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The following post appears courtesy of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to providing timely and...
View ArticleTalking with Young People at the Summit on Preventing Youth Violence
The following post appears courtesy of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. One of the best things about the 2012 Summit on Preventing Youth...
View ArticleTraining to Protect Children from Internet Crimes
The following post appears courtesy of Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary Lou Leary of the Office of Justice Programs Training investigators, prosecutors and law enforcement across America to keep...
View ArticleBringing All Criminal Justice Stakeholders to the Table
The following post appears courtesy of the Access to Justice Initiative The Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program provides federal funding for states...
View ArticleReaching Every Victim, Extending the Vision of Service
The following post appears courtesy of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). This afternoon, as I stood with Attorney General Eric Holder and my colleague...
View ArticleNational Police Week: Honoring Our Public Safety Officers through Increased...
The following post appears courtesy of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs This week, we honor those officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice...
View ArticleHonoring Those Who Serve and Protect
This week the Justice Department commemorated National Police Week by hosting and attending events across the country to honor those who have sacrificed for the protection of us all. In 1962, President...
View ArticleSecond Chances and Safer Communities
The following post appears courtesy of Attorney General Eric Holder. Today, more than two million people across the country – and more than one in 100 American adults – are behind bars. At some point,...
View ArticleJustice Department Commemorates National Missing Children’s Day
The following post appears courtesy of Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs, Mary Lou Leary The disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz on May 25, 1979, of Adam Walsh in...
View ArticleFighting Back Against the Hidden Epidemic of Elder Abuse
Today, Deputy Attorney General James Cole spoke on behalf of the Department of Justice at the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day event at the White House. In 2006, June 15th was designated as World Elder...
View ArticleResources to Prevent and Detect Elder Abuse
The following post appears courtesy of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Today, June 15, we mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, a moment for...
View ArticleNational Intertribal Youth Summit Brings Young Leaders Together
The following post appears courtesy of Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs Mary Lou Leary This week, I was privileged to meet with the more than 200 American Indian and...
View ArticleAttorney General Eric Holder’s Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence...
The following post appears courtesy of Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs, Mary Lou Leary Over the last year, the Attorney General’s Task Force on Children Exposed to...
View ArticleNational Suicide Prevention Week
The following post appears courtesy of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs This week is Suicide Prevention Week and the National Action Alliance for...
View ArticleHelping the Victims of Human Trafficking
The following post appears courtesy of Mary Lou Leary, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs In March of this year President Obama directed his Cabinet to redouble...
View ArticleKeeping Students Safe on Campus
The following post appears courtesy of Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs, Mary Lou Leary Last week, I was privileged to speak at the Clery Center for Security on...
View ArticleA Comprehensive Anti-Violence Strategy: Reentry, Prevention and Enforcement
On October 10th, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole traveled to Talladega, Ala., where he spoke with members of the Northern Alabama Reentry Council. The Reentry Council was formed in April 2011,...
View ArticleGoogle Joins the AMBER Alert Network
The following post appears courtesy of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Last week the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and the National Center for...
View ArticleAttorney General Holder Launches Task Force to Improve Responses to Violence...
On Friday, Attorney General Holder outlined the initial steps to implement the recommendations of the department’s Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence, part of the Defending Childhood...
View ArticleServing Victims of Crime
The following post appears courtesy of Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Mary Lou Leary. This week I was thrilled to join Attorney General Eric Holder, Acting...
View ArticleA Message from Attorney General Holder on Yesterday’s Reentry Council Meeting
The following post appears courtesy of Attorney General Eric Holder. Yesterday, I had the privilege of presiding over the fourth meeting of the Federal Interagency Reentry Council, a government-wide...
View ArticleNational Police Week: Remembering and Supporting our Public Safety Officers
The following post appears courtesy of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. During National Police Week, the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) proudly...
View ArticleA Week to Honor Our Public Safety Heroes
During National Police Week, the Justice Department participated in events across the country to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect and serve. On Monday evening, Attorney...
View ArticleStrengthening Our Efforts: Recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Courtesy of Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason When President Obama proclaimed October Domestic Violence Awareness month on September 30, he noted the progress made since the passage of the 1994...
View ArticleTraining Law Enforcement to Respond to Active Shooters
Tragic events such as the September 2013 mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard and last year’s mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, have continued to increase the demand for training that shows...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Impact of Children’s Exposure to Violence in American...
The following post appears courtesy of Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason Yesterday, at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the first public hearing of...
View Article“We Are All Our Brothers’ Keepers”
This post is courtesy of Karol V. Mason, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Last week I attended the President’s announcement of his new initiative, “My Brother’s Keeper,” a...
View ArticleStaying Involved During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, April 2014
Courtesy of Karol V. Mason, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs When he proclaimed April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, President Obama said, “Every child should...
View ArticleBureau of Justice Statistics Recognized for Studies on Prison Rape
Courtesy of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and its data collection agents received the 2014 Policy Impact Award from the American...
View ArticleCelebrating 40 Years of Working Together for Youth Justice and Safety
This post appears courtesy of Robert L. Listenbee, Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs. On September 7, 1974, the Juvenile Justice and...
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