Training Delivery - Webinar

    Social Network Analysis: An Innovative Tool to Maximize NIBIN Leads

    Crime and violence are highly socially connected. As criminal justice practitioners continue to learn about the small percent of the population responsible for the majority of violence, they have to use data analysis tools to focus resources (prevention, intervention, and enforcement) on the small world of people at high risk for being involved in violence, either as offenders or victims. This webinar will examine how social network analysis (SNA) can be applied to criminal justice data to better understand the small world of violence.

    Child Protector App: An Investigative and Educational Tool

    Learn more about Child Protector, a free application designed to improve the investigative, administrative, and judicial handling of child physical abuse cases, as well as child fatalities, in a manner that reduces trauma to the child and family.

    BJA NTTAC Webinar - Enhancing Law Enforcement's Analytical Capacity: Technology Integration in West Memphis, Arkansas

    The "Enhancing Law Enforcement's Analytical Capacity: Technology Integration in West Memphis, Arkansas" webinar will review the recent technology integration effort undertaken by the West Memphis, Arkansas Police Department (PD), as part of the West Memphis, Arkansas National Public Safety Partnership site, to enhance its data-driven policing mission.

    What Law Enforcement Agencies Need to Know to Implement a Successful Body-Worn Camera Program

    Early research indicates that the deployment of police body-worn cameras (BWCs) may generate numerous benefits for a law enforcement agency, from enhanced legitimacy and transparency to reductions in violence between citizens and police. However, more recent research has been mixed in terms of impact. One potential reason for the mixed findings involves poor implementation. BWC programs come with a high degree of difficulty, and the potential for implementation failure is significant.

    Fiscal Year 2018 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program Solicitation Review Webinar

    This webinar will be available to agencies applying for the fiscal year 2018 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program solicitation. It will provide an overview of solicitation requirements and an opportunity to ask questions.

    Speakers will include:

    • John Markovic, Senior Policy Advisor, BJA; and
    • Lauren Troy, State Policy Advisor, BJA.

    Webinar: Responding to BJA’s FY 2018 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) Solicitation

    In this webinar, BJA leaders will review the FY 2018 COAP grant application process. This site-based grant program provides awards ranging from $100,000 to $1,500,000 for a 24- to 36-month project period to deliver financial and technical assistance to states, units of local government, and American Indian tribal governments to plan, develop, and implement comprehensive efforts to identify, respond to, treat, and support those impacted by the opioid epidemic. 

    To Serve, Protect, and Treat: Law Enforcement and Treatment Courts, NDCRC Webinar

    Law enforcement is often the first point of contact for those with substance use disorders. In the United States, approximately 1.5 million individuals arrested each year are at risk of substance dependence. Treatment courts strive to combine effective justice approaches with clinical services, and law enforcement officers are vital to achieving this goal.

    Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program FY 2018 Competitive Grant Announcement Webinar

    During this webinar, Gregory Torain, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Policy Advisor, will review the fiscal year 2018 BJA Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program Solicitation guidelines and will be available to answer questions. Moderator: Preeti Menon, Senior Associate Director, Justice Programs Office.

     

    Webinar - Responding to the 2018 Solicitation for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

    In this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center will review the fiscal year 2018 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program grant application process.

    Webinar - Using Web-Based Motivational Assessment Strategies: MAPIT

    Although drug and alcohol treatment are common mandates in the U.S. criminal justice system, many clients do not initiate treatment. The Motivational Assessment Program to Initiate Treatment (MAPIT) is a web-based motivational intervention that addresses this gap by linking a person’s risk and needs factors to case plans that the client can develop.

    This webinar will explore:

    • Clinical features of MAPIT,
    • Research findings from a randomized controlled trial, and
    • A cost-effectiveness study.

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