Resource Results

This paper focuses on the gap between research- and theory-based practices and a fully functioning intervention model, and how Roca has worked to bridge this gap and achieve positive outcomes.

This report outlines the vision, objectives, and partnerships of the U.S. Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime’s (OVC’s) “Vision 21: Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve: Supporting Collective Healing in the Wake of Harm,” which is a component of OVC’s broad effort initiated in 2013 to expand the vision and impact of the crime victim assistance field.

NIJ funded study explores the impact of dedicated mobile broadband technology on police operations and provides guidance for implementation and practice within the field.

Advances in modern technology have turned the days of a police officer’s handling a call, then driving back to the station to file a paper report into nothing more than scenes from old television shows.

In the midst of turmoil and division between law enforcement and the community of Ferguson, Missouri, St. Louis County School Resource Officer Ronald Cockrell works to bridge the gap between students and police officers. Beyond the Badge: Profile of a School Resource Officer follows Officer Cockrell during a school day at Central Middle School in Riverview Gardens, six months after the police shooting and protests that left North St. Louis County reeling.

According to the National Institute on Aging, most infants born in the United States in 1900 did not live past the age of 50, and life expectancy at birth now exceeds 83 years. Although often referred to as the "Golden Years," for many individuals over age 65, they've become the "Vulnerable Years," as diminished physical and mental capacity make them more susceptible to abuse, both financial and physical.

The National Institute of Justice has teamed up with the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in a pilot program to investigate motor vehicle-related occupational fatalities of law enforcement officers in the U.S.

Cara Altimus, former ASSS Fellow with NIJ, discusses the importance of law enforcement and first responders understanding mental illness, its causes, and how it affects the brain. She speaks about the correlation between drug addiction and mental illness.

Altimus also addresses establishing procedures and systems so that police officers and first responders can safely and successfully interact with individuals with drug addiction and/or mental illness.

This brochure presents law enforcement officers with information to better prepare them for the challenges they face in defusing difficult encounters. Law enforcement officers across the nation make tens of thousands of public contacts every single day, including those resulting from casual encounters, responses to calls for service, traffic enforcement, and arrests. The majority of these contacts are routine and uneventful, with most members of the public recognizing and complying with… Read More