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New Jersey Partnership Provides Safe Places to Combat Hate and Bias Crimes (2023)
Union County Prosecutor’s Office (Elizabeth, NJ) Population: 600,000 | Number of Full-Time Prosecutors:65 | Contact Information The Safe Place Initiative, a program that began in Seattle, is now making Union…
Read More...The Empathetic Prosecutor: Reducing Bias When Working With Victims, Survivors, and Witnesses
Authors: PCE, New York County District Attorney’s Office, San Diego District Attorney’s Office, and Queens District Attorney’s Office -What does bias look like?-How can prosecutors reduce bias when working with their…
Read More...Reducing the Criminal Justice Footprint Consistent with Public Safety
Presentation moderator Kristine Hamann of PCE discusses reducing the criminal justice footprint with Assistant DA Nicole Ortsman-Dauer (New York County, NY) and DA Beth McCann (Denver, CO) at the October Best Practices…
Read More...Courthouse Facility Dogs
Prosecutor offices across the country are enlisting the help of trained courthouse facility dogs to provide comfort and support to vulnerable witnesses and victims throughout various stages of the criminal…
Read More...Victims, Witnesses, and Defendants with Mental Illness or Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Authors: Arc, NAMI, PCE Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) or mental illness are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, as victims, witnesses, suspects, and defendants. In an effort…
Read More...Webinar: Victims, Witnesses, and Defendants with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD): Key Information for Prosecutors
On February 13, 2019, the Vera Institute of Justice hosted a webinar to provide an overview of the resources and objectives of the Serving Safely National Initiative to Enhance Policing for Persons…
Read More...Victim Services and Crisis Training Volunteer Programs
The Pima County Attorney’s Office in Arizona has established a volunteer program for members of the community interested in assisting crime victims and people in crisis. The vetting and training…
Read More...Elder Abuse Prevention and Education Programs
According to the National Center on Aging, approximately one in ten Americans over age 60 has experienced some form of elder abuse. Furthermore, financial exploitation of seniors costs between $2.9…
Read More...Overcoming Witness Intimidation – Innovative Prosecutor Tools and Techniques
Kris Hamann (PCE) and John Delaney (Philadelphia DA’s Office, Retired) share strategies for addressing witness intimidation.
Read More...Witness Intimidation – What You Can Do To Protect Your Witness
Witness intimidation and witness tampering can occur in any case, from simple misdemeanors to homicides. It has a variety of consequences from the silencing of an entire community, to the murder of a…
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