Urban Street Gang Enforcement - Office of Justice Programs

of Justice, law enforcement agencies in the United States are confronted with the presence of more than 4,800 gangs and 250,000 gang members. To help law enforcement agencies combat this menace, this monograph pre-sents a program model, or …

  Enforcement, Law enforcement

The Impact of Terrorism on State Law Enforcement

month effort, researchers conducted a 50-state survey of state and local law enforcement agencies, conducted a series of case studies, and convened an expert work group of public officials. According to the survey results, state law enforcement agencies are very involved in their states’ homeland security initiatives.

  Enforcement, Law enforcement

New Perspectives in Policing

the day. It produced a number of papers and concepts that revolutionized policing. Thirty years later, law enforcement has changed and NIJ and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government are again collaborating to help resolve law enforce­ ment issues of the day. Learn more about the Executive Session on . Policing and Public Safety at:

The Analysis and Decision of Summary Judgment Motions·

by jury, saying that the summary procedure essentially prescribes the means of making an issue. The issue made as pre­ scribed, the right of trial by jury accrues. The purpose of the [75th] rule is to preserve the court from frivolous defences and to defeat at­ tempts to use formal pleading as means to delay the recovery of jus~ demands.6

  Name, Procedures, Summary, The mean, Summary procedure

Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions Judicial ...

Department of Justice to prepare the following resource: Document Title: Collateral Consequences of Criminal ... Collateral consequences are known to adversely affect adoptions, housing, welfare, immigration, employment, professional licensure, property rights, mobility, and other opportunities—the ... in Texas, California, and Connecticut ...

  Department, Connecticut, Housing

Psychology of Terrorism

Psychology of Terrorism 5 hope to identify, describe, and evaluate what contribution – if any – psychological theory or research may have made to understanding

Child Delinquency: Early Intervention and Prevention

nature of child delinquency, its develop-mental course, key risk and protective factors, and effective interventions. Child delinquency is an enduring and troubling phenomenon that requires more research and the efforts of a broader community to be fully under-stood and addressed. The work summa-rized in this Bulletin helps to advance

  Interventions, Delinquency

Treatment, Services, and Intervention Programs for Child ...

child delinquency from escalating into chronic criminality, the most successful interventions to date have been isolat-ed and unintegrated with other ongoing interventions. In fact, only a few well-organized, integrated programs designed to reduce child delinquency exist in North America today. The Study Group on Very Young Offend-

  Interventions, Delinquency

DOJ Grants Financial Guide - Office of Justice Programs

Mar 18, 2013 · Guide. However, recipients (and subrecipients) should refer to their award terms and conditions to determine the specific requirements that apply to their award. We have provided references to the underlying laws and regulations as much as possible. Financial Management Systems. Allowable Costs. Unallowable Costs. Federal Financial Reports

  Guide, Financial, Allowable, Unallowable, Financial guide

Fire and Arson Scene Evidence

of Crime Laboratory Directors, the National District Attorneys Associa-tion, the International Association of Arson Investigators, and the Inter-national Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators. Addition-ally, thanks are extended to the individuals, agencies, and organizations

  Laboratory, Into, Crime, Association, Associa, A ssociation, Of crime laboratory

USE OF FORCE - Government of New Jersey

USE OF FORCE Attorney General's Use of Force Policy Issued April 1985 Revised June 2000 ... the law alone could not achieve the goal of properly guiding the use of force by the police. The letter of the law needed to be supplemented with clear policy guidance ... and the appropriate exercise of discretion will always be the foundation of police ...

  Jersey, Police, Government, Discretion, Force, Use of force, Government of new jersey

The European Convention on Human Rights and policing

services, and to protect against political interference, the police are granted a wide degree of discretion in the performance of their duties. For the purpose of performing their duties, the law provides the police with coercive powers and the police may use reasonable force when lawfully exercising their powers.

  Police, Discretion, Force

POLICE DISCRETION AND THE USE OF FORCE

Jan 01, 2002 · POLICE DISCRETION AND THE USE OF FORCE Discretion can be defined as the power to make a choice. It has been said that police need discretion to maintain order in society. Discretion is that characteristic which allows police to balance the dynamic tension between civility and liberty in a democratic

  Police, Discretion, Force, Police discretion and the use of force, Police discretion and the use of force discretion

NATION'At INSTITUTE OF :ENTAL HEALTH The Functions of …

problems of upgrading police practice, streamlining police or­ ganization, and improving the recruitment and training of police are given specific attention. The author faces directly the knotty problem of the police's use of force and makes specific sugges­ tions to help the police on this matter. Indeed, new models of

  Police, Force, Use of force

Implementing a Body-Worn Camera Program - Justice

of the community . This discretion should not be limitless; instead, it should be guided by carefully crafted policies that set specific parameters for when officers may use discretion . If police departments deploy body-worn cameras without well-designed policies, practices, and

  Police, Justice, Discretion, Use discretion

State of New Jersey

or any use of deadly force by the officer; the death of a person while in law enforcement custody or during an encounter with law enforcement; or an incident the officer knows or has been advised is or will be the subject of an internal affairs or citizen complaint relating to the officer’s use of force, bias, or dishonesty. See subsection 10.3.

  Force, Use of force

Guidance on the Use of Incapacitant Spray

an officer’s own force area is necessary, individual chief officers will remain vicariously liable in civil law for their own officers’ actions. Guidance for the use of the spray, whether within or outside the force area is set out at Para. 2.6 below. 2.5.11 Possession at public order events

  Force