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The Attorney General's Weekly Video Message: Sentencing Reform

Title: The Attorney General's Weekly Video Message: Sentencing Reform
Runtime: 2:44
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Attorney General Holder today called on Congress to pass common-sense reforms like the bipartisan Smarter Sentencing Act, which would give judges more discretion in determining appropriate sentences for people convicted of certain federal drug crimes. These reforms would advance the goals of the Smart on Crime initiative - and other efforts that are currently underway - by fundamentally improving policies that exacerbate, rather than alleviate, key criminal justice challenges.

Title: Lifting the Hiring Freeze
Runtime: 2:44
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Attorney General Holder today announced the lifting of the Justice Department-wide hiring freeze that's been in place for just over three years. Thanks to additional resources provided by Congress, the Department will finally be able to fill critical vacancies, and resume the hiring process for federal agents, prosecutors, analysts, and the other staff we need to fulfill our mission.

Title: Protecting Consumers from Cybercrime
Runtime: 2:29
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Attorney General Holder today called on Congress to create a strong, national standard for quickly alerting consumers whose information may be compromised by cyberattacks. This legislation would strengthen the Justice Department's ability to combat crime, ensure individual privacy, and prevent identity theft - while bringing cybercriminals to justice.

Combating Heroin Abuse and Keeping Our Communities Safe

Title: Combating Heroin Abuse and Keeping Our Communities Safe
Runtime: 5:15
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Calling the rise in overdose deaths from heroin and other prescription pain-killers an “urgent public health crisis,” Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Monday that the Justice Department would combat the epidemic through a mix of enforcement and treatment efforts. As an added step, the Attorney General is also encouraging law enforcement agencies to train and equip their personnel with the life-saving, overdose-reversal drug known as naloxone.

Attorney General Holder Announces New Requirements for Halfway Houses to Boost Treatment Services

Title: Attorney General Holder Announces New Requirements for Halfway Houses to Boost Treatment Services
Runtime: 3:06
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Touting the most significant drop in the federal prison population in three decades, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a critical new step to fight recidivism. For the first time, the Justice Department, through the Federal Bureau of Prisons, will require all 200-plus halfway houses in the federal system to offer standardized treatment to prisoners with mental health and substance abuse issues. Once fully implemented, following a 30-day comment period, these services will be available to all 30,000 federal inmates who are released through halfway houses each year.

Attorney General Holder Calls Tax Refund Fraud and Identity Theft a "Rising Threat"

Title: Attorney General Holder Calls Tax Refund Fraud and Identity Theft a "Rising Threat"
Runtime: 3:44
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Calling stolen identity refund fraud "a rising threat," Attorney General Holder warned Americans to be vigilant and protect their personal information as the April 15 tax filing deadline approaches. In the last year alone, the Justice Department charged more than 880 defendants involved in stolen identity refund fraud, and the IRS reports that it resolved and closed approximately 963,000 cases involving identity theft victims. Reinforcing the point that anyone can be a target, the Attorney General shared his recent experience with tax refund fraud after two people attempted to file with his personal information. The Attorney General also urged Americans to protect themselves by reporting suspicious activity and learning more at the IRS website or STOPFRAUD.GOV.

Funding Active Shooter Situation Training

Title: Funding Active Shooter Situation Training
Runtime: 3:40
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Amid an alarming rise in the number of active shooter incidents since 2009-and following the recent tragedies at Ft. Hood and at a Jewish Community Center in Kansas-Attorney General Eric Holder urged Congress to approve $15 million in funding for active shooter training and other officer safety initiatives. These initiatives are critical to providing front-line officers-who are usually first on the scene of an active shooting incident-with the tools, training, and equipment they need to respond to threats, to protect themselves, and to save innocent lives.

Title: Expanding Executive Clemency Criteria
Runtime: 3:08
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department will soon detail new, more expansive criteria that the Department will use in considering when to recommend clemency applications for the President's review. The Attorney General said the Department will assign additional attorneys to review the new applications that are expected to result from this change. The new criteria will allow the Justice Department and the President to consider requests from a larger field of eligible and deserving individuals, and will ultimately serve to advance the goals of the Attorney General's "Smart on Crime" initiative-to strengthen the criminal justice system, promote public safety, and deliver on the promise of equal justice under the law.

