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Noun: Bureau of Justice Assistance
  1. (law) the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse
    - BJA

Type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office

Part of: Department of Justice, DoJ, Justice, Justice Department

Encyclopedia: Bureau of Justice Assistance

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