Diagnostic Center Resource Library

  

Community Engagement Publications

Below are customized documents developed by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Diagnostic Center for communities across the country on a range of topics. The substance of these documents is based on substantial data collection and offers communities relevant, reliable resources to address their criminal justice, juvenile justice and victim services challenges. To download our resources, click on the linked documents.

Corrections
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Jamie Brower, Correctional Officer Wellness and Safety Literature Review, March 2014.

This document reviews the body of literature on the causes and effects of stress for correctional officers, and describes the available research on correctional officer wellness programs and their effectiveness.

Law Enforcement
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Michael D. White, Police Officer Body-Worn Cameras: Assessing the Evidence, August 2014.

This peer-reviewed literature review examines the benefits and implications of body-worn camera technology. Officer body-worn cameras have been praised for increasing transparency and improving police behavior. The technology’s critics, however, raise concerns related to citizen and officer privacy and resource requirements.

Victim Advocacy
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Diagnostic Center Staff, Executive Reference Guide: Human Trafficking, August 2013.

This Executive Reference Guide summarizes the Diagnostic Center’s response to requests from communities seeking assistance in identifying data-driven solutions, resources, publications and research related to specific criminal justice and public safety issues in human trafficking.

Youth Advocacy
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Diagnostic Center Staff, The Executive Reference Guide for Practitioners: Youth Advocacy, Community Relations and Gang Violence, June 2013.

A user-friendly repository of resources pertaining to issues regarding youth and education. In particular, this guide focuses on truancy, employment programs targeting at-risk and delinquent youth and best practices in the use of school resource officers.

Lisa H. Thurau, Esq., First, Do No Harm: Model Practices for Law Enforcement Agencies When Arresting Parents in the Presence of Children, May 2015.

This report outlines key model practices law enforcement agencies can use to safeguard children from the long- and short-term impacts of being present when a parent is arrested.
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Diagnostic Center Staff, Resource Guide: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, March 2015.

This Resource Guide identifies data-driven solutions, resources and related publications to address Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children issues. The resources identified by the Diagnostic Center are a starting point for exploring how science and data can be used to inform policy decisions and support the creation of strategies to address crime problems at the state, local and tribal levels.