Frequently Asked Questions

To obtain an order of protection, contact your local district attorney or prosecutor's office. A restraining or stay-away order is a legal protection that prohibits contact or interference with activities or mobility. Additional information on orders of protection is available in the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) report, Enforcement of Protective Orders.

The Drug Courts Special Feature section of our website provides information and resources about drug courts. Also view Drug Courts, a resource from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Institute of Justice, and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), as well as OJJDP's In Focus: Drug Courts fact sheet.

Visit the following sites for further information on drug courts:

• National Association of Drug Court Professionals
• National Drug Court Resource Center
• Juvenile Drug Court Information Center

Information about drug court funding can be found on the Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program section of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) website. When available, funding opportunities from BJA and other Office of Justice Programs' (OJP) program offices can be found on the Current Funding Opportunities page. Opportunities from OJP and other federal agencies are also posted on the Grants.gov website when available.

To stay informed when funding opportunities are released from OJP offices on this and other topics, subscribe to the weekly Funding News from NCJRS email. You can also sign up for JUSTINFO, our electronic newsletter sent out twice each month.

To learn more about drug courts, see the Drug Courts Special Feature section of our site.

The Maps section of the National Drug Court Resource Center (NDCRC) website provides information about drug courts throughout the United States. NDCRC is a project supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Also see Drug Courts, a resource produced by BJA, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Drug Courts Special Feature section of our site for additional information.

Created by the Office of Justice Programs and operated by OJP's National Institute of Justice, the CrimeSolutions website uses rigorous research to inform practitioners and policymakers about what works in justice-related programs and practices. Visit the Courts section of the site to view research on program effectiveness reviewed and rated by CrimeSolutions Researchers and Reviewers.

Also visit the Courts section of our site for additional publications and resources.

The Online Training Courses listed on the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) website are free of charge.

See the Events section of the NIJ website to learn more about the online trainings and to view information about additional training opportunities that are available concerning the collection and use of DNA evidence.

Previously available only on CD-ROM, the two part training, What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know about DNA Evidence (Beginning Level CD-ROM - NCJ 182992 and Advanced Level CD-ROM - NCJ 184479), is now available as an Online Training through the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) website.

Statistics on individuals sentenced to death in the United States may be accessed from the Capital Punishment section of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) website.

Information on the effectiveness of drug courts is available on the following websites:

• the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) Multisite Adult Drug Court Evaluation site;
• the Courts section of the CrimeSolutions site;
• and the Drug Courts Special Feature section of our site.

Information about establishing community courts is available in Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) publication, What is a Community Court? How the Model is Being Adapted Across the United States. For more information on community courts, visit the Center for Court Innovation website.