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BJS FY 2026 Criminal History Record Assessment and Research Program (CHRARP)

Funds converting state and federal rap-sheet data into standardised research datasets for BJS's recidivism and criminal-career studies.

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A criminal record looks different depending on which state or federal system wrote it down. Before BJS can study recidivism or criminal careers nationally, someone has to translate all those different formats into one standardised structure — and that's the whole job here.

The money funds converting state- and federal-specific fields in criminal history records — records BJS pulls from the FBI an…

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Last verified: 27 Aug 2026Source: www.ojp.gov