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What's New

• National Institute of Justice Journal 250 (NIJ) (November 2003)
  Intimate partner homicide--the killing of a spouse, ex-spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend--has declined significantly in the past 25 years. The findings presented in the feature articles examine which women are most at risk for being a murder victim and consider policies that may explain the declines or result in further declines. The "At-A-Glance" section contains snapshots of research on cross-cultural issues in domestic violence, child abuse, gentrification of drug markets, drug enforcement task forces, the effects of social changes on homicide rates, community involvement in law enforcement, crime victim compensation, quality-of-life policing, and racial profiling.

  

• Coach A Kid in the Game of Life....Be A Mentor Mentoring is one of the best ways to help kids live healthy, happy lives. For children without positive role models, mentors offer valuable guidance, support, and friendship. In fact, children who meet regularly with a mentor are more likely to stay out of trouble, succeed in school, and achieve their goals. Visit OJJDP’s new website to learn more about mentoring!

  

• Stop Gun Violence Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in America by networking existing local programs that target gun crime and providing those programs with additional tools necessary to be successful. Learn more about PSN at www.psn.gov/about.asp.

  

• Community Policing Problem-Solving On-Line Center
  Problem-oriented policing is designed to identify and remove the causes of recurring crime and disorder problems that harm communities. The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing is a non-profit organization funded by the COPS Office to advance problem-oriented policing. The website features practical guides that include topics such as assaults in and around bars; burglary in single-family homes and school bullying.

  

• Get Involved in Keeping Your Community Safe: Citizen Corps asks you to help your family and your community be safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to any kind of disaster. To find out how visit www.citizencorps.gov/.

• Fighting Crime in Your Community: Working with your local United States Attorney’s Office, Operation Weed and Seed is a comprehensive strategy to help communities with serious crime problems bring together people and resources to prevent and control crime and improve the quality of life in neighborhoods. The Weed and Seed strategy aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in designated high-crime neighborhoods across the country. To learn more about how the program and the 2003 Guidelines and Application for Official Recognition of your local strategy, visit www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ccdo/.

• The National Institute of Justice’s Crime Mapping Research Center has recently been renamed NIJ's Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety (MAPS) program. With this change arrives a new and improved website at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/maps/.

• Task Force for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives: The purpose of the Department of Justice's Task Force for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is to promote good works by neighbors, particularly in the areas of juvenile delinquency, prisoners and their families, victims of crime, domestic violence, and drug addiction/treatment/prevention. The Department of Justice works with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, along with the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Housing and Urban Development.

  To learn more about DOJ's Task Force and other resources for faith and community-based groups, visit: htp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fbci/about.html.

• OVC's Crime Victim's Fund: One of OVC's primary responsibilities is to administer the Crime Victims Fund, which was established in 1984 under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). To help victims and victim service providers, OVC distributes money from the Fund in the form of formula and discretionary grants. OVC summarizes its plan for the program funding in the OVC Program Plan FY 2002. Learn more about programs that can assist crime victims in your community, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/welcome.html.

• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP accomplishes this by supporting States and local communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects the public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of families and each individual juvenile.

  These programs include:

  The Child Protection Division (CPD) administers programs related to crimes against children and provides leadership and funding in the areas of enforcement, intervention, and prevention. CPD promotes effective policies and procedures to address the problems of abused, neglected, missing and exploited children.

  The Drug-Free Communities Program is designed to strengthen community-based coalition efforts to reduce youth substance abuse. Please visit the Drug-Free Communities website http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/dfcs/index.html for up-to-date information.

  Learn more about the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in the Final Program Plan Fiscal Year 2002 at http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/grants/FinalProgramPlan2002.txt or by visiting OJJDP's homepage.
  
  

• Resource Reminder: Keep informed about What's New – subscribe to JUSTINFO, an electronic newsletter sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, is published the 1st and 15th of each month. It provides the latest criminal justice news, information, services, and publications. To visit October issue, visit: http://www.ncjrs.org/justinfo/. To subscribe to this newsletter, send your name to listproc@ncjrs.org