Indiana § 5-2-6-3 Duties of institute

Indiana Statutes

§ 5-2-6-3 — Duties of institute

Indiana § 5-2-6-3

Title 5STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Art. 2LAW ENFORCEMENT

Ch. 6Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

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Ind. Code § 5-2-6-3 (2026).

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The institute is established to do the following:

(1)Evaluate state and local programs associated with:

(A)the prevention, detection, and solution of criminal offenses;

(B)law enforcement; and

(C)the administration of criminal and juvenile justice.

(2)Participate in statewide collaborative efforts to improve all aspects of law enforcement, juvenile justice, and criminal justice in this state.

(3)Stimulate criminal and juvenile justice research.

(4)Develop new methods for the prevention and reduction of crime.

(5)Prepare applications for funds under the Omnibus Act and the Juvenile Justice Act.

(6)Administer victim and witness assistance funds.

(7)Administer the traffic safety functions assigned to the institute under IC 9-27-2.

(8)Compile and analyze information and disseminate

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The institute is established to do the following:
(1) Evaluate state and local programs associated with:
(A) the prevention, detection, and solution of criminal offenses;
(B) law enforcement; and
(C) the administration of criminal and juvenile justice.
(2) Participate in statewide collaborative efforts to improve all
aspects of law enforcement, juvenile justice, and criminal justice
in this state.
(3) Stimulate criminal and juvenile justice research.
(4) Develop new methods for the prevention and reduction of
crime.
(5) Prepare applications for funds under the Omnibus Act and the
Juvenile Justice Act.
(6) Administer victim and witness assistance funds.
(7) Administer the traffic safety functions assigned to the institute
under IC 9-27-2.
(8) Compile and analyze information and disseminate the
information to persons who make criminal justice decisions in this
state.
(9) Serve as the criminal justice statistical analysis center for this
state.
(10) Identify grants and other funds that can be used by the
department of correction to carry out its responsibilities
concerning sex or violent offender registration under IC 11-8-8.
(11) Administer the application and approval process for
designating an area of a consolidated or second class city as a
public safety improvement area under IC 36-8-19.5.
(12) Administer funds for the support of any sexual offense
services.
(13) Administer funds for the support of domestic violence
programs.
(14) Administer funds to support assistance to victims of human
sexual trafficking offenses as provided in IC 35-42-3.5-4.
(15) Administer the domestic violence prevention and treatment
fund under IC 5-2-6.7.
(16) Administer the family violence and victim assistance fund
under IC 5-2-6.8.
(17) Monitor and evaluate the status of Indiana's criminal justice
system under IC 5-2-6-24.
(18) Administer the ignition interlock inspection account
established under IC 9-30-8-7.
(19) Identify any federal, state, or local grants that can be used to
assist in the funding and operation of regional holding facilities
under IC 11-12-6.5.
(20) Coordinate with state and local criminal justice agencies for
the collection and transfer of data from sheriffs concerning jail:
(A) populations; and
(B) statistics;
for the purpose of providing jail data to the management
performance hub established by IC 4-3-26-8.
(21) Establish and administer the Indiana crime guns task force
fund under IC 36-8-25.5-8.
(22) Establish and administer:
(A) the juvenile diversion and community alternatives grant
program fund under IC 31-40-5; and
(B) the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program
fund under IC 31-40-6.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.46-1983, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.33-1985, SEC.3; P.L.39-1993, SEC.2; P.L.46-1993, SEC.1; P.L.11-1994, SEC.5; P.L.21-1994, SEC.1; P.L.36-1997, SEC.1; P.L.56-1998, SEC.4; P.L.238-2001, SEC.3; P.L.116-2002, SEC.4; P.L.192-2005, SEC.1; P.L.140-2006, SEC.2 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.2; P.L.186-2007, SEC.3; P.L.192-2007, SEC.1; P.L.216-2007, SEC.1; P.L.3-2008, SEC.18; P.L.107-2008, SEC.1; P.L.130-2009, SEC.1; P.L.74-2010, SEC.1; P.L.133-2012, SEC.31; P.L.85-2013, SEC.2; P.L.180-2014, SEC.1; P.L.168-2014, SEC.7; P.L.115-2015, SEC.3; P.L.213-2015, SEC.57; P.L.71-2016, SEC.1; P.L.102-2017, SEC.3; P.L.30-2019, SEC.2; P.L.239-2019, SEC.2; P.L.48-2020, SEC.1; P.L.217-2021, SEC.1; P.L.101-2022, SEC.3; P.L.126-2024, SEC.1; P.L.122-2025, SEC.2.