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Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Justice Statistics
NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
NCANDS National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
NCES National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education)
NCHIP National Criminal History Improvement Program
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
NCIC National Crime Information Center (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
NCJISS National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service (historical name for Bureau of Justice Statistics)
NCJJ National Center for Juvenile Justice
NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service
NCRP National Corrections Reporting Program
NCSC National Center for State Courts
NCVS National Crime Victimization Survey (formerly, National Crime Survey, NCS)
NIBRS National Incident-Based Reporting System
NICS National Instant Criminal Background Check System
NIJ National Institute of Justice (Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice)
NIS National Inmate Surveys (data collection for the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003)
NJRP National Judicial Reporting Program
NLSY97 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
NORC National Opinion Research Center
NPS National Prisoner Statistics
NRC National Research Council
NSDUH National Survey on Drug Use and Health (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
NSFG National Survey of Family Growth (National Center for Health Statistics)
NW3C National White Collar Crime Center
NYRBS National Youth Risk Behavior Survey
OJARS Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics (predecessor to Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice)
OJJDP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice)
OJP Office of Justice Programs (U.S. Department of Justice)