National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2018-19
On September 4, 2003, President George W.
Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79).
The act requires BJS to âcarry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape.â The act further instructs BJS to collect survey data:
ââ¦the Bureau shallâ¦use surveys and other statistical studies of current and former inmatesâ¦.â The law was passed in part to overcome a shortage of available research on the incidence and prevalence of sexual violence in correctional facilities.
To implement the act, BJS developed the National Prison Rape Statistics Program (NPRS), which includes four separate data collection efforts:
the Survey on Sexual Victimization (SSV, formerly Survey of Sexual Violence), National Inmate Survey (NIS), National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC), and National Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS).
Each of these collections is independent and, while not directly comparable, they provide measures of the prevalence and characteristics of sexual assault in correctional facilities.
The SSV collects information about incidents of sexual violence reported to and investigated by adult and juvenile correctional authorities and characteristics of substantiated incidents.
The NIS collects allegations of sexual assault self-reported by adult and juvenile inmates in correctional facilities.
The NSYC gathers self-reported sexual assault data from youth in juvenile correctional facilities.
The NFPS measures allegations of sexual assault experienced during a personâs last incarceration, as reported by former inmates under community active supervision.
This award will provide funding through a cooperative agreement for a collection agent to administer the fourth round of the NIS (NIS-4).
The NIS is an Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) instrument administered to inmates in correctional facilities to measure the prevalence of sexual assault at the facility level.
Project activities include drawing a national sample of federal and state-operated prison facilities and privately operated prison facilities that house inmates under federal or state jurisdiction; administering the survey to sampled inmates in these facilities; and conducting all data collection, analyses, and reporting activities.
Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79).
The act requires BJS to âcarry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape.â The act further instructs BJS to collect survey data:
ââ¦the Bureau shallâ¦use surveys and other statistical studies of current and former inmatesâ¦.â The law was passed in part to overcome a shortage of available research on the incidence and prevalence of sexual violence in correctional facilities.
To implement the act, BJS developed the National Prison Rape Statistics Program (NPRS), which includes four separate data collection efforts:
the Survey on Sexual Victimization (SSV, formerly Survey of Sexual Violence), National Inmate Survey (NIS), National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC), and National Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS).
Each of these collections is independent and, while not directly comparable, they provide measures of the prevalence and characteristics of sexual assault in correctional facilities.
The SSV collects information about incidents of sexual violence reported to and investigated by adult and juvenile correctional authorities and characteristics of substantiated incidents.
The NIS collects allegations of sexual assault self-reported by adult and juvenile inmates in correctional facilities.
The NSYC gathers self-reported sexual assault data from youth in juvenile correctional facilities.
The NFPS measures allegations of sexual assault experienced during a personâs last incarceration, as reported by former inmates under community active supervision.
This award will provide funding through a cooperative agreement for a collection agent to administer the fourth round of the NIS (NIS-4).
The NIS is an Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) instrument administered to inmates in correctional facilities to measure the prevalence of sexual assault at the facility level.
Project activities include drawing a national sample of federal and state-operated prison facilities and privately operated prison facilities that house inmates under federal or state jurisdiction; administering the survey to sampled inmates in these facilities; and conducting all data collection, analyses, and reporting activities.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Program Announcement
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are national, regional, state, or local public and private entities, for-profit and nonprofit organizations (including tribal for-profit and nonprofit organizations), faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, and units of local government that support initiatives to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system.
For-profit organizations (as well as other recipients) must forgo any profit or management fee.
Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign institutions of higher education are not eligible to apply.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/nis41819sol.pdf
Contact:
askbjs@usdoj.govJessica.Stroop@usdoj.gov
Agency Email Description:
General Information
Agency Email:
Jessica.Stroop@usdoj.gov
Date Posted:
2017-06-26
Application Due Date:
2017-07-26
Archive Date:
2017-07-31
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