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Numerous states and hundreds of municipalities have laws restricting the location of a convicted sex offender's residence. Little is known about the effectiveness of these restrictions. Do they keep children safer or give a false sense of safety? Some people suggest these laws are driven by media attention to a few cases. Others believe they are not grounded in research.

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Interview

June 2009

Pamela Lattimore, Scientist, RTI International

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Interview

June 2011

Debra Stoe, Physical Scientist, National Institute of Justice
Tom Sharkey, National Bomb Squad Advisory Committee
Ed Bailor, U.S. Capitol Police (ret.).

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Interview

June 2010

Warren Harrison, Professor, Portland State University

Patrick Gallagher, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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June 2011

Mario Maciel, Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services, San Jose, Calif.

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June 2011

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Interview

June 2010

Connie Beck, Associate Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson

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June 2010

Kyle Usbeck, Lead Software Engineer, Drakontas LLC.

NIJ Conference
Plenary Panel
June 2010

Moderator: Kristina Rose, Acting Director, National Institute of Justice

Panelists:

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June 2010

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June 2010
Anne DePrince, Associate Professor, University of Denver

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Interview

June 2010

Greg Ridgeway, Director, Safety and Justice and Center on Quality Policing, RAND Corp.

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Interview

June 2010

Dan O'Connell, Associate Professor, University of Delaware

Practitioners from across the criminal justice system speak to the importance of cold case units and the impact they can have.

Practitioners from across the criminal justice system speak to the impact of NIJ's Solving Cold Cases with DNA grant program.

At this Research for the Real World seminar, NIJ brought together law enforcement practitioners and leading researchers in the field of stress to discuss the current research evidence and practical benefits of targeted stress-management interventions and how they can promote officer mental wellness.

Dayton (Ohio) Police Chief Richard Biehl and Burlington (Vermont) Police Chief Brandon del Pozo discuss the challenges of introducing institutional change across all of the agencies necessary to address the opioid crisis. They also explain the changes that they have made in their jurisdictions and the outcomes of those changes.