ONDCP Releases 2008 Drug Control Budget Summary
The Office of National Drug Control Policy has released the National Drug Control Strategy FY 2008 Budget Summary. A companion document to the National Drug Control Strategy, it identifies resources that support the three key elements of the strategy and demonstrates a balanced approach to drug control policy, in which activities to reduce the demand for narcotics are augmented by efforts to stem their supply.
New Look for Justice Resource Update
This redesigned issue of Justice Resource Update focuses on crime mapping. It also lists publications that address communications interoperability, crime and disorder in schools, burglary at house construction sites, street gangs, community corrections, childhood victimization, and internationally abducted children.
Training Opportunities Focus on Child Protection
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is offering numerous regional training opportunities addressing child protection issues. The courses focus on investigative techniques and other services related to protecting children from victimization and responding to missing and abducted children. Tuition, materials, instructional costs, and single-occupancy lodging will be provided by OJJDP.
Guide Examines Bank Robberies
Bank Robbery, a publication from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, describes the problem of bank robberies, reviews factors that increase banks' risks, and reviews research and police practice-based responses. This guide will help law enforcement professionals analyze their local bank robbery problems.
Interoperability Information Offered
The National Institute of Justice offers a wealth of interoperability information through its Communications Technologies Web page. View InShort fact sheets to learn the interoperability basics, how gateways/interconnects work, why voice encryption is important, how to migrate from commercial cellular digital packet data, and more. Nine fact sheets are available in both HTML and PDF formats.
Strategic Plan Created To Combat Identity Theft
Combating Identity Theft: A Strategic Plan contains recommendations from the President's Identity Theft Task Force designed to strengthen the efforts of law enforcement, educate consumers and businesses about identity theft, help law enforcement officers apprehend and prosecute identity thieves, and increase the safeguards employed by federal agencies and the private sector regarding the personal data with which they are entrusted.
Online Tool Accesses Juvenile Offender Data
Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement enables users to create tables displaying national census data, which can be imported into spreadsheets for analysis. The tool is an integral part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Statistical Briefing Book, which provides information about juvenile crime and victimization and youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
Reducing Drug Use Is Budget's Main Focus
The Bureau of Justice Statistics offers a Drugs & Crime Facts Web page, which summarizes the latest statistics about drug-related crimes, law enforcement, courts, and corrections in the United States. Updates on the drug control budget and drug use are available.