Addressing Racial Bias in Law Enforcement

Title: Addressing Racial Bias in Law Enforcement
Runtime: 4:39
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: The Department of Justice is launching an initiative to analyze and reduce the effect of racial bias within the criminal justice system. Through the new National Center for Building Community Trust and Justice, the Department will collect data regarding a broad range of areas in which fairness and trust can come into question-from stops and searches to wrongful convictions. By employing a data-driven approach that builds on the work of the Department's Smart on Crime initiative, this program will implement evidence-based strategies to strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. This new effort will be funded by an initial $4.75 million competitive grant award.

Attorney General Holder: No Company or Individual is "Too Big to Jail"

Title: Attorney General Holder: No Company or Individual is "Too Big to Jail"
Runtime: 2:56
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: In the years after the financial collapse of 2008, some individuals used the phrase "too big to jail" to describe the theory that certain financial institutions-even if they engage in criminal conduct-are immune from criminal prosecution. As the Justice Department continues to pursue several important investigations, the Attorney General asserted that no individual or company, no matter how large or how profitable, is above the law. He intends to reaffirm that principle in the weeks ahead.

Combating Excessive Use of Juvenile Solitary Confinement

Title: Combating Excessive Use of Juvenile Solitary Confinement
Runtime: 3:06
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Attorney General Holder spoke out against excessive use of isolation and solitary confinement for young people with disabilities at juvenile detention centers, saying that juvenile incarceration must be used "to rehabilitate, and not merely to warehouse and forget." Citing reports that described young people being held in confinement for up to 23 hours a day, the Attorney General called for an end to unnecessary or excessive seclusion of youth with disabilities, which can be counterproductive and in some cases extremely harmful.

Instituting Electronic Records for Statements by Individuals in Federal Custody

Title: Instituting Electronic Records for Statements by Individuals in Federal Custody
Runtime: 3:37
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new policy for the Department of Justice that creates a presumption that statements made by individuals in federal custody, after they have been arrested but before their initial appearance, will be electronically recorded. This new policy will document that detained individuals are afforded their constitutionally protected rights, and provide federal law enforcement officials with clear and indisputable records of important statements and confessions made by individuals who have been detained.

Protecting Voting Rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives

Title: Protecting Voting Rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives
Runtime: 3:23
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: In this week's message, Attorney General Eric Holder criticized election practices that adversely affect the ability of American Indian and Alaska Native populations to exercise their right to vote. These obstacles include inaccessible polling places in tribal areas, English-only ballots for areas with limited English proficiency, and "precinct realignment" practices that attempt to combine geographically isolated Native communities. In order to combat this problem, Attorney General Holder announced that the Justice Department would officially enter formal consultations with sovereign tribes to consider a legislative proposal that would require any state or local election administrator whose territory includes part or all of an Indian reservation, an Alaskan native village, or other tribal lands to locate at least one polling place in a venue selected by the tribal government.

Title: Combating Consumer Fraud
Runtime: 3:45
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: In this week's message, Attorney General Eric Holder described the Justice Department's work to protect consumers from scam artists by investigating financial institutions and third party processors that assist in, or willfully ignore, fraudulent behavior. In the days ahead, the Justice Department will keep moving forward - guided by the facts and the law - to eliminate fraud targeting consumers while mitigating any impact on institutions not under investigation. Ultimately, the goal of these investigations is to protect consumers from scam artists and collaborating institutions-and to safeguard honest, hardworking Americans from those who put their financial security in peril.

Title: Protecting the Right to Vote Nationwide
Runtime: 4:05
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: In this week's message, one year after the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 in Shelby County v. Holder, Attorney General Eric Holder criticized a restrictive voter ID law in Wisconsin that erected significant barriers to equal access without serving any legitimate government interest. In April, a federal district court in Wisconsin ruled that the law, which disproportionately impacted the state's African-American and Latino voters, violated both the equal protection clause of the Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which remains in effect. And today, Attorney General Holder made clear that the Department of Justice will continue to use all remaining voting rights protections, including Section 2, in order to stand against disenfranchisement wherever it exists - and in whatever form.

