Publications

This report (PDF, 23 pages) defines child sex trafficking and describes barriers to accurately identifying and tracking cases of child sex trafficking. The report provides an offender profile, reviews most frequently used offender methodology, and describes DOJ efforts to do the following:  Review and update training, policies, and guidance for law ...

This report (PDF, 33 pages) explores the dynamics of combating child exploitation in these unique federal jurisdiction settings: Indian country, military installations, unaccompanied noncitizen minors entering the United States, cruise ships, and commercial flights. Learn more (PDF, 33 pages).    ...

This report (PDF, 26 pages) examines federal, state, and local efforts to improve mental health services in schools and communities. Learn more. 

This report analyzes how past and current federal policies create, maintain, and/or amplify racial, ethnic, and Tribal health inequities among young people and adults. It also identifies key features of policies that have served to reduce inequities and makes recommendations to help achieve racial, ethnic, and Tribal health equity. Learn ...

This report (PDF, 65 pages) provides new information from the 2021–22 Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS) about attrition and mobility of public and private K–12 school principals during the 2021-22 school year. The report also provides information on principal attrition and mobility by selected principal and school characteristics, plans to remain ...

This report (PDF, 28 pages) describes patterns of drug and alcohol use among youth in juvenile facilities before they entered custody. This report also provides findings on substance use disorder and alcohol use disorder among youth by their demographic and offense characteristics. Learn more.  ...

This study (PDF, 70 pages) examines findings from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) School Climate Study. The study analyzes changes in school climate scores from a pre-pandemic year (2018/19) to the 2020/21 and 2021/22 school years, both of which were affected by COVID-19 and related policy changes. Learn more.  ...

This report provides data on violent victimization by race or Hispanic origin from 2017 to 2021. The report also features an interactive graphic that displays violent victimization data from 2008 to 2021 by race or Hispanic origin. Learn more. 

This report provides the first results of the 2019–2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20), the most comprehensive national study of student financing of postsecondary education in the United States. The report describes the percentages of students receiving various types of financial aid and average amounts received by type of ...

This report (PDF, 75 pages) describes the percentages of undergraduate and graduate students receiving various types of financial aid and average amounts received, by type of institution attended, gender, race/ethnicity, attendance pattern, and income level. Supplemental tables feature state-level percentages of students receiving aid and average amounts received by undergraduate ...