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The pandemic forced changes in probation and parole that resulted in unprecedented drops in the number of people admitted to prison due to supervision violations. Now, state leaders face a critical question: What changes should be carried forward?
On July 21 2021, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Education, and the White House Domestic Policy Council, hosted the second webinar in the Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Webinar Series. During the webinar, titled “CVI Webinar Series Part 2: Place-based Approaches to CVI”, presenters discussed CVI efforts in the context of a place-based approach.
On July 20th, 2021, the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) partnered with the Bureau of Justice Assistance to host a pre-application webinar for the National Service Line for Incarcerated Victims of Sexual Abuse Initiative. The National Service Line for Incarcerated Victims of Sexual Abuse Initiative aims to identify if a National Sexual Abuse Service Line will effectively assist correctional facilities and agencies with complying with and achieving Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards.
The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program, with support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, supports local, state, federal, and tribal criminal justice entities by offering various resources to enhance law enforcement efforts. For example, RISS helps facilitate cross-agency collaboration through the RISSLeads Investigative website. Through this platform, law enforcement officers can interact with one another across jurisdictions to share investigative leads, information, or other issues.
The National Center for School Safety (NCSS) is a Bureau of Justice Assistance Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program national training and technical assistance provider focused on improving school safety and preventing violence. NCSS aims to support STOP grantees and the nationwide school safety community as they work to address school safety challenges.
Prosecutors play an integral role to regularly collaborate with community organizations and members to protect the community and develop best practices to reduce victimization. To further support prosecutors in the pivotal role they play within communities across the nation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) offers various grant funding, training and technical assistance, and other resources to ensure that prosecutors are well equipped to serve their respective communities. These resources are outlined in BJA’s “Programs That Support Prosecutors” fact sheet.
The demanding schedule and wide array of responsibilities that professionals in law enforcement take on can make it difficult to sustain a healthy lifestyle. The tips and strategies that will be shared account for common challenges faced by professionals in this industry and will therefore help you efficiently and effectively overcome them. Specifically, we will help you:
This session will be presented by National Strength and Conditioning Association Tactical Program Manager, Mandy Nice. She has over 15 years of experience developing and implementing national award-winning fitness and wellness programs and has presented/authored evidence-proven best practices for national and international organizations including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Tactical Officers Association, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and more.
This webinar will explain how language can be used as a forensic science tool, underlying research rigor, and acceptable application. It will familiarize participants with historical and emerging use in investigations and prosecutions, the potential relevance to online and digital evidence, and the basic legal considerations for appropriate use in litigation.
Implementing a successful anti-money laundering training program is a challenge in a post-pandemic era. Combining the human element and technology is key to communicating the patterns of money laundering, terrorist financing, and national security threats to financial investigators and anti-money laundering compliance professionals.
This webinar provides an overview of human trafficking and how traffickers exploit adults and children in the United States and around the world for financial gain, among other reasons. Topics include financial and behavioral indicators of labor and sex trafficking, in addition to case studies of the four typologies of money laundering in human trafficking.
