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Protecting Against Stress and Trauma - NIJ Research for the Real World Seminar

July 2019
Series
Protecting Against Stress and Trauma: Research Lessons for Law Enforcement

NIJ Research for the Real World Seminar  NIJ brought together law enforcement practitioners and leading researchers in the field of stress to discuss the current research evidence and practical benefits of targeted stress-management interventions and how they can promote officer mental wellness.

Researchers on the panel are pioneers in the field of the Evidence-Based Policing Movement. They are leading scholars and Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) scholars. Video run time: 43.26 min.

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Office of Justice Programs (OJP) / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Federal Medicolegal Death Investigation Interagency Working Group (MDI-IWG) Resource Page

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and the U.S. Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established this Federal Medicolegal Death Investigation (MDI) Interagency Working Group (MDI-IWG) to coordinate Federal initiatives to strengthen MDI systems and support death investigation services practiced by medical examiner and coroner offices (MECs) across the United States. The MDI-IWG commenced in...

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Justice & Mental Health Collaboration Program

NCJ Number
254461
Date Published
December 2019
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding, Factsheet
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