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'What to do with the cutters?'–Best practices for offender self-injurious behaviors
The Development and Implementation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Forensic Settings
Translating Evidence-based Practices from Community to Corrections: An Example of Implementing DBT-CM
Impact of a dialectic behavior therapy—Corrections Modified (DBT‐CM) upon behaviorally challenged incarcerated male adolescents
Functional Analysis of Behavior in Corrections: Empowering Inmates in Skills Training Groups
Inmate Constitutional Rights and Exposure to Extreme Heat in Correctional Facilities
A Longitudinal Examination of the Influence of Sex and Race on Sentencing Outcomes in Florida's Rural and Urban Counties
An Exploratory Examination of the Effects of Workplace Strain on Correctional Officers
Supervisory experience and data points: implementation barriers, risk assessment and correctional professionals
NIJ FY 2023 Research and Evaluation on Jails Solicitation Webinar
A Leg Up: NIJ's Graduate Research Fellowship Program
NIJ Director Dr. Nancy La Vigne joins the show to interview Dr. Marie Garcia, Director of NIJ’s Criminal Justice Systems Division and a former NIJ graduate research fellow. They discuss the application process, Marie’s experience as a fellow while at Temple University, and advice for future applicants.
Reading and Resources from NIJ:
NIJ 2021 Forecasting Challenge: Filtering Winners by Year, Variables, and Methods
NIJ's 2021 Recidivism Forecasting Challenge aimed to improve the ability to forecast recidivism using person- and place-based variables with the goal of improving outcomes for those serving a community supervision sentence.
As a condition of receiving their prize, each of the 25 winners[1] were asked to submit a research paper that describes which variables did and did not matter to the final forecasting model...