JUSTINFO Newsletter: February 15, 2019

Announcements

• Closing Today: This is the last chance to nominate your federal, state, local, and tribal officers for the 2018 Badge of Bravery | BJA
• Comments sought by April 5 on two proposed new data collections: Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country and Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies | BJS
• Save the Date: The 2019 National Symposium on Sex Offender Management and Accountability will be July 17-18 in Chicago, IL | SMART
• Submit comments by April 8 on the proposed reinstatement of the 2019 Supplemental Victimization Survey to the National Crime Victimization Survey data collection | BJS

Funding

• Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Community Corrections-Led Violence Reduction | Due: 3/8/2019 | BJA
• Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking | Due: 4/4/2019 | OVC
• Graduate Research Fellowship in the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Due: 4/8/2019 | NIJ
• National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative | Due: 4/9/2019 | BJA
• Maintenance and Operation of the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website | Due: 4/15/2019 | SMART
• Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence | Due: 4/15/2019 | NIJ
• Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children | Due: 4/15/2019 | OJJDP
• Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program | Due: 4/16/2019 | BJA
• Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Planning, Training, Technical Assistance, and Resource Center Initiative | Due: 4/16/2019 | BJA
• Innovative Prosecution Solutions for Combating Violent Crime | Due: 4/16/2019 | BJA
• Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice | Due: 4/19/2019 | NIJ
• Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention | Due: 4/22/2019 | NIJ
• Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories | Due: 4/29/2019 | NIJ
• Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence | Due: 4/29/2019 | NIJ
• Research into Desistance from Crime | Due: 4/29/2019 | NIJ
• Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods | Due: 5/1/2019 | NIJ
• Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence | Due: 5/6/2019 | NIJ
• Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime | Due: 5/6/2019 | NIJ
• Research and Evaluation on Policing | Due: 5/7/2019 | NIJ
• Learn more and find resources in the OJP Funding Resource Center | OJP
• Stay informed with Funding News from NCJRS – be sure to select "Grants/funding" as an area of interest in your customer profile | NCJRS

Publications

• Beyond DNA: The Role of Physical Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations | NIJ
• Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2015 | OJJDP
• Event- and Offender-Based Recidivism Methodology Using the National Corrections Reporting Program | BJS
• Impact of Criminal Record Sealing on State and National Estimates of Offenders and Their Offending Careers | BJS
• Juvenile Residential Facility Census 2016: Selected Findings | OJJDP
• National Crime Victimization Survey Historical Trends Project, 1973-2014 | BJS
• National Pretrial Reporting Program, Final Report | BJS
• Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) TTA Factsheet | BJA
• Violent Victimization Known to Law Enforcement in the Bakken Oil-Producing Region of Montana and North Dakota, 2006-2012 | BJS

Online Resources

• 2017 data and revised 2016 data added to BJS's National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API and NCVS Victimization Analysis Tool (NVAT) | BJS
• Blog: Sharing Crime-fighting Innovations in L.A. | OJP
• February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month; OVC TTAC offers helpful related resources | OVC
• OVC TTAC's National Victim Assistance Academy page has been updated with the latest information about the Leadership Institute, Effective Management Series, and Advanced Skills Institute trainings | OVC
• Now available: OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2019 – read articles on the National Mentoring Summit, OJJDP's Special Victims and Violent Offenders Division, and much more | OJJDP
• See the recent TechBeat to learn about a new stalking awareness and prevention resource center, an open-source software tool to help with email fraud investigations, and more | NIJ

Webinars

• Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking Solicitation Review | OVC
  February 20, 2019, 1 p.m. ET
• Expert Q&A: Serving Victims of Teen Dating Violence | OVC
  February 20, 2019, 2 p.m. ET
• Quality Assurance in the Forensic Laboratory | NIJ
  February 21, 2019, 2 p.m. ET
• Firearms and Toolmarks Research | NIJ
  February 26, 2019, 2 p.m. ET
• Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences | NIJ
  February 27, 2019, 1 p.m. ET
• The Time to Collect is Now: DNA Evidence in Groping Sexual Assault Cases | NIJ
  February 27, 2019, 2 p.m. ET
• Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents With Minor Children New Applicant Webinar | OJJDP
  March 15, 2019, 1 p.m. ET

Events

• American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting
  February 18–23, 2019, Baltimore, MD
  Visit the NIJ exhibit for resources and participate in the NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium on February 19 while there.
• See Justice Events for additional events by location, date, topic, or sponsor | NCJRS