What Works in Probation and Parole
How can we prevent reoffending and reduce costs? Research points to a number of solutions. At the Tuesday plenary, Judge Steven Alm from Hawaii will describe his successes with hard-core drug offenders. “Swift and sure” is his motto. West Virginia Cabinet Secretary James W. Spears will discuss the issues from his state's perspective, and Adam Gelb, Director of the Pew Charitable Trust's Public Safety Performance Project, will lend a national overview.
Homicide in the United States
The 2009 NIJ Conference kicked off with a blue-ribbon panel of leaders with expertise in urban issues as they relate to homicide. These experts will discuss promising approaches that have resulted in reduced violence and community empowerment.
International Trends in Fighting Child Pornography
This NIJ Conference Panel brings together American and European practitioners using innovative approaches to thwart the sharing of child pornography online. The panel will highlight two efforts. The first, which NIJ's International Center is evaluating, is a European multilateral project that teams criminal investigators with international nongovernmental organizations and Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to child pornography sites. The second effort seeks to prevent child pornographers from accessing credit card and other online payment systems.
Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later
Technological advances have made it possible to detect male DNA in evidentiary samples collected several days after a sexual act has taken place. Panelists will present the research that has led to these findings, followed by a discussion of the potential impact of this work from the perspectives of the sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) and the crime laboratory communities.
Chicago Ceasefire
CeaseFire is an evidence-based, data-driven intervention designed to stop shootings and killings in high-incidence neighborhoods by directly intervening with those who are most likely to be involved in a shooting and by building support for alternatives to violence in those neighborhoods. Panel members will share their experiences “on the ground” mediating conflicts and working one-on-one with high-risk individuals.
Elder Abuse: How Much Occurs and How Do We Measure It?
NIJ Conference Panel
Panelists will present NIJ research on elder mistreatment in noninstitutionalized adults as well as tools for measuring the financial exploitation and psychological abuse of the elderly. A recently completed telephone survey of more than 6,500 older adults living in the community provides the most accurate estimates of the prevalence and incidence of physical, sexual, financial and emotional elder abuse. A second study used state-of-the-art science methods to develop a tool that measures the financial and psychological abuse of elders.
DNA Evidence and Property Crimes
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Moderator: Katharine Browning, Ph.D., Senior Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice
Panelists:
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Sexual Assault on College Campuses
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Sexual Violence: An International Perspective
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Sexual Violence and Evidence Collection
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Interview with Turkish Judge Altuntas on Human Trafficking
Interview with Turkish Judge Ilknur Altuntas
Campus Drugs and Sexual Assault
Interview with Christopher Krebs, RTI International
Sexual Victimization in Prisons: Moving Toward Elimination
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Eyewitness Identification: Unfinished Discussion and Directions for Future Research
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What XML Can Do For You: A Better Way to Share Criminal Justice Data
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Sex Trafficking in the United States
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Prisoner Reentry: Facing the Challenges of Returning Home
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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
Interview with Akiva Liberman, The Urban Institute
Crime File: Drugs - Military Interdiction
1990
This Crime File video presents a segment that describes the National Guard's role in interdicting drugs at the border in El Paso, Tex.; followed by a panel discussion of the nature and effectiveness of the military's role in drug law enforcement.
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Crime File: Drugs - Asset Seizure
1990
This video, in the crime File series, presents a segment that describes the implementation of drug asset forfeiture law in Broward County, Fla., followed by a panel discussion of the pros and cons of forfeiture law.
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Crime File: Drugs - Youth Gangs
1990
This Crime File video presents the portrayal of the nature and activities of juvenile gangs in Los Angeles; followed by a panel discussion of gang involvement in drug trafficking, sociological explanations of gangs, and strategies for countering gangs.
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Crime File: Legalization of Drugs
1990
This Crime File video presents overview of the nature and effects of some drug legalization in Holland; followed by an examination of arguments for and against drug legalization as presented by panelists Ethan Nadelmann, assistant professor at Princeton University, and Herbert Kleber, deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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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.
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Crime File: Drugs - Community Response
This Crime File video presents a segment that describes an organized neighborhood response to drug trafficking in Philadelphia; followed by a panel discussion of the effectiveness of this program and community drug control efforts in a section of Los Angeles.
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