OpportunityTitle: Comparisons of Criminal History Information Systems in the United States and Other Nations (CCHIS)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are national, regional, state, or local public and private entities, including for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, tribal nonprofit or for-profit 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 must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign institutions of higher education are not eligible to apply; however, an eligible applicant may subcontract with such entities if they can be shown to provide qualified support for this project.
Description: The criminal history information system is maintained in the U.S. by tens of thousands of law enforcement agencies, courts, corrections systems, state and federal repositories. It is used as a primary information resource by criminal justice professionals for a wide variety of reasons, by others to conduct background checks and by researchers to understand the nature of criminal careers and the effect of interventions on criminal behavior. Little is known about how the U.S. criminal history systems compares with those in other industrialize nations. This project will help to fill this information gap and in doing so provide insight into possible improvements of the U.S. system.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: askbjs@usdoj.gov&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Matt.Durose@usdoj.gov&lt;br/&gt;