What's New

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• Funding
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• Publications
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• Events and Training

Announcements

• Assessing Consistency and Fairness in Sentencing: A Comparative Study in Three States — Following presentations at the NIJ Conference and the meeting of the National Association of Sentencing Commissions, the National Center for State Courts' has released this NIJ-funded comparative study of state sentencing guidelines that examines proportionality, consistency and discrimination in Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia.
  Read the executive summary (pdf, 20 pages) or full report (pdf, 336 pages). The dataset will be available from NACJD. (Posted 9/4/2008)
• Comment on new law enforcement CBRN protective equipment standard — NIJ is seeking comment on a new chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protective ensemble standard.
  Learn more and provide comments by September 24, 2008 Exit Notice. (Posted 8/18/2008)
• Violence Against American Indian & Alaska Native Women: Program of Research (Posted 8/15/2008)
• Fiscal Year 2007 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (Posted 8/11/2008)
• Interview on Human Trafficking with Judge Altuntas of Turkey (12m 17s) (Posted 8/7/2008)

Funding

• NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship 2009 (Posted 06/24/08)
  Application Deadline 11/21/08

Publications

• Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: Implementation and Impact (Posted  )
  
• Sexual Violence and Evidence Collection (Posted  )
  
• Geography and Public Safety Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 3 (Posted 09/11/08)
  
• Test Results for Hardware Write Block Device: Tableau T8 Forensic USB Bridge (FireWire Interface) (Posted 08/15/08)
  
• Test Results for Hardware Write Block Device: Tableau T8 Forensic USB Bridge (USB Interface) (Posted 08/15/08)
  
• Test Results for Digital Data Acquisition Tool: EnCase 5.05f (Posted 08/15/08)
  
• Domestic Violence Cases: What Research Shows About Arrest and Dual Arrest Rates (Posted 07/25/08)
  
• Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor NIJ Standard - 0101.06 (Posted 07/21/08)
  
• Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: How Mapping Can Inform Policy (Posted 07/18/08)
  
• HOPE in Hawaii: Swift and Sure Changes in Probation (Posted 07/18/08)
  

Events and Training

• 2008 Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness — Agenda released (Posted 9/5/2008)
  Register to attend.
• Web Forum on Assisting Child Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (Posted 8/29/2008)
• Cold Cases Analysis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors (Posted 8/18/2008)
  Apply by February 2, 2009 to attend one of four regional sessions.
• 2009 Trace Evidence Symposium — Call for Presenters
  Find suggested topics and instructions for submitting an abstract Exit Notice.
• Series of Expert Chats on Sexual Violence — NIJ and the Government Innovators Network are hosting four expert chats June – September.