data analysis

The Vera Institute of Justice has recently developed a guide to analyzing jail data to better inform impactful policy creation and social change. The guide provides strategies for obtaining quantitative data on jail populations from local government and other sources, definitions of data points generally collected about jail populations, best-practices for prepping data sets for most effective analysis, and suggestions for different types of analysis that could be performed with that data.

On Wednesday, February 26, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM EST, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in collaboration with AEquitas, hosted a webinar for Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) human trafficking task forces on responding to sex trafficking of men and boys. This webinar provided human trafficking task forces with strategies to better identify male victims of sex trafficking, implement specific trauma-informed responses, and effectively collect evidence and interview victims leading to successful prosecutions.

The Tulsa, Oklahoma PSP requested travel support for representatives to attend the APA Safety and Justice Leadership Institute from December 4 - 6 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The requestor withdrew the request.

As a strategic ally in the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge, the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) is hosting its Eighth Prosecutorial Leadership Institute in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Harris County, Texas Sheriff’s Office, as part of the Harris County National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) site, requested travel support for representatives to attend the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys’ Safety and Justice Leadership Institute. BJA NTTAC provided travel support for one representative from the Harris County PSP site to attend the event from December 5 - 6 2019 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.The Harris County PSP requested travel support for representatives to attend the APA Safety and Justice Leadership Institute.

The Anniston, Alabama Police Department, as part of the Anniston/Oxford National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) site, requested travel support for a representative to attend the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys’ Safety and Justice Leadership Institute. BJA NTTAC provided travel support for one representative from the Anniston/Oxford PSP site to attend the event from December 5-6, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Birmingham, Alabama Police Department, as part of the Birmingham National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) site, requested travel support for representatives to attend the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys’ Safety and Justice Leadership Institute. BJA NTTAC provided travel support for one representative from the Birmingham PSP site to attend the event from December 5-6, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Cleveland, Ohio Police Department, as part of the Cleveland National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) site, requested travel support for representatives to attend the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys’ Safety and Justice Leadership Institute. BJA NTTAC provided travel support for one representative from the Cleveland PSP site to attend the event from December 5-6, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Baltimore, Maryland Police Department, as part of the Baltimore National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) site, requested travel support for representatives to attend the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys’ Safety and Justice Leadership Institute. BJA NTTAC provided travel support for one representative from the Baltimore PSP site to attend the event from December 5-6, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Amarillo PSP site request travel support for a representative to attend the APA Leadership and Justice Instutite on December 5-6, 2019. The requestor withdrew the request.