Probation/Parole Officers

    The Effectiveness of Treatment for Adult Sex Offenders

    Therapeutic interventions aimed at reducing the likelihood of reoffending are a staple of contemporary sex offender management practice. While there is strong scientific evidence that therapeutic interventions work for criminal offenders overall, the effectiveness of treatment for sex offenders has been subject to debate. This uncertainty about the effectiveness of treatment for sexual offenders arguably is due to several factors, including measurement shortcomings and inconsistent research findings.

    Secure Connected Tablet Solution to Enhance Educational Opportunities Behind Bars

    This 2:00 p.m. ET webinar will focus on the implementation of educational technology in a safe and secure manner in an Indiana Department of Correction facility. We will discuss programming and how technology has been used to enhance services and opportunities for inmates. Emphasis will be place on security of the device and systems in place to prevent unwanted access or communication.

    Medication Assisted Treatment: Changing Correctional Paradigms

    This 2:00 p.m. ET webinar will describe the processes employed by the Massachusetts Department of Correction in implementing its Medication Assisted Reentry Initiative (MATRI). Attendees will learn about the best practices used in developing the program, engaging stakeholders and community programs, and overcoming obstacles such as bias, funding, and correctional culture. Attendees will also see the results and outcomes of this program after one year of operation.

    Search Group, Inc.

    SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, is a nonprofit membership organization through which states speak with a collective voice and provide thought leadership on issues related to justice information-sharing and services. SEARCH supports the information-sharing, interoperability, communications, information technology, high-tech crime investigative, and criminal records systems needs of state, local, and tribal justice and public safety agencies and practitioners nationwide.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Proactive Notification of Arrest Warrants Issued for Persons Under Supervision

    National Center for Policing Innovation

    VCPI serves as a powerful resource for public safety and communities nationwide, advancing public safety through the development and delivery of training (onsite and eLearning); consulting; technical assistance; program development, implementation, and management; and much more.  Since 1997, VCPI, a nonprofit organization, has trained over 70,000 public safety professionals and others in a wide variety of public safety topics.

    VCPI’s experience and expertise expands beyond the development and delivery of training, to include:

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Violent Crime Reduction: Information, Messaging, and Engagement (VCRIME)

    National White Collar Crime Center

    For over 40 years, the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) has provided comprehensive training programs to help law enforcement professionals master the principles, concepts, and skills needed to fight cyber and economic crime.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and Technical Assistance Program: NW3C, Inc.
    • Northern and Middle States Rural Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Program

    Urban Institute

    The Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center staff members conduct research and evaluations and provide technical assistance to improve justice policy and practice at the national, state, and local levels. Urban researchers examine the development, implementation, and impact of policing, crime prevention, and gang disruption initiatives. The work includes a large breadth of topics ranging from risk assessment, community corrections and reentry, human trafficking, forensic science, courts and sentencing, to gun violence.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Improving Safety for Institutional Corrections

    The CNA Corporation

    The CNA Corporation analyzes and solves problems by getting as close as possible to the people, the data – and the problems themselves – in order to find the clear, credible answers government leaders need to choose the best course of action.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • BJA FY 23 National Initiatives: Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation: Category 1
    • DOJ Jails and Justice Support Center
    • BJA FY 22 Law Enforcement National Initiatives to Improve Public Safety, Enhance Agency Operations via Training, Recruitment and Retention and Building Community Trust
    • FY 2021 Project Safe Neighborhoods Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • Crime and Corrections Analyst in Residence Program
    • Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Training and Technical Assistance for Site-based JRI Projects.
    • Strategies for Policing Innovation National Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • PSP National Training and Technical Assistance Program - Local Law Enforcement Violent Crime Strategy Enhancement
    • FY 19 Body-Worn Camera Program
    • Justice Reinvestment Initiative: National Training and Technical Assistance, Category 3
    • FY 18 Field Inittiated - CAT 2

    Vera Institute of Justice

    The Vera Institute of Justice combines expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.

    Vera is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit center for justice policy and practice, with offices in New York City, Washington, DC, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. Their projects and reform initiatives, typically conducted in partnership with local, state, or national officials, are located across the United States and around the world.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Designed for Dignity: Transforming Prison Culture, Climates, and Spaces
    • Developing Blueprints for Statewide Reentry Continuums
    • Vera Institute of Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program

    School of Criminal Justice: Michigan State University

    The School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University (MSU) is the nation’s oldest continuous degree-granting program in criminal justice. Since 1935, MSU has been a leader in criminal justice scholarship with its pioneering research, undergraduate, and graduate education and engaged collaboration with criminal justice agencies, the private sector, and communities locally and abroad.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) National Training and Technical Assistance Program FY 2018

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