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The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) and...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Law Enforcement Standards Office (OLES) and Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). CFTT...

The National Institute of Justice is the only federal agency devoted solely to bringing the benefits of scientific research and technology development to the nation's criminal justice system.Author: U. S. Department of JusticeISBN-10: 1502829134ISBN-13: 9781502829139Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/17/2014Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize:...

It has been a headline-making story to the past few years: thousands of sexual assault evidence kits-untested-in police storage. In a few jurisdictions, lawmakers have responded to the outcry from victims and victim advocates by mandating that kits in alleged sexual assaults be DNA...

OJJdP provides national leadership, coordination, and the resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJdP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Office of Law Enforcement Standards and...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES)...

Sexual assault in the nation's prisons continues to be a complex problem of concern to both prison officials and policy-makers. To date, fe research studies have investigation sexual violence in specific correctional institutions, and their results cannot be extrapolated to the nation prisons population...

The tested tool acquired all visible and hidden sectors completely and accurately from the test media. In the case of a hard drive with 22 defective sectors, the sectors of the image corresponding to the defective sectors were replaced with forensically benign content.Author: National...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is dedicated to researching, developing, and evaluating crime control and justice issues. NIJ creates resources for State and local criminal justice agencies that are relevant, timely, and cost-effective. Within the U.S. Department of Justice, NIJ is a component...

In 1995 and 1996, the National Violence Against Women Survey was conducted to measure the extent of violence against women. This nationally representative telephone survey asked 8,000 women and 8,000 men about their experiences as rape victims.Author: Glenn R. SchmittISBN-10: 1502815303ISBN-13: 9781502815309Publisher: Createspace Independent...

The primary challenge for criminal justice professionals today is not from the number of crimes, however, but from the changing nature of the crime landscape. Although traditional criminal activities such as juvenile delinquency, gangs, burglary, and violent crimes remain problems for many communities, law...

Although youth suicide in the community has been identified as a major public health problem, juvenile suicide in confinement has received scant attention. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a contract to National Center on Institutions and Alternatives to conduct...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES)...

Researches have begun to look at the inner workings of drug courts and to investigate how key functional drug court components, singly and in combination, affect outcomes. When the evidence base resulting from such research is sufficiently strong to support meaningful conclusions about effectiveness,...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice; the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) and...

The Technical Working Group on Education and Training in Forensic Science (TWGED) is a multidisciplinary group of content area experts from across the United States and Canada, from both urban and rural jurisdictions, each representing his or her respective agency or practice. Each individual...

As the Department of Justice's research, development, and evaluation agency, NIJ has always been a reliable source of the latest knowledge on criminal justice. In 2002, NIJ developed seven agency-wide strategic goals in three main areas: (1) creating knowledge, (2) dismissing information, and (3)...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) project is the joint effort of the National Institute of Justice, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Department of Defense, the Technical Support Working Group, and other related agencies. The objective of the CFTT...

The Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides technical support to the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) program to support law enforcement and criminal justice in the United States. OLES's function is to develop standards...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) project is the joint effort of the National Institute of Justice, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U. S. Department of Defense, the Technical Support Working Group, and other related agencies. The objective of the...

These evaluations of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program critique a Federal effort to encourage States to develop substance treatment programs for incarcerated offenders. The Corrections Program Office within the Office of Justice Programs provided invaluable support for both the RSAT program and...

This special report presents an overview of a prototype methodology to assess the security of chemical facilities within the United States. This vulnerability assessment methodology identifies and assesses potential security threats, risks, and vulnerabilities and guides the chemical facility industry in making security improvements.Author:...

Batterer intervention programs were introduced as a way to hold batterers accountable without incarcerating them. Initial studies suggested that the programs reduced battering. Two evaluations of programs in Broward County, Florida, and Brooklyn, New York, based on more rigorous experimental designs, claim that they...

In the hours and days after the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history, workers scrambled through the mountain of rubble from the collapsed towers of the World Trade Center. The determined mission of rescue and the grim task of recovery of victims were well...

FROM THE INTRODUCTION: "I have developed a rigorous writing method over the course of the years. I have benefited from such texts as Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones, Annie Dillard's A Writing Life, and Ann LaMott's Bird by Bird --- and even Stephen...

NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is solely dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. NIJ provides objective, independent, nonpartisan, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at...

