Projects
Institute Awarded Contract to Evaluate the Wake-Durham Anti-Gang Initiative - July 2008
Wake and Durham counties have been awarded a 2.5 million dollar grant from the Department of Justice to address gang crime in the two county area. This initiative is part of a national effort aimed at mitigating the effects of gang crime on targeted communities across the nation. The Institute is partnering with both Wake and Durham counties to evaluate the initiative. The program runs for three years beginning in 2008.
NC Governor’s Crime Commission Awards Institute Grant to Examine Disproportionate Minority Contact - March 2008
Like the majority of counties in the state, Durham county has a need to address the over-representation of minorities in the Juvenile Justice System. The Institute has been awarded a 2-year grant to examine the issue from a systems perspective. The thrust of the initiative will be to identify targeted opportunities for interventions that can lead to mitigating DMC not only in Durham County but across the state.
Institute Awarded Grant by SAMHSA and the Morehouse HBCU National Resource Center to Direct a Trauma Initiative. - January 2008
In partnership with the NCCU Counseling Center, the Institute embarked on a peer based trauma initiative aimed at educating young people about the impacts of relationship violence. This successful program utilized pop culture representations as a means of communicating a prevention based message. The Institute plans to use the findings from this initiative to develop programming for secondary school youth.
Juvenile Restorative Justice Initiative launched in the Triangle with the help of the Institute - March 2008
Campbell University first launched its Restorative Justice program a few years ago. Women in Action of Durham requested technical assistance from the Institute to create a similar program in the triangle area. Women in Action was subsequently awarded funding from the NC Governors Crime Commission for a 2 year initiative. The Institute is a partner in the initiative along with the Durham Public School System, and the NCCU Law School.
DJJDP request JJI to conduct an analysis of North Carolina Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils - September 2007
As part of the 2008 General Assembly slate, DJJDP was asked to report on the progress of the Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils. As part of fulfilling that request, the Institute was asked to conduct a JCPC membership survey to determine the impact of discontinued state funding for JCPCs. The findings were included as part of DJJDPs 2008 report to the General Assembly.
