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Press Releases 2006

12/28/06 Intimate Partner Violence Declined Between 1993 and 2004
12/15/06 Department of Justice Awards Police Athletic League and Boys and Girls Clubs Chapters in New Orleans
12/10/06 The Number of Death Row Inmates Declined for Fifth Straight Year During 2005
12/08/06 Department of Justices Announces Initiative to Combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
12/03/06 Serious Violent Crime at School Continues to Fall
11/30/06 One in Every 32 Adults Was in a Prison, Jail, on Probation, or on Parole at the End of 2005
11/28/06 Department of Justice Announces New Tribal Justice and Safety Web Site
11/19/06 HIV-Positive State and Federal Prisoners Decreased for a Fifth Consecutive Year
10/16/06 Department of Justice Announces Funding to Public Safety Officers for Bulletproof Vests
10/11/06 Methamphetamine Use Increasing Among State and Federal Prisoners
10/10/06 Department of Justice Announces Over $1 Million in Awards to Enforce Underage Drinking Laws
10/06/06 International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program Now Accepting Applications
10/05/06 Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Web Site Memorializes Sex Offender Victim
10/03/06 Attorney General Gonzales Announces Enhanced Programs to Combat Human Trafficking
09/27/06 Justice Awards $11 Million to Enhance State Criminal Justice Records
09/21/06 Department of Justice Awards Over $12 Million to States to Reduce Inmate Recidivism
09/11/06 Department of Justice Issues Guidance for the Use of DNA Identification in Mass Disasters
09/10/06 Violent Crime Rate Unchanged During 2005 Theft Rate Declined
09/06/06 Study Finds More Than Half of All Prison and Jail Inmates Have Mental Health Problems
08/30/06 The Nation's Federal Criminal Justice Caseload Grew Substantially During Ten-Year Period
08/15/06 Department of Justice Announces Over $15 Million to Support Anti-crime Community Efforts
08/08/06 Department of Justice Officials to Host a Press Roundtable on Child Exploitation Issues With the National Center For Missing & Exploited Children
08/06/06 Study Finds More Than Half of All Convicted Violent Felons Had a Prior Record
07/30/06 Corrections Officials Reported More Than 6,200 Sexual Violations in the Nation's Prisons and Jails During 2005
07/19/06 Department of Justice Initiates Talks About Bringing AMBER Alert to Indian Country
07/06/06 Approximately 15 Percent of State Civil Trials Are Appealed, According to Justice Department Report
07/03/06 All 50 States Linked to Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Registry Web Site
06/25/06 Citizens Complained More Than 26,000 Times in 2002 About Excessive Police Force - Evidence in About 8 Percent of Complaints Justified Disciplinary Action
06/16/06 Department of Justice Issues New Study About Drug Courts
06/13/06 U.S. Department of Justice Awards $400,000 to Massachusetts to Combat Internet Crimes Against Children
06/13/06 U.S. Department of Justice Awards $400,000 to Alabama to Combat Internet Crimes Against Children
06/06/06 Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Announces Nearly $15 Million in Funding to Promote Anti-Gang Prevention Nationwide
05/25/06 Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Marks National Missing Children's Day
05/21/06 Nation's Prison and Jail Population Grew 2.6 Percent During 12 Months That Ended June 30, 2005
05/15/06 Call for Nominations 2005-2006 Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
05/12/06 Department of Justice Announces New Online System for Death & Disability Benefits Program
05/02/06 Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Highlights Achievements Under Project Safe Neighborhoods and New Initiatives n Combating Gang Violence
04/21/06 Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Announces $551 Million to Support Victims of Crime Honors National Crime Victims' Rights Awards Recipients
04/13/06 Department of Justice Announces $17 Million in Awards to Enforce Underage Drinking Laws
04/02/06 3.6 Million U.S. Households Learned They Were Identity Theft Victims During a Six-Month Period in 2004
03/30/06 Department of Justice Announces Information Sharing Toolkit
03/28/06 Department of Justice Awards More Than $200 Million to Fight State and Local Crime
03/27/06 Office of Justice Programs Releases Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
03/16/06 Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Honors Medal of Valor Recipients
03/01/06 Department of Justice Provides $9.6 Million for Drug Treatment at State and Local Correctional and Detention Facilities
02/22/06 Department of Justice Releases Interactive Training Tool on Principles of Forensic DNA
02/15/06 Prepared Remarks for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales - One-Year Anniversary Speech
02/09/06 National Computer Security Survey Announced
01/26/06 Department of Justice Holds First Training Session on Child Abduction Response Teams
01/13/06 Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Commemorates 10th Anniversary of AMBER Alert
01/10/06 First Lady Laura Bush and Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Open National Conference on At-Risk Youth
01/04/06 Department of Justice Links Connecticut to National Sex Offender Public Registry Web Site