Reporter, Volume 31

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Page 4 - Act of 1984, the National Institute of Justice: • Sponsors research and development to improve and strengthen the criminal justice system and related civil justice aspects. with a balanced program of basic and applied research. • Evaluates the effectiveness of justice improvement programs and identifies programs that promise to be successful if continued or repeated.
Page 4 - Evaluates the effectiveness of justice improvement programs and identifies programs that promise to be successful if continued or repeated. • Tests and demonstrates new and improved approaches to strengthen the justice system, and recommends actions that can be taken by Federal, State, and local governments and private organizations and individuals to achieve this goal. • Disseminates information from research, demonstrations, evaluations, and special programs to Federal , State, and local governments,...
Page 4 - About the National Institute of Justice The National Institute of Justice is a research branch of the US Department of Justice. The Institute's mission is to develop knowledge about crime. its causes and control. Priority is given to policy-relevant research that can yield approaches and information that State and local agencies can use in preventing and reducing crime.
Page 9 - Techonlogy programme are : (i) to increase understanding of the properties and structure of information and information transfer ; and (ii) to contribute to the store of scientific and technical knowledge which can be applied in the design of information systems.
Page 3 - This criterion is used to assess the likelihood that the research can contribute to the achievement of a goal that is extrinsic or in addition to that of the research field itself, and thereby serve as the basis for new or improved technology or assist in the solution of societal problems.
Page 10 - ... the atmospheres of the earth, other planets, and the sun. Specific objectives are to develop the scientific basis for understanding the dynamic and physical behavior of climate and weather on all scales and...
Page 5 - Principles of computer systems design relating to the structure of computer systems or the process of systems design. Topics include, but are not limited to, computer system architecture, distributed computer systems, integrated hardware/software systems, performance measurement and evaluation, fault-tolerant systems, logic design, computer graphics, man-machine interaction, and VLSI design methodology.
Page 5 - January 1, 1983; (2) will have earned by the beginning of their fellowship tenure a doctoral degree in one of the mathematical sciences listed above or have had research training and experience equivalent to that represented by a Ph.
Page 2 - Bioscience research with disease-related goals, including work on the etiology, diagnosis, or treatment of physical or mental disease, abnormality, or malfunction in human beings or animals, is normally not supported.

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