Appeals of Civil Trials Concluded in 2005
This Bureau of Justice Statistics special report presents information on civil trials concluded in state trial courts in 2005 with judgments or verdicts later appealed to an intermediate appellate court or court of last resort. (NCJ 235187)

Agency Abstract with links to full report.

Curriculum Teaches About Youth in Adult Corrections
Youthful Offenders in Adult Corrections: Effective Interventions (Distance Learning Training Program: Videoconference), offered by the National Institute of Corrections, provides a research-based, practical curriculum that teaches principles and implementation of effective interventions for managing youthful offenders in an adult correctional environment.

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
During National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October), NCJRS invites you to view the Internet Safety Special Feature. This online resource contains a compilation of publications and related Web sites that focus on issues related to online safety.

Latest Issue of The AMBER Advocate Available
This issue of The AMBER Advocate newsletter focuses on the launch of AMBER Alerts on Facebook; Mexico's new commitment to AMBER Alerts, lessons learned from the hacking of Iowa's AMBER Alert System, and how tribal, local and federal officers worked together to find an abducted child in New Mexico.

New Issue of Research Report Digest Released
The National Institute of Justice has released "Research Report Digest, Issue 3," a publication that presents brief descriptions of studies in various criminal justice disciplines, such as criminology and forensic sciences, and evaluations of technologies in the law enforcement and corrections fields.

Trying Juveniles as Adults: An Analysis of State Transfer Laws and Reporting
This most recent bulletin from the Juvenile Offenders and Victims National Report Series, provides the latest overview of state transfer laws and practices as well as examines state-level data on juveniles adjudicated in the criminal justice system. (NCJ 232434)

Full text of the report: PDF  

Partners Needed for Corrections Training Program
The National Institute of Corrections is seeking agencies to sponsor a Jail Resource Management training program in their region. The 3-day training will focus on information and skills participants need to manage resources for their jail operations. Topics will include determining needed resources, drafting budget requests, and developing a resource management plan.

Arrest in the United States, 1980-2009
This Bureau of Justice Statistics report presents new annual estimates of arrests in the United States covering the 30-year period from 1980 through 2009. Based on data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) Uniform Crime Reporting Program, this resource expands the FBI's set of published arrest estimates to include offense-specific arrest estimates for various demographic subgroups. (NCJ 234319)

Agency Abstract with links to full text.