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Law Enforcement Research Priorities for 2010 and Beyond: Results of the IACP Membership Survey and Focus Group 2009-2010

Date Published

March 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Cold Case Investigations: An Analysis of Current Practices and Factors Associated with Successful Outcomes, Executive Summary

Date Published

October 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Shifts, Extended Work Hours, and Fatigue: An Assessment of Health and Personal Risks for Police Officers

Date Published

March 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of Target's Safe City Initiative: Implementing Public-Private Partnerships to Address Crime in Retail Settings

Date Published

2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Movin' Out: Crime Displacement and HUD's HOPE VI Initiative

Date Published

August 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention FY 2010 Second Chance Act Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects

Closing Date

May 31, 2012

NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the Implementation of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS)

Closing Date

May 31, 2012

NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Metropolitan Crime

Closing Date

May 31, 2012

Mark Kleiman Comments on Drugs, Violence and Putting Cartels Out of Business

April 2012

NIJ Visiting Fellow Mark Kleiman comments on drugs, violence and putting cartels out of business.

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NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project

Closing Date

May 29, 2012

Prisoner Reentry Experiences of Adult Females: Characteristics, Service Receipt, and Outcomes of Participants in the SVORI Multi-Site Evaluation

Date Published

December 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Power of Developmental Assets in Building Behavioral Adjustment Among Youth Exposed to Community Violence: A Multidisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Resilience, Executive Summary

Date Published

February 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Power of Developmental Assets in Building Behavioral Adjustment Among Youth Exposed to Community Violence: A Multidisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Resilience

Date Published

February 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Being Smart on Crime With Evidence-based Policing

Challenges of Conducting Research in Prisons

Date Published

March 25, 2012

HOPE: A Swift and Certain Process for Probationers

Date Published

March 25, 2012

The HOPE program — Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement — is an experimental probation program that emphasizes the delivery of "swift and certain" punishment when a probationer violates conditions of probation.

Improving Access to Services for Females Returning to the Community

Director's Message - NIJ Journal Issue No. 269

Solving Crime Problems With Research

Study Raises Questions About Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

Date Published

March 25, 2012

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

The Second Chance Act and Other Ongoing NIJ Research Projects

Date Published

March 26, 2012

The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative: The Basics

Date Published

March 26, 2012

What Is Administrative Segregation?

Date Published

March 25, 2012

NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization

Closing Date

May 29, 2012

NIJ FY 12 Building and Enhancing Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships

Closing Date

May 30, 2012