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Solving Missing Persons Cases

Date Published
May 24, 2010

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System has helped agencies solve cases and allowed families to find resolution.

NIJ FY 10 Development, Delivery, and Evaluation of Sexual Assault Forensic Training Programs

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NIJ is seeking proposals for the development and delivery of sexual assault examination training programs related to the identification, collection, preservation, analysis, and use of DNA evidence with the goal of increasing the availability of educational opportunities provided at no direct cost to medical personnel, victim service providers, forensic science practitioners, and other professionals involved in treating victims of sexual assault. NIJ is also seeking...

NIJ FY 10 National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System: National Center

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NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of the National Center of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System, which serves as the system's information clearinghouse and administers NIJ's Compliance Testing Program. The National Center provides a variety of support to NIJ's science and technology activities. NOTE:See Frequently Asked Questions for this solicitation for clarification to some areas of the solicitation.

NIJ FY 10 ORE Recovery Act: Evaluation of Recovery Act State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program

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The Recovery Act provides funding for various competitive grant programs that are being administered by OJP. NIJ seeks applications that promote the goals of the Recovery Act through evaluations that support the purposes of three OJP Recovery Act competitive grant programs. Targeted areas include: (1) Programs that increase the capacity of State and local criminal justice systems in some of the areas identified in the...

NIJ FY 10 ORE Evaluation of the BJA Drug Market Intervention (DMI) Training and Technical Assistance Initiative

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NIJ is seeking applications for a multi-year, multi-site evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Drug Market Intervention (DMI) Training and Technical Assistance Initiative. BJA will be supporting training and technical assistance at twelve sites within the United States. NIJ is soliciting applications to provide a comprehensive, rigorous, multi-year, multi-site process, outcome, and impact evaluation of DMI training and technical assistance and model implementation...

NIJ FY 10 ORE Research on International Organized Crime

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NIJ is seeking proposals for research on international organized crime (IOC) that can help State, local, tribal, or Federal criminal justice agencies meet the challenge of IOC in their jurisdictions. Proposals are sought to develop and analyze information and data having clear implications for criminal justice in the United States in the following focus areas: quantification of harm; penetration of strategic sectors; links between IOC...

NIJ FY 10 Criminal Justice Training Through The Use of Virtual Environments

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NIJ seeks proposals for solutions applying modeling and simulation technology to enhance criminal justice training through the use of virtual environments. Proposed solutions must identify and take into account legal, cultural, and social factors as well as policies, practices and procedures in order to create an as near to reality a training environment as possible. NIJ is willing to consider applications for the development of...

NIJ FY 10 Corrections Technology Center of Excellence

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NIJ seeks proposals for the operation of the Corrections Technology Center of Excellence, a component of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System. The center conducts testing, evaluation, technology assistance programs, and other services related to corrections tools and technologies intended for use by institutional and community corrections and other criminal justice agencies.