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Enhancing Nationwide Public Safety: Training and Technical Assistance for Project Safe Neighborhoods Sites and Criminal Justice Agencies
BackgroundThe U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program is a nationwide initiative that brings together federal, state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies an…The National Community Courts Program: Training and Technical Assistance to Address Local Criminal Justice Challenges
OverviewJudge Vivian Sanks-King tells visitors about Newark, New Jersey Community Solutions as part of a structured site visit.The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), in collaboration with the Center…Recognizing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness with Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities and Resources
Puddles, Morse code, and milk. We celebrate them each year on January 11, yet while we are splashing our friends with puddles, learning to spell our names in Morse code, and commemorating the day when…The Violence Reduction Response Center: A Comprehensive Source of U.S. Department of Justice Violent Crime Reduction Information, Resources, and Assistance
BackgroundThe U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) offers a wide array of violence reduction information and resources to criminal justice agencies, policymakers, and practitioners, yet many agencies in n…Serving Safely – A Program for Enhancing Collaborative Police Responses to People with Mental Illness and Developmental Disabilities
BackgroundA disproportionate number of people who interact with the criminal justice system are persons with mental health disorders and intellectual and developmental disabilities, often prompting sp…Incorporating Research and Data into Criminal Justice Operations and Decisionmaking in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
BackgroundIn 2008, the National Institute of Corrections launched the Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) initiative, offering an innovative method for state and local justice policymakers to b…Bureau of Justice Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Services for Improving Violent Crime Investigations
.wm_callout { float:right; width : 16em; padding: 1em; background-color:#eee; margin-left: 2em; border: thin solid black; } .wm_callout_header { color:white; background-color: #013366; m…Collaborating Across Local Government to Enhance Community and Human Services for the Supervised Offender Population
In January 2016, I began to explore where the Chesterfield County, Virginia, and Colonial Heights, Virginia, supervised offender population was living to determine if there were common areas where thi…Detroit Violence Reduction Network Crime Analyst Placement Program: Leveraging Researcher Expertise to Improve the Public Safety Mission
In 2014, Detroit, Michigan, joined a consortium of cities in the Violence Reduction Network (VRN), a nationwide, locally focused Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) training and technical assistance (T…Writing the Grant Is the Easiest Part
“What do you mean grant writing is the easiest part?” I was recently asked by one of my clients, who had just spent months moving bureaucratic mountains trying to get his city to approve the hiring of…