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Addressing Victims of Sexual Trafficking with a Dose of Humanity: The Role of Peer Counselors

Most people know the old saying “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” If there’s any truth to that statement, then surely there are...

Technology

Bonus, online article—The Justice Department’s Diagnostic Center Provides Technical Assistance to Address Human Trafficking

Effectively addressing human trafficking can pose a significant challenge to communities without established practices for identifying and protecting human trafficking victims and investigating and pr...

Traffic Safety

Driving to Save Lives in Virginia

When the concept of a multi-layered, multi-agency traffic safety program, which became the Drive to Save Lives campaign, was first batted around among the state and provincial (S&P) ranks, there w...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Encountering Mentally Ill People and Potential Liability under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Law enforcement officers’ encounters with emotionally disturbed people are becoming more prevalent each day. However, case law across the United States has been inconsistent in determining whether l...

President's Message

President’s Message: Enhancing Highway and Roadway Safety: A Multi-Pronged Effort

Year after year, law enforcement officers are called upon to respond to too many traffic-related injuries and fatalities. We have all been there—you pull up to a crash scene and your heart breaks. Y...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Federal Funding Update: Full Steam Ahead on Appropriations

The fiscal year (FY) 2015 appropriations process is currently under way in both U.S. legislative chambers, with the hope of passing all 12 annual spending bills before the start of the fiscal year on ...

From the Director

From the Assistant Attorney General—OJP’s Partnership with Law Enforcement Against Human Trafficking

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) provides innovative leadership to federal, state, local, and tribal justice systems by disseminating state-of-the-art, researc...

Human & Civil Rights

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Human Trafficking 101 for Law Enforcement ¹

The leaders of the United States have made it clear that the right to be free from slavery and involuntary servitude is guaranteed to all who choose to live in the United States. In 1865, President Ab...