This Research Report is part of the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ's) Reducing Gun Violence publication series. Each report in the series describes the implementation and effects of an individual, NIJ-funded, local-level program designed to reduce firearm-related violence in a particular U.S. city. Some...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: VariousISBN-10: 150255013XISBN-13: 9781502550132Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

This research report is part of the National Institute of Justice's Reducing Gun Violence publication series. Each report in the series describes the implementation and effects of an individual, NIJ-funded, local-level program designed to reduce firearm-related violence in a particular city.Author: National Institute of...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) mission is to charter, regulate, and supervise national banks and federal savings associations1 and to supervise the federal branches and agencies of foreign banks. The OCC's goal is to ensure that these institutions operate in...

In 1987 the NRC revised the material control and accounting requirements for NRC licenses authorized to possess and use a formula quantity of strategic special nuclear material.Author: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionISBN-10: 1502529726ISBN-13: 9781502529725Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2014Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 11.02h...

The way people cope as victims of crime depends largely on their experiences and on how others treat them immediately after the crime. As a law enforcement officer, you are usually the first official to interact with victims. For this reason, you are in...

This document provides direction to NRC personnel for reviewing training programs at nuclear power plants to verify compliance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.120 and 10 CFR as acceptable.Author: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionISBN-10: 1502529696ISBN-13: 9781502529695Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2014Pages: 112Format:...

The purpose of this manual is to describe methods found acceptable to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the calculation of certain key values required in the preparation of proposed radiological effluent Technical Specifications using the Standard Technical Specifications for light-water-cooled...

Read this book to have a knowledge of safety related facts, logical facts, health facts, social facts, environmental, animal and plant facts.Author: Okechukwu Martins OnuohaISBN-10: 1502519909ISBN-13: 9781502519900Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2014Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.21d

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Performance and Accountability Report presents the agency's program performance and financial management information during fiscal year 2008.Author: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionISBN-10: 1502493004ISBN-13: 9781502493002Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2014Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.38d

Open and consensus standards play a critical role in enabling globally-distributed manufacturing. A close connection between standards development and implementation strategies is critical to ensure widespread adoption. Ideally, the development and implementation of standards is based on a clear understanding of information requirements, the...

The threat of patens "hold up", in which patent holders demand compensation from implementers of technical standards following wide-scale adoption of those standards, has focused significant governmental, academic and industry attention on means for averting such scenerios.Author: National Institute of Standards and TechISBN-10: 1502416468ISBN-13:...

Savvy Self-publishing for the Savvy Self-publisher. The ideal book for those wanting to Self-publish. This book is a print version of my website, compiled to demonstrate the self-publishing process. The contents of this book and even more useful information, links and tools can be...

The Unspoken Effects of Hair Loss covers the opinion of what individual's with hair loss conditions go through on a day to day basis.Author: Markeasha MooreISBN-10: 1502391325ISBN-13: 9781502391322Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/26/2014Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.09lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.06d

Rambling thoughts from a fascinating mind. This brand new book from Susannah Cord documents blog articles from her blog "The Torchlight Chronicles." All of these articles have been previously published and are available to subscribers of the blog.Author: Susannah CordISBN-10: 1502338025ISBN-13: 9781502338020Publisher: Createspace Independent...

5 THINGS EVERY VETERAN NEEDS TO KNOW is a compact, low-cost, portable reference for veterans and their loved ones in knowing and understanding the five most important areas concerning today's U.S. military veterans: - Estate Planning. - Education. - Healthcare. - Veterans Law. -...

I got the idea for writing this booklet while standing in line forever waiting while the buyer patiently explained to pickers what he wanted. He sorted through each basket and actually sent people away to re-clean their mushroom or refused to buy because what...

In November 2008 and again in March 2009, an expert panel was convened by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with the goal of determining whether a list could be developed to indicate which medications or classes of medications may pose a hazard to...

Emily Post is great...for yesterdays generation. But what about today? What about a generation growing up on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? This is the ultimate handbook for how to behave online.It's the perfect gift for grandmas who talk on speakerphone while in a library,...

Have you ever bought a non-refundable airline ticket and then had a sudden change of plans? Or accidentally bid on an auction? This book will tell you how to fight (and win) virtually anything! With sections on auctions, jury duty, leases, air fare, hotels,...

Author: Lynne PalmerISBN-10: 1500967025ISBN-13: 9781500967024Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1975Pages: 174Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.37d

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: VariousISBN-10: 1500935670ISBN-13: 9781500935672Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

What are America's best towns and cities doing to be special? This is the 2014 annual update to America in Bloom's popular Best Ideas book which offers more than 2000 best practices for towns to improve quality of life. This annual update includes the...