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August 14, 2020
COSSAP Webinar
Cognitive Behavioral Treatment—Recognizing Criminal Thinking Patterns
Bureau of Justice Assistance leadership, in collaboration with the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program team, invites you to this no-cost webinar to discuss developments in cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT). Many behavioral health practitioners recognize the importance of CBT in addressing substance use disorders. Equally important for individuals in the criminal legal system is CBT that addresses criminal thinking.
This webinar will:
- Provide an overview of the risk, need, and responsivity framework for working with individuals involved in the criminal legal system.
- Discuss the research behind addressing criminal thinking through CBT.
- Describe several criminal thinking patterns that can be addressed with CBT.
Date: Monday, August 17, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m., E.T.
New NIJ Publication
Gaps in Reporting Human Trafficking Incidents Result in Significant Undercounting
Crime statistics on human trafficking are only as solid as the crime data informing them. Recent National Institute of Justice (NIJ)-supported research reveals that labor and sex trafficking data appearing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s national Uniform Crime Reporting Program may significantly understate the extent of human trafficking crimes in the United States.
The challenges that human trafficking crimes pose for law enforcement and social service agencies are compounded by both the widespread inability of authorities to identify trafficking cases and the broadly inadequate reporting of vital human trafficking data. Looking at law enforcement’s human trafficking records alone, NIJ-funded researchers studied three sites and found that as little as 6% and at most 18% of potential human trafficking victims were captured in those police records.
Webinar
Addressing Justice System Inequities Head-On
Sponsored by the Council of State Governments, this webinar discusses systemic disparities across the justice system. Disparate outcomes can take many different forms, such as longer jail stays for people with serious mental illnesses or disproportionate numbers of people of color being booked into jail. Elevating these topics as priorities and guiding system stakeholders toward meaningful action may feel uncomfortable, challenging, and stressful for the people driving the conversation. This webinar includes a panel of county justice system directors that will share their approach for championing change when systemic disparities demand a new path forward.
Date: Tuesday,
August 18, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., E.T.
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
Video Message from OVC Director Jessica Hart on New Tribal Division
In November 2019, President Trump signed an executive order establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. This video message from Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Director Jessica E. Hart demonstrates OVC’s commitment to fulfilling this mission with the establishment of a new tribal division. This new division will ensure that OVC is appropriately staffed to serve American Indian and Alaska Native communities by streamlining the distribution and management of tribal grant awards. The video provides information about this new division and other efforts by OVC.
COPS Office Releases New Publication
Improving the Identification, Investigation, and Reporting of Hate Crimes: A Summary Report of the Law Enforcement Roundtable
In 2018, the Hate Crimes Enforcement and Prevention Initiative convened a law enforcement roundtable on challenges and successes in identifying, reporting, and tracking hate crimes. Although hate crimes and other bias-motivated incidents are generally investigated and prosecuted as state, local, or tribal matters, the federal government collaborates with state and local partners in the effort to eliminate these crimes from our communities.
Through robust discussion and analysis, roundtable participants developed recommendations for enhancing hate crimes investigation and reporting that comprise a valuable road map for the journey ahead. This initiative was supported by the U.S. Department of Justice Hate Crimes Enforcement and Prevention Initiative.
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., ET
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