Persistence and Desistance across Generations: A Longitudinal Investigation
15PNIJ-24-GG-00872-MUMU
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$971,369
Antisocial behavior
Human behavior inspired cognitive radio network design
Date Published
December 2008
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Desistance: It’s a Process, Not an Event
April 2022
Series
Desistance is the process of individuals ceasing engagement in criminal activity. It may sound simple but it is quite complex, and the more we understand it, the better equipped we are to help accelerate the process before people are incarcerated or once they leave prison or jail. NIJ Journal Editor Beth Pearsall hosts a conversation on this topic with Senior Social Science Analyst Marie Garcia, Senior Advisor Ben Adams, and Social Science Research Analyst Kaitlyn Sill.
Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Support of Violent Radicalization: Variations by Geographic Location
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Augmenting, Analyzing, and Archiving Criminal Trajectories in Four Birth Cohorts from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, 1995-2023
2020-JX-FX-0002
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2020
$674,183
Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-based Knowledge
May 2010
Series
Professor Ed Latessa describes how his team and he assessed more than 550 programs and saw the best and the worst. Professor Latessa shared his lessons learned and examples of states that are trying to use evidence-based knowledge to improve correctional programs.
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Nurse-Family Partnerships: From Trials to International Replication
January 2010
Series
David Olds, founder of the Nurse-Family Partnership Program, describes the programs long-term impact on mothers and babies who began participating in the program more than 19 years ago. The Nurse-Family Partnership maternal health program introduces vulnerable first-time parents to maternal and child health nurses. It allows nurses to deliver the support first-time moms need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies and later children and young adults with the best possible start in life.
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The Evaluation of NIJ by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences: NIJ's Response
June 2011
The National Academies conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the National Institute of Justice. This panel provides an overview of the evaluation and NIJ's response to it. NIJ has accepted many of the recommendations in the NRC report, and you will learn what the agency is doing to implement them. A few of the recommendations were challenging and created considerable debate within NIJ. Plans to address these thorny issues also are discussed.
Assessing the Impact of Time Spent in Restrictive Housing Confinement on Subsequent Measures of Institutional Adjustment Among Men in Prison
Date Published
January 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Pattern Classification of Neurocognitive and Socio-Emotional Developmental Factors Underlying Violent Outcomes in Adolescents
2016-R2-CX-0019
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$50,000
Pathways Between Child Maltreatment and Adult Criminal Involvement
Date Published
October 11, 2017
Child abuse and neglect have been shown to increase the risk of later forms of antisocial behavior, including violence perpetration and crime in adulthood.
Pattern Classification of Neurocognitive and Socio-Emotional Developmental Factors Underlying Violent Outcomes in Adolescents
2016-R2-CX-0019
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$50,000
Pattern Classification of Neurocognitive and Socio-Emotional Developmental Factors Underlying Violent Outcomes in Adolescents
2016-R2-CX-0019
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$50,000
Using a Restorative Justice Approach to Enrich School Climate and Improve School Safety
2014-CK-BX-0025
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$3,680,000
Effects of Parental Imprisonment on Child Antisocial Behaviour and Mental Health: A Systematic Review
Date Published
September 2009
Publication Type
Literature Review
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Predicting Intimate Partner Violence for At-Risk Young Adults and Their Romantic Partners.
2013-VA-CX-0007
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$406,257
Effects of Child Maltreatment, Cumulative Victimization Experiences, and Proximal Life Stress on Adult Outcomes of Substance Use, Mental Health Problems, and Antisocial Behavior
2012-IJ-CX-0023
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$428,396
Teen Dating Violence Victimization in an Urban Sample of Early Adolescents: Measurement, Prevalence, Trajectories, and Consequences
2012-IJ-CX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$297,297
Employment, Ethnicity, and Crime and Delinquency of Working Youth: A Longitudinal Study of Youth Employment
2009-IJ-CX-0002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2008
$20,000
A comprehensive investigation of the role of individuals, the immediate social environment, and neighborhoods in trajectories of adolescent antisocial behavior
2009-IJ-CX-0042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2009
$37,727
Interaction Between Genetic Risk and Childhood Sexual Abuse in the Prediction of Adolescent Violent Behavior
Date Published
December 2008
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Outcome Evaluation of Tribes Learning Communities Supplement
2006-JP-FX-0059
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2008
$81,070
Using Geographic Information Systems To Support Broken Windows Policing
Date Published
September 2008
Agencies
NIJ
Outcome Evaluation of Tribes Learning Communities
2006-JP-FX-0059
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2006
$658,303