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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Director Denise E. O'Donnell will announce more than $11 million in funding to address neighborhood-level crime in fifteen communities nationwide. The announcement will take place at the Stone Avenue Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012, at 11:45 a.m. The event will include remarks from DOJ officials and...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Justice Programs' (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) today announced new partnerships formed to fight consumer fraud and reduce the number of unsafe or stolen vehicles being retitled or sold. Data provider companies, Auto Data Direct, Inc., Carco Group, Inc., CARFAX, CVR, Experian Automotive, Mobiletrac, LLC., Motor Vehicle Software Corporation, RigDig, VINAudit.com, LLC., and VINSmart, have joined BJA's effort...
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release is being issued by the Department of Justice: National Youth Violence Summit Draws High-Level Officials - The National Summit on Preventing Youth Violence will be held on Monday, April 2, and Tuesday, April 3, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Mayors, police chiefs, school officials and youth, among other local representatives, will report on their youth violence prevention efforts as part of...
BJA's Officer Safety Program Saves Lives WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the wake of recent violent attacks against law enforcement professionals, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that since January 1, 2011 nearly 30 law enforcement and corrections officers were saved by protective vests. Of these saves, 16 officers were wearing life-saving vests purchased, in part, with funds awarded through the DOJ's Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program....
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the wake of recent violent attacks against law enforcement professionals, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that since January 1, 2011 nearly 30 law enforcement and corrections officers have been saved by protective vests. Of these saves, 16 officers were wearing life-saving vests purchased, in part, with funds awarded through the DOJ's Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program. Administered by DOJ's Bureau of Justice...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Department of Justice: OJP Leadership Addresses Violence Against Native Americans - In remarks at the Task Force on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women, held in conjunction with the fourteenth Interdepartmental Tribal Justice, Safety, & Wellness Session, December 14, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Principal Deputy AAG Mary Lou Leary said, "We are working hard to forge...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release is being issued by the Office of Justice Programs: AAG Robinson Speaks at Criminology Conference - In remarks Thursday, November 17 at the American Society of Criminology Conference: Breaking the Mold: Innovations and Bold Ventures in Criminology, in Washington, D.C., Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson, Office of Justice Programs, said, "My goal is to try to institutionalize a scientific mindset...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Department of Justice: Assistant Attorney General Testifies before Congress on Oversight of OJP - In remarks recently before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on the Oversight of the Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson, OJP, said, " In the current climate of fiscal restraint and...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and National Institute of Justice (NIJ) today announced four communities received funding to create court-based programs to prevent probationers from re-offending. The four communities - Clackamas County, Ore; Essex County, Mass; Saline County, Ark; and Tarrant County, Texas - are part of the Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) project and funded through the...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released today by the Office of Justice Programs: New DAAG Named for Operations and Management--Jim Burch, Principal Deputy Director in OJP's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and previously Acting Director for BJA, will become OJP's Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Operations and Management on September 6. BJS Director Discusses "Crime in America" on C-SPAN's Washington Journal--Bureau of Justice Statistics...
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BJA: British Journal of Anesthesia is a peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Anesthetists. It was established in 1923 and covers all aspects of anesthesia. As of May 2012, the editor-in-chief is Charles S. Reilly (University of Sheffield). The BJA is the leading European anesthesia journal and the second highest ranked internationally. It publishes original scientific articles relevant to any aspect of anesthesia,...
