rights (Office of Justice Programs)]] (OCR)
*[[Office of General Counsel (Office of Justice Programs)]] (OGC)
*[[Office of Communications (Office of Justice Programs)]] (OCOM)
*[[Equal Employment Opportunity Office (Office of Justice Programs)]] (EEO)
*[[Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management (Office of Justice Programs)]] (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==
{{Reflist}}

==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]]