Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
Effects of the Second Step Program in Middle School on Violence, Victimization, and Substance Use in High School
NIJ-funded researchers looked at the effect of the program on participants in their high school years.
Identifying New Illicit Drugs and Sounding the Alarm in Real Time
Gun Violence in America
Research and Evaluation on Policing: A Letter to the Practitioner Community
Research and Evaluation on Policing: A Letter to the Research Community
Evidence-Based Practices Using Data to Drive Down Traffic Fatalities
Notes from the Field: Prison Reform Reducing Restrictive Housing for Improved Prison Outcomes
Notes from the Field: Evidence-Based Practice - Research as Responsible Practice
Evidence-Based Practice - Employing Evidence to Combat Everyday Tragedy
Get to Know a LEADS Scholar — Q&A with Assistant Chief Sheryl D. Victorian
Director's Message - NIJ Journal Issue No. 280
Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership
A new book offers evidence-based principles that can halt the cascading impact of gangs on youth, families, neighborhoods and society at large.
The 40th Anniversary of the Crime Report
Contraband Detection Technology: A Market Survey
Rigorous Multi-Site Evaluation Finds HOPE Probation Model Offers No Advantage Over Conventional Probation in Four Study Sites
An exacting, multi-site study of the Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement ("HOPE") probation model finds that, on key measures of effectiveness, the model may offer no advantage over conventional probation programs.
Risk Factors in Pre- and Mid-Adolescence May Help Predict Dating Violence in Young Adulthood
Youth in foster care with a history of early maltreatment are at high risk for experiencing dating violence in young adulthood, and certain risk and protective factors across the developmental trajectory play important roles.
Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs
A rigorous trial application of Functional Family Therapy to youth at risk of gang involvement, or already involved, finds promising outcome and cost advantages.