Announcements
- Apply by December 18 for membership on the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice | OJJDP
- BJS is hiring statisticians: Learn about the positions and apply by December 7 for consideration | BJS
- Deadline approaching: Submit comments by December 14 on the proposed extension of BJS data collection: Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death | BJS
- Recently launched: Justice Counts – a national initiative designed to help policymakers make better decisions with criminal justice data | BJA
Funding
- Research Assistantship Program, Academic Year 2021-2022 | Due: 12/23/2020 | NIJ
- Grant Application Resource Guide updated for FY 2021 | OJP
- More than $221 million awarded to support juvenile justice | OJJDP
- Subscribe to Funding News from NCJRS for weekly funding announcements, resources, and more | NCJRS
Publications
- Drug Courts | BJA, NIJ, OJJDP
- Ranking Needs for Fighting Digital Abuse: Sextortion, Swatting, Doxing, Cyberstalking and Nonconsensual Pornography | NIJ
- Sexual Behavior Problems in Children and Adolescents | OJJDP
- Victim, Perpetrator, and Incident Characteristics of Sexual Victimization of Youth in Juvenile Facilities, 2018 - Statistical Tables | BJS
- Violence and Victimization Research Division's Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women, 1993-2018 | NIJ
Online Resources
- As you plan for National Impaired Driving Prevention Month in December, learn about resources available through OVC TTAC | OVC
- Blog post: The Utility of Sex Offender Registration for Stranger-Perpetrated Sex Crimes | SMART
- Datasets now available: Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2017 and 1973-2018 and National Corrections Reporting Program, 2000-2017 | BJS
- New from the Just Science Podcast series: Just the Jodi Arias Case and Just the Story Behind Bloodstain Pattern Analysis | NIJ
JustGrants News and Notices
- Find answers to frequently asked questions about JustGrants and the Automated Standard Application for Payments systems
- View materials from virtual Q&A sessions on application submission, entity management, performance reporting, and more
- Learn more about the Department of Justice’s new grants management and payment management systems
- Stay informed: Sign up for JustGrants News & Updates emails and read past messages
Virtual Events
- #CalmIsContagious #CalmIsCourageous | 12/1/2020 | 11 a.m. ET | BJA
- Death in Custody: A Comprehensive Review | 12/2/2020 | 1 p.m. ET | NIJ
- Delinquency, Victimization, and the Developing Brain: Results from the ABCD-Social Development Study | 12/2/2020 | 2 p.m. ET | NIJ
- Examining the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Use among Tribal Populations | 12/2/2020 | 2 p.m. ET | BJA
- Conducting Jury Trials in a Pandemic | 12/2/2020 | 3 p.m. ET | BJA
- Dual System Youth: At the Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Delinquency | 12/3/2020 | 2 p.m. ET | NIJ
- Language Access and Immigration Relief Tools in Labor Trafficking Investigations in the U.S. | 12/3/2020 | 2 p.m. ET | OVC
- 2020 Community Courts and Public Safety Conference | 12/4/2020 | 9:15 a.m. ET | BJA
- Providing Help, Restoring Hope: The U.S. Department of Justice National Elder Fraud Hotline | 12/10/2020 | 2 p.m. ET | OVC
- From Submission to Court: The Basics of a Forensic Biology Laboratory | 12/15/2020 | 3 p.m. ET | OJJDP
- Webinar recording now available: H.O.P.E.: Suicide Prevention for Crime Victims | OVC
- See Justice Events to find additional upcoming events | NCJRS
Date Published: December 1, 2020