Probation & Parole - Probation - Veterans
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Veterans Treatment Courts: A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way [Internet Broadcast]
This program on justice-involved veterans, highlights the lifesaving role being played by veterans treatment courts (VTCs) across the country.
From WWII through the continuing global war on terror, there are approximately 21.5 million veterans in the U.S. today. So many of these men, and increasingly women, return home damaged mentally and physically from their time in service. These wounds often contribute to their involvement in the criminal justice system. As a result, veterans are overrepresented in our jails and prisons...
NIC Home | Justice Involved Veterans
NIC Justice Involved Veterans Homepage - We are a network of community, local, state, and federal partners Identifying and developing innovative and holistic approaches that assist justice-involved veterans.
The Justice-Involved Veterans Network (JIVN) Working Group Meeting (2016)
The National Institute of Corrections over the last three-plus decades established and sustained a broad array of networks, which are designed to bring together people from a particular discipline within the larger criminal justice and corrections arenas. These networks have proven an effective means for professionals to share information, germinate ideas, provide a repository for information and educate stakeholders.