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NIJ Journal Issue 259, March 2008

Research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
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Date Published
March 1, 2008

The NIJ Journal presents research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.

Director's Message

Cover Story

‘The CSI Effect’: Does It Really Exist?by Honorable Donald E. Shelton

Features

Voice Stress Analysis: Only 15 Percent of Lies About Drug Use Detected in Field Test, by Kelly R. Damphousse, Ph.D.

Shopping Malls: Are They Prepared to Prevent and Respond to Attack?, by Robert C. Davis

Software Defined Radios Help Agencies Communicate, by Joseph Heaps

Prison Rape: Research Explores Prevalence, Prevention, by Pat Kaufman

In Memoriam: Paul Cascarano, by Mary G. Graham

Cost, Performance Studies Look at Prison Privatization, by Gerry Gaes, Ph.D.

Date Published: March 1, 2008