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In 2005, the Mayor of Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Police Department’s Chief of Police, and the
Milwaukee County District Attorney formed the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission
(MHRC) to address lethal violence in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Modeled after other review
processes such as child death or crime incident reviews, homicide reviews were rare and
information about them was scarce. Since then, the MHRC has been a central component of
the City of Milwaukee’s… Read More
The link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder is well documented in military populations, especially among veterans who return from deployment with a traumatic brain injury. Veterans treatment courts (VTCs) have expanded rapidly in the past 10 years to accommodate individuals with a history of military service who enter the criminal justice system on charges ranging from driving while intoxicated to property and violent offenses.
The purpose of this guidebook is to provide the law enforcement field with information about existing resources for promoting workforce diversity through a variety of staffing mechanisms. It is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather to promote awareness of research and professional publications that may not have been visible or accessible to practitioners. Though limited, resources on this issue are growing, and this guidebook attempts to highlight publications that are unique,… Read More
The mission of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is to inform the decision-making of the criminal justice community to help reduce crime and advance justice. To accomplish this mission, we engage stakeholders to understand the key issues and challenges facing the feld, guide research to address these challenges, and disseminate the information to those who can benefit from its application.
The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Division of Wellness Services is committed to identifying culturally competent wellness services for members of the law enforcement profession and their families. The National Officer Wellness Committee, comprising active and retired law enforcement professionals, applies vetting practices to services and providers to identify the most competent and specialized services.
Somali communities in the United States and Canada are especially vulnerable to conditions that can precipitate both gang involvement and radicalization to extremism, according to the research team’s report. Those conditions include discrimination, impediments to individual development of social identity, and potential alienation from society. Somali communities in North America thus offer a rare opportunity to examine whether and how gang affiliation and the process of radicalization to… Read More
In 2017, the COPS Office selected the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to implement and manage the Officer Safety and Wellness (OSW) Technical Assistance Project, an initiative that included providing support and expertise to law enforcement agencies with respect to their employee wellness services. This publication presents findings based on PERF's work with a preliminary group of agencies and recommendations that will be valuable to other agencies seeking to develop or grow their… Read More
Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment (PDPHE) is one of six local community agencies funded by the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA’s) Partnership for Data-Driven Responses Demonstration Project. The foundation for PDPHE’s Partnership grant was laid by the Substance Use Response Ecosystem (SURE). Established in 2017, this community collaboration among health, safety, emergency services, human services, and other community partners is the stakeholder workgroup for… Read More
One focus area that has emerged from research on crime over the course of an individual’s life is what scholars call “desistance from crime.” Desistance is generally understood to mean the reduction in criminal behavior that occurs after a person reaches adulthood. But exactly what desistance is remains unclear, as varying definitions and measurement strategies have evolved over time. Because inconsistent definitions will lead to varying measurement strategies, it is difficult to come to… Read More
To realize the full potential of youth mentoring programs, it is critical to advance research on program effectiveness and population-level impact.
