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Announcements

• Assessing Consistency and Fairness in Sentencing: A Comparative Study in Three States — Following presentations at the NIJ Conference and the meeting of the National Association of Sentencing Commissions, the National Center for State Courts' has released this NIJ-funded comparative study of state sentencing guidelines that examines proportionality, consistency and discrimination in Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia.
  Read the executive summary (pdf, 20 pages) or full report (pdf, 336 pages). The dataset will be available from NACJD. (Posted 9/4/2008)
• Violence Against American Indian & Alaska Native Women: Program of Research (Posted 8/15/2008)

Funding

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Publications

• Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: Implementation and Impact (Posted  )
  
• Sexual Violence and Evidence Collection (Posted  )
  
• Test Results for Mobile Device Acquisition Tool: Susteen DataPilot Secure View 1.8.0 (Posted 10/06/08)
  
• Geography and Public Safety Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 3 (Posted 09/11/08)
  
• Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women, 1993-Present (Posted 09/02/08)
  
• Test Results for Hardware Write Block Device: Tableau T8 Forensic USB Bridge (FireWire Interface) (Posted 08/15/08)
  
• Test Results for Hardware Write Block Device: Tableau T8 Forensic USB Bridge (USB Interface) (Posted 08/15/08)
  
• Test Results for Digital Data Acquisition Tool: EnCase 5.05f (Posted 08/15/08)
  
• Domestic Violence Cases: What Research Shows About Arrest and Dual Arrest Rates (Posted 07/25/08)
  
• Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor NIJ Standard - 0101.06 (Posted 07/21/08)
  

Events and Training

• Forensic Managment Academy — Enrollement open 2009
• DNA Trends and Issues: A High Impact Summit for Law Enforcement, October 20–21, 2008
• Elder Abuse Workshop Summary
• 2008 Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness — Agenda released
  Register to attend.
• Web Forum on Assisting Child Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation
• Cold Cases Analysis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors
  Apply by February 2, 2009 to attend one of four regional sessions.
• 2009 Trace Evidence Symposium — Call for Presenters
  Find suggested topics and instructions for submitting an abstract Exit Notice.
• Series of Expert Chats on Sexual Violence — NIJ and the Government Innovators Network are hosting four expert chats June – September.