Court Training and Improvements Program [Department of Justice] Law and Legal Definition
The Court Training and Improvements Program is the U.S. Department of Justice grant program created by the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005) to improve court responses to adult and youth domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
The program funds can be used for the following statutory program purposes:
a. improved internal civil and criminal court functions, responses, practices, and procedures;
b. education for court-based and court-related personnel on issues relating to victims' needs;
c. collaboration and training with Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local public agencies and officials and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations to improve implementation and enforcement of relevant Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local law;
d. enabling courts or court-based or court-related programs to develop new or enhance current court infrastructure;
e. develop community-based initiatives within the court system;
f. assist offender management, monitoring, and accountability programs; ; and
g. providing technical assistance to Federal, State, tribal, territorial, or local courts wishing to improve their practices and procedures or to develop new programs.
Legal Definition list
- Court Training and Improvements Program [Department of Justice]
- Court Supervision
- Court Security Officer [CSO]
- Court Rules
- Court Restructuring
- Court Visitor (Guardianship)
- Court-Annexed Arbitration
- Court-Based and Court-Related Personnel
- Court-Designated Worker [Juvenile Law]
- Court-Packing Plan
- Courtesy Notice
Related Legal Terms
- 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003
- 3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practice
- 3-Way Incandescent Lamp
- 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
- 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
- 8 A Program
- 998 Offer
- Abandon
- Abandon [Shipping]
- Abandoned Infant
