Crime Prevention

    Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault: Strategies to Strengthen Community Collaboration to Respond to Survivors' Needs - Webinar 1

    The prevalence of human trafficking across the country is widespread—spanning small, rural jurisdictions to sprawling cities—and affects both domestic and foreign-born children and adults. Because of the coercive and violent nature of human trafficking, it is common for victims to experience overlapping forms of victimization, particularly domestic violence and sexual assault. Yet, many survivors are unrecognized, criminalized, or do not receive adequate services to address their complex needs.

    Body-Worn Camera Pilot Implementation Program Solicitation Webinar

    During this webinar, Mike Roosa and Carmen Facciolo, Policy Advisors from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), will review the Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Pilot Implementation Program (PIP) Solicitation. The BJA BWC Team will review all categories of the solicitation including: eligibility, funding metrics, rules, matching requirements and appropriate use of funds.

    Outsourcing Property Crimes for DNA Analysis: An Eleven Year Perspective

    While the collection of DNA evidence from property crimes by law enforcement may be rare in most of the United States, rarer still is the processing of this evidence by a forensic DNA laboratory. Laboratory backlogs and a general lack of funding and resources all play in to the myriad of reasons why property crime analysis is not a top priority for all DNA laboratories.

    Check Out the New BJA Resource – Evaluation & Research Literature: The State of Knowledge on BJA-Funded Programs

    April 23, 2015

    The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has released a publication titled Evaluation & Research Literature: The State of Knowledge on BJA-Funded Programs. The purpose of this publication is to assess the state of knowledge as determined by data collection, research, and evaluations of and related to BJA-funded programs.

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    Join NCJA’s Webinar – Internet Facilitated Sexual Offending

    April 16, 2015

    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.

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    Join OJJDP for the Communities that Care: Building Trust and Preventing Crime Webinar

    April 06, 2015

    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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    Join APA, BJA, and CCI for the Innovations in Criminal Justice Summit III

    April 02, 2015

    Please join the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the

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    Join the BJA and IADLEST Webinar for Police Professionals on Building Analytic Capacity

    March 24, 2015

    Please join the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) on Monday, March 30 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. EDT for the webinar Building Analytical Capacity: A BJA IADLEST Webinar for Police Professionals. This webinar will cover a set of key principles and best practices that can help agencies effectively develop and manage crime analysis programs and make the best operational use of crime analysis products.

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