Crime File: Drugs - Treating Offenders
1990
This Crime File video portrays the shock-incarceration, boot camp regime for drug offenders at the Butler facility in New York State, followed by a panel's assessment of the effectiveness of such programs.
An Elder Abuse Study Impacts How Law Enforcement Work Their Cases
NIJ Conference
Interview
June 2009
Aileen Wiglesworth, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine
Cherie Hill, Detective, Anaheim, Calif., Police Department
Embracing a Culture of Science — A Message from the NIJ Director
Interview
March 2011
John H. Laub, Director, National Institute of Justice
John Laub discusses the creation of a culture of science within the Institute, including the value of embracing transparency and a critical perspective.
Crime File: Exclusionary Rule
1984
This video, in the Crime File series, presents background material on some U.S. Supreme Court decisions pertinent to the use of the exclusionary rule in sanctioning illegal police searches and seizures (Mapp v. Ohio and Shepherd v. Massachusetts); the moderator, James Q. Wilson, poses questions to Professor Yale Kamisar, University of Michigan Law School, and D. Lowell Jensen, Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, designed to probe the controversial implications of the exclusionary rule.
Criminal Background Checks and Hiring Ex-Offenders
NIJ Conference Interview
June 2009
Al Blumstein, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Kiminori Nakamura, Doctoral Student