Articles Published by NIJ

If contraband cellphones make it into a facility, managed access systems can prevent their use.

A new NIJ-supported paper identifies risks officers confront, assesses officers’ perspectives on workplace risk, notes key limitations in the research literature, and recommends policies designed to enhance officer well-being.

A new report summarizes vendor-provided information.

State and federal prisons have long provided programming to inmates during their confinement. These programs aim to improve prisoner behavior, both before and after their release from prison.

Children of incarcerated parents face profound and complex threats to their emotional, physical, educational, and financial well-being.

One researcher who specializes in corrections discusses the study's strengths and limitations, the impassioned response to its findings, and areas for further research.

A collaboration between researchers and a corrections agency shows both the promise and the challenges of conducting research in the real world.

NIJ's Multisite Adult Drug Court Evaluation highlights important considerations when analyzing the costs and benefits of crime interventions.

The old divide between hard and soft strategies is breaking down under a wave of new thinking about how to control crime.

An evaluation of re-entry services for females shows that increasing access can lead to modest improvements in key areas

A small study of administrative segregation surprised researchers with findings that were inconsistent with those from previous studies.