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The Authority regularly publishes or supports publication of criminal justice research and evaluation reports and bulletins, crime prevention brochures, technical manuals, data guides, statistical profiles, annual reports, and criminal justice periodicals. You'll find descriptions of each publication and links to current and back issues under the ICJIA Publications section. Publications are only downloadable in PDF format. The following Publications were recently released in pdf format: METHAMPHETAMINE COMMUNITY COALITION MINI-GRANT PROGRAMThe Institute for Public Safety Partnerships (IPSP), the Regional Institute for Community Policing (RICP) and the Illinois Coalition for Community Services (ICCS), in consultation with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General (IAG) and the Illinois State Police (ISP), will administer a technical assistance and mini-grant program aimed at strengthening existing community coalitions and encouraging the formation of new ones to combat the manufacture and abuse of methamphetamine (meth). The goal of the project is to provide much needed resources directly to communities which are the front lines of the meth epidemic, enabling them to strengthen their meth prevention initiatives. The Institute for Public Safety Partnerships (IPSP) invite community coalitions throughout the state of Illinois regardless of community size or population to apply for funding by filling out the application packet and returning it to IPSP nolater than Friday, May 30, 2008.
The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) has accepted the responsibility for the compilation and quarterly submission to U.S. Department of Justices Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) information related to deaths that occur while persons are in police custody or in the process of being arrested. The Deaths in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-297) requires states to report the number of deaths and the circumstances surrounding the deaths, of persons in local jails, state prisons, juvenile correctional facilities, and law enforcement custody. BJS will use this data solely for the purpose of statistical analyses of the incidence of and circumstances surrounding deaths during arrest. An annual report on such deaths will be published, but no single department or agency will be identified.
ICJIA Offices are MovingOn Monday March 3rd the offices of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) will be at a new location at: 300 West Adams Street
7th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606 Our phone numbers and email addresses will NOT change: Toll free: 1-888-425-4248 or 312-793-8550
Fax: 312-793-8422
E-mail: cja.irc@illinois.gov
The Illinois Domestic Violence Model Protocol for Law Enforcement, Prosecution and the Judiciary was created in 1996. Since then new research and other information on the criminal justice response to domestic violence, as well as the enactment of new legislation became available. The Authority took on the task of updating the Model Protocol. This protocol is intended to serve as a solid foundation of best practices upon which local communities can build local protocols that take into account local needs, resources, and systems. In September 2004, ICJIA convened a group of law enforcement, prosecutors, judges and service providers from across Illinois to again start the process of updating the Illinois Model Domestic Violence Protocol for Law Enforcement, Prosecution, and Judiciary. Drafts of the newly revised protocol were circulated around the state to law enforcement professionals, prosecutors, judges, and victim advocates whose suggestions and feedback were incorporated into the final document.
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), authorized by Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and subsequently reauthorized as the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, provides financial assistance to states for developing and strengthening effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies and victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women. To be eligible to receive funds, states must develop a plan in accordance with requirements set out in the Act. The Act specifies that states must allocate at least 25 percent of the VAWA funds it receives to law enforcement, 25 percent to prosecution, 30 percent to nonprofit, non-governmental victim services, and at least 5 percent to courts. The remaining 15 percent may be allocated at the state’s discretion, within the parameters of the Act. Funds may not be used to replace dollars already committed to a service or program. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is Authorized under the it’s power to “apply for, receive, establish priorities for, allocate, disburse, and spend grant funds,” the Authority is responsible for administering a variety of grant funds, including 13 Federal programs and one state program. The combined budgets for these programs exceeded $100 million in FFY06. As the state agency charged with administering the S.T.O.P. (Services*Training*Officers*Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Act award in Illinois, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is responsible for developing the plan for distributing these Federal funds.
Are you curious if a sex offender lives in your area or wondering what laws Illinois has enacted to protect your children? Check the Authoritys Sex Offender Tracking Resource Center for information on Registered Sex Offender Web Sites, Illinois Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law, Sex Offender Registration Act, Description of the Sex Offender Criminal Offenses, and Sex Offender Facts.
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