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National Human Trafficking Prosecution Best Practices Guide
Human trafficking is the second most profitable criminal industry behind the drug trade, estimated by the International Labor Organization to be a $150 billion industry worldwide. To better equip prosecutors…
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Forensic Triage: A Guide for Prosecutors
Authors: PCE, NRTAC As the demand for forensic evidence has exploded, so has the pressure on crime laboratories to keep pace with an ever-growing workload. This paper, developed by PCE’s…
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Truancy-Reduction Programs
The Problem: According to a 2019 article from the Department of Education, over seven million (or one in six students) missed 15 or more days of school in the 2015-2016…
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Need Help with Improving Investigations? Apply for No-cost Training and Technical Assistance
Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (part of the Department of Justice), the National Resource & Technical Assistance Center for Improving Law Enforcement Investigations (NRTAC) delivers training and technical…
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Investigating Violent Crime: The Prosecutor’s Role – Lessons Learned From the Field
Author(s): Kristine Hamann, PCE and John Delaney Violent crime prosecutors do difficult and important work. In October 2017, fifteen seasoned violent-crime prosecutors spent a day and a half sharing their…
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An often difficult decision faced by prosecutors is whether to use evidence provided by a so-called jailhouse informant. Individuals, when incarcerated, may let their guard down with other inmates and…
Read More...Shaken Baby Syndrome
May 28, 2015 – Volume 3 Shaken Baby Syndrome and the broader category of Abusive Head Trauma is a well-accepted and evidence-based diagnosis. Physicians who regularly work with pediatric patients…
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