Vera Institute of Justice Event - Using Network Science to Understand Neighborhood and Police Violence
This event is part of the Neil A. Weiner Research Speaker Series at the Vera Institute of Justice.
Webinar - Protecting the Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
Efforts to protect children identified as victims of domestic sex trafficking have gained momentum as a number of states have developed protective legislation often referred to as “Safe Harbor” laws, which aim to ensure identified youth are treated as victims not offenders. Hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse, this webinar will present statutory, policy-based, and practice-oriented approaches to improving the response to child sex trafficking victims.
Event Livestream: Place and Punishment in an Era of Mass Incarceration
This talk is part the Vera Institute of Justice’s Neil A. Weiner Research Speaker Series. Although registration to attend this event in-person has ended, the talk will be livestreamed.
JRSA Webinar - Protecting Human Subjects and Institutional Review Boards: An Overview
This Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA) webinar will introduce participants to the basics of institutional review boards (IRBs), including the need for them and when to submit research protocols for review to an IRB. At the end of the webinar participants should be familiar with the following concepts/questions:
Webinar - The Benefits of Collaborative Policing
On February 22, the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) will present a webinar on “The Benefits of Collaborative Policing.” This policing approach – which combines collaboration with problem solving and evidence-based policing – builds community trust, support, and cooperation while achieving more effective and long-lasting crime reduction benefits.
BJA Solicitation Webinar - Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program Site-Based Solicitation
This Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) webinar will review the 2017 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program solicitation. It will review the eligibility, goals, requirements, considerations, funding, and other expectations for all funding categories.
View the 2017 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program solicitation.
BJA Solicitation Webinar - Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program TTA Program
This Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) webinar will review the 2017 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program solicitation. It will review the eligibility, goals, requirements, considerations, funding, and other expectations for all TTA categories.
Webinar - From an Advocate's Perspective: Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
Join the Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) for a webinar on the high rate of co-occurrence between child abuse and domestic violence. Participants will learn how children are used after separation by the abusive parent to continue the battering, power, and control.
CSG Justice Center Webinar - Responding to the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) Solicitation
In this webinar, hosted by the Council for State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the CSG Justice Center will explain the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) solicitation and its application process.
Vera Institute of Justice Webinar - Prisoner Reentry as a Social Institution and Making Up of the ‘Ex-Offender’
In the era of mass incarceration, prisoner reentry has become an important social institution in the life worlds’ of the urban poor. This is especially the case for poor African-American men and women, Latinos, and increasingly poor white men. Yet we know little about the everyday experience of prisoner reentry or the broader implications of our current crime control strategies in shaping the experiences, interactions, and daily routines of urban life.