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The AMBER Advocate, Issue 2 2020
Date Published
June 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Newsletter,
News and Announcement,
Case Study
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Biomechanical Investigation of the Effect of Bone Disorders on Pediatric Femur Fracture Potential
Date Published
December 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Celebrating 50 Years of American Indian Self-Determination
Today marks a milestone in relations between the federal government and Indian nations. Fifty years ago today, President Richard M. Nixon delivered a special message to Congress announcing a new era of self-determination for American Indian tribes. “The time has come to break decisively with the past,” he said, “and to create the conditions for a new era in which the Indian future is determined...
Incidence and Prevalence of Sexual Offending (Part II)
Date Published
July 2015
Publication Type
Statistics,
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material
Agencies
SMART-Sponsored
Ethnically Diverse Adolescents Recount Third-Party Actions That Amplify Their Anger and Calm Their Emotions After Perceived Victimization
NCJ Number
254059
Journal
Journal of Adolescent Research
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
School Disorder and Dropping Out: The Intersection of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
NCJ Number
253989
Journal
Youth & Society
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Strengthening the Response to Missing, Murdered Native Americans
In my work with the Department of Justice, I have heard far too many tragic stories of heartache and loss. That is why I feel privileged to serve as Attorney General Barr’s designee as co-chair of an important interagency effort: the Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, or Operation Lady Justice. Established by President Trump’s Executive Order 13898, Attorney...
The AMBER Advocate, Issue 1 2020
Date Published
March 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Refining Asian Ancestry Classifications via Cranial Macromorphoscopic Traits
NCJ Number
253372
Journal
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Racial/Ethnic Differences of Justice-Involved Youth in Substance-Related Problems and Services Received
NCJ Number
253252
Journal
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
News Releases 2019
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12/10/2019
Office of Justice Programs Awards $143.7 Million in Child Protection Grants
12/10/2019
Fact Sheet: Office of Justice Programs Awards $143.7 Million in Child Protection Grants
12/06/2019
Office of Justice Programs Awards More Than $212 Million to Support Juvenile Justice
12/06/2019
Tribal Justice Advisory Group Final Report, August 27, 2010
Date Published
August 2010
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Description,
Historical Overview
Agencies
OJP
Finding the Missing in Indian Country
Juanita Adams
It seems prescient that Juanita Adams' Lakota name, Omani Wi, means "woman on the longest walk." Because her last journey took 30 years—until she reached her final resting place with her family, in South Dakota's Badlands on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
A member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, Juanita was 19 years old when she left Pine Ridge in 1978 to join the American Indian...
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Desktop Guide for Tribal Probation Personnel: The Screening and Assessment Process
Date Published
May 2011
Publication Type
Policy/Procedure Handbook/Manual
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
The AMBER Advocate, Issue 3 2019
Date Published
November 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
