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Funding Opportunity Available for Violence Prevention Research

OJJDP’s Community-Based Violence Prevention Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program supports methodologically rigorous research and evaluation studies that inform policy and practice consistent with the Department of Justice’s mission. OJJDP will fund field-initiated studies to inform what is understood about how communities can prevent and reduce violence involving youth. Deadline: June 28, 2012. More icon

 National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges To Hold Annual Conference
On July 15–18, 2012, in New Orleans, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges will hold its 75th Annual Conference. The theme, “Tomorrow’s Courts Today: Back to the Future in the Big Easy,” will offer sessions on the future of the court system and the use of technology. Registration is available online. More icon

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OJJDP News @ a Glance, March/April 2012

The most recent issue of OJJDP News @ a Glance features an indepth interview with Melodee Hanes, OJJDP’s Acting Administrator, and includes articles on the second annual summit of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, public hearings in Miami and Detroit of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence, findings of an OJJDP-supported study on serious juvenile offenders, and more. More icon
 National Gang Center Releases Newsletter on Gang Reduction

The National Gang Center, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and OJJDP, has released the inaugural issue of NGC Newsletter. The quarterly newsletter features articles on reducing gang involvement and crime in communities. The future issues will provide practitioners with current information about emerging gangs, gang-related trends, gang-reduction trainings, and gang-suppression strategies. More icon

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