A resurgence in methamphetamine abuse has raised concerns in the medical and legal communities throughout the United States.  The findings of a national task team of subject-matter experts—collected in a white paper titled The Resurgence of Methamphetamines:  Methamphetamine Abuse Associated With the Opioid Crisis—have confirmed a recent, significant rise in mortality, morbidity, and violence directly attributed to methamphetamine abuse and further support concerns that the impact may be even greater than that of the original methamphetamine epidemic in the early 2000s. 

This resource (developed by the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative in conjunction with the Bureau of Justice Assistance) chronicles the recent resurgence of methamphetamine abuse.  In addition to documenting the emerging epidemic, it offers pragmatic analysis, recommendations, and resources to assist law enforcement and public health officials respond to the threats posed by increased methamphetamine abuse

This research brief explains the collaborative efforts of researchers from three U.S. Department of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence to provide the U.S. government with new open source tools that combat transnational criminal organizations  and drug cartels in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, while protecting confidential sources and increasing international and domestic information sharing. This brief also describes the innovative Gazetteer Search Tool the team is developing for the project and details some initial findings about the more than 3,500 violent deaths in Guatemala.

Officers often emphasize safety and “going home” at the end of the shift—but what happens then?  To raise awareness about the real challenges facing law enforcement families, this presentation encourages law enforcement and criminal justice professionals to guard the six most vulnerable areas of their lives.

This training module, certified by the National Sheriffs’ Association, builds on the tenets set forth in Part 1 by providing tips for creating a personal action plan and additional resources that will facilitate continued learning and personal development.

“CJTEC is designed to help the entire criminal justice community get objective information as early in the adoption process as possible. The idea is to focus NIJ’s resources on rigorous testing and evaluation of technologies that we expect to come into practice in the next three to five years.”—Jeri Ropero-Miller, CJTEC Director and Chief Forensic Scientist 

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recently introduced the Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium (CJTEC), a new program that unites the agency’s compliance testing and standards development efforts with a new focus on identifying the technology needs of the criminal justice community and developing rigorous and objective data about those needs

U.S. veterans have made significant contributions to American freedom, and many have risked their lives to defend the country.  Some suffer a range of poor physical and behavioral health outcomes upon returning to civilian life, putting them at greater risk for criminal justice involvement.  Military veterans comprise a small but noteworthy percentage of the justice-involved population. Research suggests military service may contribute to aggression; 64 percent of veterans in U.S. prisons were sentenced for a violent offense and, of those, one-third are serving time for a violent sexual offense. 

This article, published by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Research Hub, examines factors that may contribute to veteran justice involvement, as well as programs designed to address those factors