MENU TITLE: NCJRS Catalog No. 29
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Series: Catalog

Published: July/August 1996

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GRANTS AND FUNDING



This section of the Catalog highlights grants and

funding awarded recently by the Office of Justice

Programs agencies, as well as recently completed

final technical reports resulting from these

grants, that are maintained in the NCJRS Document

Data Base.



Final Technical Reports



"Identification and Measurement of Carbon Monoxide

and Inorganic Cyanide in Post Mortem Biological

Material" by Barry K. Logan, Ph.D. NCJ 159312.

National Institute of Justice. 1996. Grant number

91-IJ-CX-0022.



Describes two automated methods of (1) detection

and quantitation of hydrogen cyanide gas liberated

from inorganic cyanide in biological material, and

(2) detection and quantitation of carbon monoxide

gas derived from fire gasses or automobile exhaust.



"Training and Technical Assistance for Missing and

Exploited Children's Organizations -- Final

Report." Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention. March 1995. Grant number 92-MC-CX-0003.



Describes the outcomes of an Office of Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant to the

National Victim Center to provide training and

technical support to nonprofit organizations

nationwide that offer services to the families of

missing children.



"Understanding the Use of Force By and Against the

Police" by Joel Garner, Ph.D. NCJ 159602. National

Institute of Justice. 1996. Grant number 92-IJ-CX-

K028.



Examines the use of force, on the basis of the

Phoenix Use of Force project, which analyzed

incidents in which force was used by and against

Phoenix police officers, focusing on the amount of

force used and the characteristics of arrest

situations, suspects, and officers associated with

the use of force.