TTA News & Information

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) is seeking responses to a request for proposal (RFP) to provide technical assistance (TA) to BJA. Through this RFP, BJA NTTAC will commission a white paper to examine the current use of risk assessment in sentencing at the state and local judiciary levels.

Please join Justice Clearinghouse on April 29 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EDT for the “Outsourcing Property Crimes for DNA Analysis: An Eleven Year Perspective” webinar. The webinar will include information about DNA evidence from property crimes and how it can aid investigations across the country.

Please join the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) on April 23 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. EDT for the “Preparing to Return Home: Tribal and State Reentry Collaborations” webinar. The webinar will explore two examples of how communities have collaborated to aid in the successful reentry of local tribal members.

Please join the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) webinar, What Do We Know About Sexual Offending and Sex Offender Management and Treatment? Internet Facilitated Sexual Offending, on Monday, April 20 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT.

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released a data brief providing a description of trends and demographics for heroin-related drug overdose deaths in the United States from 2000-2013. During this time period, the rate for drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin nearly quadrupled from 0.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2000 to 2.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2013, with most of the increase occurring after 2010.

Please join the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) on April 8 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. EDT for the “Communities that Care: Building Trust and Preventing Crime” webinar. Jim Bueermann, President of the Police Foundation and former Chief of the Redlands (CA) Police Department, and Dr.

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