Attorney General Holder Announces Expanded DEA Effort to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

Title: Attorney General Holder Announces Expanded DEA Effort to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse
Runtime: 4:45
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: In order to bolster the DEA's work against prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced a significantly expanded drug take-back effort that will offer new ways for people to safely dispose of old or unused prescription drugs. In addition to authorizing new drop-off sites, the program will allow patients and family members to mail prescription medications to authorized collectors using pre-paid mail-back packages that they can obtain from their local pharmacy and other locations. For more information, please visit the DEA's website at DEA.gov

Title: Countering Violent Extremism
Runtime: 4:07
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: In order to complement the Obama Administration's ongoing work to protect the American people from a range of evolving national security threats, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the Department of Justice is joining with the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center to launch a new series of pilot programs in cities across the nation to help counter violent extremism. These programs will bring together community representatives, public safety officials, religious leaders, and United States Attorneys to improve local engagement and – ultimately – to build a broad network of community partnerships to keep our nation safe.

Attorney General Holder Announces $2.6 Million in Grants for Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention

Title: Attorney General Holder Announces $2.6 Million in Grants for Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention
Runtime: 3:50
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Domestic violence is a devastating crime that claims far too many lives, and the Justice Department is working hard to bring an end to this tragic status quo. Today, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that four sites have been selected to receive a total of $2.6 million to implement promising models aimed at reducing domestic violence homicides. Over the next two years, these sites-- Pitt County, North Carolina; Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Contra Costa County, California; and the Borough of Brooklyn, New York—will institute screening models and evidence-based strategies that will allow them to anticipate potentially lethal behavior, take steps to stop the escalation of violence, and – ultimately – save lives.

Attorney General Holder Denounces Unnecessary Reductions in Ohio Early Voting

Title: Attorney General Holder Denounces Unnecessary Reductions in Ohio Early Voting
Runtime: 5:28
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: One of the Justice Department’s most solemn responsibilities is ensuring access to the ballot box for every eligible citizen. In recent years, however, some states have enacted troubling new measures that unnecessarily limit the ability of particular Americans to participate in the democratic process. Ohio, for example, has recently imposed restrictions that significantly reduce opportunities for early voting – opportunities that had in the past been heavily used by African-American voters. Today, Attorney General Eric Holder called on election officials and other public servants at every level across the country to consider their responsibilities not to political constituencies, but to the country they serve—and to ensure that engagement in the democratic process remains the responsibility, and the birthright, of every American.

Celebrating Fatherhood and Encouraging Mentorship with the My Brother's Keeper Initiative

Title: Celebrating Fatherhood and Encouraging Mentorship with the My Brother's Keeper Initiative
Runtime: 3:58
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: In a video message, Attorney General Eric Holder reflects on one of the most important and fulfilling jobs that he has--being a father. While many fathers express a great love, guidance, and support for their children, we must all be mindful that far too many young people simply don't have a supportive father in their life. This is not an individual problem - it's a national concern. That's why the Attorney General is answering President Obama's call-to-action by encouraging Americans to become mentors in My Brother's Keeper Initiative.

Attorney General Holder's Statement on Same-Sex Marriages in Utah

Title: Attorney General Holder's Statement on Same-Sex Marriages in Utah
Runtime: 1:43
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: Attorney General Holder confirms that, for purposes of federal law, same-sex marriages that have been performed in the state of Utah will be recognized as lawful and considered eligible for all relevant federal benefits on the same terms as other same-sex marriages.

Title: New Hires Have a Choice
Runtime: 3:07
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: During the Form I-9 employment eligibility verification process, employers should always show new hires the List of Acceptable Documents (page 9 of the I-9 Form) and allow them to choose a single document from List A (which establishes both identity and employment authorization), or a document from both List B (which establishes identity) and List C (which establishes employment authorization).

For more information about the Form I-9, visit http://www.uscis.gov/I-9Central, and for more information about immigration-related unfair employment practices related to the I-9 process, visit http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/osc/. Sign up for a free webinar here: http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/osc/webinars.php.

Title: Beyond the Myth
Runtime: 23:09
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Are jails and prisons one and the same, and what exactly is "community corrections"? With an emphasis on the role of jails in local communities, this video will answer those questions and more. It goes "beyond the myth" to reveal what corrections really is, what it is not, and the important role it plays in promoting public safety. The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. Its mission is to provide training, information, and technical assistance to the nation's jails, prisons, and community corrections facilities. For more information, please visit NIC online at http://nicic.gov/.

Title: AG Holder's PSA for Servicemembers
Runtime: 3:56
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Attorney General Holder's Public Service Announcement on fraud that targets service members and their families.

