Social and Behavioral Science
Problem-Solving Courts
Date Published
February 20, 2020
Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice
Date Published
December 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Predicting and Preventing Wrongful Convictions
Date Published
March 7, 2013
NIJ FY 13 Research on Victimization
Closing Date
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Program of Research
Date Published
March 3, 2013
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Section 904 Researchers' Workshops
Date Published
March 3, 2013
National Institute of Justice's Evaluation of Second Chance Act Adult Reentry Courts: Program Characteristics and Preliminary Themes from Year 1
Date Published
February 2013
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Erroneous Convictions in Criminal Justice
March 2013
Interview with Jon Gould, Ph.D., Director of the Washington Institute for Public and International Affairs Research, American University.
Dr. Gould discusses:
- Bottom line findings from the study "Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice"
- Ten statistically significant factors related to wrongful convictions
- The role of systemic error and tunnel vision
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Anatomy of Discretion: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision Making - Technical Report
Date Published
November 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Anatomy of Discretion: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision Making - Summary Report
Date Published
November 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Developing End-User Criteria and a Prototype for an Elder Abuse Assessment System
Date Published
December 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Impact of Proactive Enforcement of No-Contact Orders on Victim Safety and Repeat Victimization
Date Published
June 2008
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Measuring the Effect of Defense Counsel on Homicide Case Outcomes
Date Published
December 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Measuring the Effect of Defense Counsel on Homicide Case Outcomes, Executive Summary
Date Published
December 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Criminal Justice Reforms
Date Published
February 26, 2013
NIJ's Multisite Adult Drug Court Evaluation highlights important considerations when analyzing the costs and benefits of crime interventions.
Ending Modern-Day Slavery: Using Research to Inform U.S. Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts
Date Published
February 26, 2013
NIJ study examines the challenges facing the criminal justice system when combating human trafficking.
Evaluating Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs
Date Published
February 26, 2013
New tool helps programs understand how they affect the prosecution of sexual assault cases in their communities.
Kristen M. Zgoba Wins the Peter P. Lejins Research Award
Date Published
February 26, 2013
NIJ congratulates Kristen M. Zgoba, winner of the 2013 Peter P. Lejins Research Award, for her steadfast commitment to criminal justice research.