A PROPOSAL TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE MODALITIES FOR PROVIDING DNA TRAINING FOR THE NATION'S PROSECUTORS

APRI's goal is to promote and enhance prosecutors' understanding of DNA-related evidence and the skills to apply this knowledge in prosecuting DNA-related criminal cases. To achieve this goal, APRI proposes to adopt a blended learning approach that builds on and extends the CD-ROM and web-based instructional materials we are already producing for NIJ under the President's DNA Initiative. Specifically, APRI proposes to accomplish the following objectives over the next 12-month funding cycle: Objective 1: To develop and deliver an instructional package to accompany the CD-ROM and web-based materials; Objective 2: To create a series of training modules suitable for broadcast; and Objective 3: To continually update APRI's web-based instructional material.

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This primary objective for this award is to promote and enhance prosecutors' understanding of DNA-related evidence and provide them with the skills to apply this knowledge in prosecuting DNA-related criminal cases. Specific objectives are to:
- Create two Special Topic Area curriculum training modules to expand APRI's "Course in a Box," currently
under development through NIJ funding;
- Create three broadcast-ready training modules suitable for broadcast and rendering to DVD format; and
- Continually update APRI's web-based instructional material, DNA: A Prosecutor's Practice Notebook.

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