For more about the Department of Justice's efforts to protect service members, read Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart F. Delery's op-ed at Stripes.com

Employers Should not Reverify Permanent Resident Cards

Title: Employers Should not Reverify Permanent Resident Cards
Runtime: 3:12
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: This is a PSA from the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. Many employers erroneously believe that if they have an employee whose Permanent Resident Card (also known as a "Green Card") is expiring, they must see a new one. This is false. If a Permanent Resident presents an unexpired Permanent Resident Card at the time of hire (or an unexpired identify document together with an unrestricted Social Security card), then that employees From I-9 never needs to be reverified, even if when the Permanent Resident Card expires. The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices, or "OSC," wants you to be informed about the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") by signing up for a free webinar. Whoever you may be, employer or employee, sign up for a free webinar with OSC. http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/osc/webinars.php

Empleadores no Deben Reverificar una Tarjeta de Residencia

Title: Empleadores no Deben Reverificar una Tarjeta de Residencia
Runtime: 3:12
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: This video provides guidance to employers about employment eligibility verification. It is in Spanish with Spanish subtitles. There is also a version with English subtitles which can be found here: http://youtu.be/XWRSMNFxxKY

Si un Residente Permanente muestra su Tarjeta de Residencia ("Green Card" o "Mica") o una identificación en conjunto con su Tarjeta de Seguro Social sin restricciones, los empleadores nunca deben reverificar esos documentos.

Muchos empleadores piensan que tienen que ver una nueva tarjeta cuando esos documentos se expiran, pero eso es incorrecto. Si un trabajador muestra una Tarjeta de Residencia que no está vencida (o una identificación que no está vencida en conjunto con una Tarjeta de Seguro Social sin restricciones) al momento de ser contratado entonces el Formulario I-9 de ese trabajador no se tiene que reverificar.

Si tiene preguntas, la Oficina del Consejero Especial tiene una línea directa en español y en in...

2012 National Intertribal Youth Summit (NIYS) Public Service Announcement (PSA)

Title: 2012 National Intertribal Youth Summit (NIYS) Public Service Announcement (PSA)
Runtime: 2:02
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: The 2012 PSA represents hopes, fears, expectations, and challenges that tribal youth see on their reservations and in their communities. It builds upon themes from previous NIYS events and was filmed on site during the 2012 NIYS in Washington, DC.

Title: COPS Conference 2012 -- Glenn E. Martin
Runtime: 44:07
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Glenn E. Martin, Vice President, Development and Public Affairs and Director, David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, The Fortune Society, Inc. Keynote speaker at the 2012 National COPS Conference

Title: COPS Conference 2012 -- Dorothy Edwards
Runtime: 43:04
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Dorothy J. Edwards, Executive Director, Green Dot, et cetera, Inc. Keynote speaker at the 2012 National COPS Conference

Title: COPS Conference 2012 -- Anthony B. Iton
Runtime: 40:47
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Anthony B. Iton, Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities, The California Endowment. Keynote speaker at the 2012 National COPS Conference

Title: COPS Conference 2012 -- James Cole
Runtime: 16:58
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: James Cole, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice. Keynote speaker at the 2012 National COPS Conference

Title: COPS Conference 2012 -- Mary Lou Leary
Runtime: 12:10
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice. Speaker at the 2012 National COPS Conference

COPS Conference 2012 -- Bernard Melekian

Title: COPS Conference 2012 -- Bernard Melekian
Runtime: 16:47
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Bernard K. Melekian, Director, COPS Office, U.S. Department of Justice. Speaker at the 2012 National COPS Conference

Title: Effects of Wrongful Conviction Cases
Runtime: 3:40
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: The National Institute of Justice has funded a study examining the impact of wrongful convictions on crime victims. The study is looking at the impact on the original victim of the crime to get a better understanding of what their service needs are, and how we can better serve them both in terms of policy and practice.
In this interview, Erin Williamson, Program Manager from ICF International, discusses the evaluation.
Learn more about other wrongful conviction work at NIJ (http://go.usa.gov/rhrd)
Recorded at the 2012 NIJ Conference (http://go.usa.gov/rhCP)

(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the spearker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)

The Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) Survey

Title: The Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) Survey
Runtime: 1:26
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: The National Institute of Justice has funded an evaluation of the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification. The program, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, provides funds to states automate and improve how victims are notified about information surrounding their case.
In this interview, Seri Irazola, the Principal Investigator from ICF International, discusses the evaluation.
Learn more about the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (http://go.usa.gov/rhCz)
Recorded at the 2012 NIJ Conference (http://go.usa.gov/rhCP)

