International Visitors Program: 2004
One of the busiest components of the International Center's activities is the International Visitor Program. In 2004, the International Center coordinated and/or participated in 28 meetings at the Office of Justice Programs and the National Institute of Justice. These meetings informed 78 visitors from 20 different countries about NIJ. The meetings provided opportunities for NIJ and other OJP agency staff to discuss their ongoing work with specialists and experts from other countries. International visitors also provide valuable insight into the experiences of their own countries' criminal justice activities. Most importantly, these meetings gave OJP and NIJ a chance to disseminate information on cutting edge criminal justice research and programs on a one-to-one basis, which allows the creation of future international contacts and collaboration.
Visitor countries of origin are listed below:
- Armenia
- Egypt
- Palestine
- Sweden
- Australia
- Italy
- Poland
- Tanzania
- Belarus
- Japan
- Romania
- Turkey
- Brazil
- Jordan
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- China
- Latvia
- Spain
- Uzbekistan
In 2004, The United States State Department requested 13 meetings through the International Center. Four of these visits focused on transnational crime, a research priority for the International Center. In three different visits, crime mapping was the subject of the meeting. The International Center also helped coordinate briefing programs at the request of the Australian, Belarusian, Romanian, and Swedish Embassies. The International Center also welcomed for the first time visitors from Belarus, Poland, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.
When requested, the International Center coordinated meetings with other Department of Justice components as well as with agencies and programs outside of the Department of Justice and the Office of Justice Programs.