(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the spearker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)

Title: Hidden Victims of Human Trafficking
Runtime: 3:32
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: The National Institute of Justice has funded a study looking at the barriers that local communities face identifying, investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases under new state human trafficking laws.
In this interview, Amy Farrell, assistant professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, discusses that study.
Learn more about other human trafficking work at NIJ (http://go.usa.gov/rhjQ)
Recorded at the 2012 NIJ Conference (http://go.usa.gov/rhCP)

(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the spearker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)

Title: Ballistic-Resistant Vest Standards
Runtime: 1:38
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: In this interview, Deanna Rivard, Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis, MN, discusses how agencies can get help funding body armor, work on improving the fit of body armor and the importance of wearing it.
Learn more about body armor (http://go.usa.gov/rhDx) and standards (http://go.usa.gov/rhDV) work NIJ.
Recorded at the 2012 NIJ Conference (http://go.usa.gov/rhCP)

(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the spearker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)

Director John H. Laub Introduces Joan Petersilia at the 2012 NIJ Conference

Title: Director John H. Laub Introduces Joan Petersilia at the 2012 NIJ Conference
Runtime: 8:55
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: NIJ Conference 2012, introduction to the keynote address
This morning's plenary is on a topic that is currently in crisis level in this country: incarceration. It's a topic of great importance to NIJ, as it is, I'm sure, to many of you. And before I introduce our speaker today, I want to tell you a little bit about what NIJ is doing in the area of corrections.

Joan Petersilia: Prison Downsizing in America

Title: Joan Petersilia: Prison Downsizing in America
Runtime: 51:47
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: 2012 NIJ Conference, Keynote Speech
When John invited me to speak here today and told me I could really speak about any topic, I knew I had to accept the invitation, and I knew what topic I wanted to speak about. Something has been bothering me for about the last six to nine months, and I thought this would be exactly the kind of audience to have a frank discussion about kind of what's on my mind.

The title of my talk is called "Looking Back to See the Future of Prison Downsizing in America." I chose this topic because, of course, I think prison downsizing is the most important issue we are now facing — I was here 2 years ago. That wasn't even on the topic of that conference. Now it's everywhere. I mean, in 2 years we have seen a downsizing in the American state prison population unheard of in the previous 40 years.

Gary LaFree: 10th Anniversary of 9/11: Advances in Social Sciences

Title: Gary LaFree: 10th Anniversary of 9/11: Advances in Social Sciences
Runtime: 23:58
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Gary LaFree, Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism at the University of Maryland, addresses the 2011 NIJ Conference.
The tragedy of 9/11 posed unprecedented challenges to forensic science, social science, and physical science and technology — the three bedrock sciences at NIJ. Recovering from the attack and preventing another one have became topmost priorities in the 10 years since the attack. As we approach the 10th anniversary, Gary LaFree discusses how that fateful day impacted social scientific priorities and the outcomes from those changes.

Lawrence Bobo: The Importance of Research on Race, Crime and Punishment

Title: Lawrence Bobo: The Importance of Research on Race, Crime and Punishment
Runtime: 30:01
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Dr. Lawrence Bobo, Harvard University, addresses the 2011 NIJ Conference.
Excerpt: It is frequently said that we live in the post-racial era. If Jim Crow racism and the struggles over the civil rights era defined an earlier period in the American experience, then our own time is said to be defined by a new tolerance, a new commitment to diversity and finally moving beyond race as a line of division and inequality in American society. National survey data show, in fact, that substantial numbers of Americans believe in the post-racial narrative, including an overwhelming majority of white Americans who say that we have already arrived at a racially egalitarian society, and in fact, nearly a full third of African Americans. Yet there is at least one domain that remains a glaring exception to this narrative of hope and progress, and it involves the heavy overrepresentation of minorities, especially African Americans, among those in our jails and prisons. The main message of my remark...

Mark Kleiman (2 of 2) Comments on Drugs, Violence and Putting Cartels Out of Businessess

Title: Mark Kleiman (2 of 2) Comments on Drugs, Violence and Putting Cartels Out of Businessess
Runtime: 6:11
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: My work on crime control draws on two social scientific traditions. One is behavioral economics: how do you do appropriate nudge strategies that push people in the direction you want to push them, adjusting for the fact that they're not perfectly rational? And the other is game theory. Even if people were perfectly rational, in a situation where there are many people breaking the law, then the risk faced by each one of them of being punished depends on how many other people are breaking the same law, how much enforcement we have. And that's what leads me to say: concentrate.

Title: Slow Down, Move Over
Runtime: 0:30
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: More law enforcement officers die each year in traffic incidents than from any other cause, including shootings. Many of these deaths occur on the roadside as officers perform their duties. This public service announcement reminds drives to slow down and move over when they see a public safety responder on the side of the road. This video was produced by Respondersafety.com with funding from the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, and United States Fire Administration, Department of Homeland Security.

Mark Kleiman (1 of 2) Comments on Drugs, Violence and Putting Cartels Out of Businessess

Title: Mark Kleiman (1 of 2) Comments on Drugs, Violence and Putting Cartels Out of Businessess
Runtime: 2:41
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Will Rogers once said that "it's not what you don't know that hurts you; it's what you know that ain't so." Everybody knows that drug abuse and crime are sort of the same thing, and therefore fighting the war on drugs is a good way to reduce crime. Unfortunately, that ain't so. And we distinguish sharply between policies to reduce drug abuse and the damage that it does to individuals and the people around them, and policies to reduce predatory crime, which is roughly hurting people and taking their stuff in all its varieties. And yes, drug abuse has a connection with predatory crime, but it's not the same thing, and a lot of the stuff we do that's supposed to control drug abuse actually turns out to increase predatory crime. We can think about not doing that.

In particular, drug law enforcement has a natural tendency to increase the stakes in drug dealing—put more money on the table, put more time behind bars at risk and therefore to increase the value of violence to peo...

Title: Frontline Learning Center
Runtime: 1:06
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: Frontline is NIC's new training center exclusively for frontline staff in corrections. The video demonstrates the many learning environments, flexibility, and benefits that Frontline can offer to professionals working in prisons, jails, and community corrections. For more information, please visit nic.learn.com/frontline.

Closing for Law 101: Legal Guide for the Forensic Expert

Title: Closing for Law 101: Legal Guide for the Forensic Expert
Runtime: 1:46
Date posted: 15 years ago
Description: The online course "Law 101: Legal Guide for Forensic Experts," provides 13 modules and and introduction designed to give user who serve and those who will be serving as expert witnesses vital information to follow when preparing for and testifying in court. Take this free online course provided by the National Institute of Justice at https://law101.dna.gov.

Introduction to Law 101: Legal Guide for the Forensic Expert

Title: Introduction to Law 101: Legal Guide for the Forensic Expert
Runtime: 0:50
Date posted: 15 years ago
Description: The online course "Law 101: Legal Guide for Forensic Experts," provides 13 modules and and introduction designed to give user who serve and those who will be serving as expert witnesses vital information to follow when preparing for and testifying in court. Take this free online course provided by the National Institute of Justice at https://law101.dna.gov.

Title: Reverification
Runtime: 2:16
Date posted: 15 years ago
Description: At the time of hire, all employees have a choice of what document(s) to present to establish their identity and authorization to work, when completing the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9. Employees can choose to present one List A document or instead they can present a List B & List C document. Employer's should not restrict this choice and could be committing document abuse if they do restrict a worker's choice of documents. Employers also need to give the employee a choice of document(s) to produce during any reverification (if reverification is warranted).

For more information about the From I-9, please refer to http://www.uscis.gov/I-9Central and for more information about immigration related unfair employment practices, see http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/osc/

To sign up for a free webinar visit http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/osc/webinars.php

Title: OSC Webinar
Runtime: 1:37
Date posted: 15 years ago
Description: This is a PSA from the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. We are the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices, or "OSC," and we want you to be informed about the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") by signing up for a free webinar. Whoever you may be, employer or employee, sign up for a free webinar with OSC. http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/osc/webinars.php

Janet Lauritsen (3 of 3): How should victim service providers be evaluated?

Title: Janet Lauritsen (3 of 3): How should victim service providers be evaluated?
Runtime: 1:13
Date posted: 15 years ago
Description: The National Crime Victimization Survey is a nationally representative survey of victims in the United States that's designed to provide estimates of victimization that are representative of the population for persons ages 12 and older in the U.S.

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