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Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool: A letter to the Research Community

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NIJ has released a consultant statement of work under which we seek to review and revalidate on an annual basis the risk assessment tool developed in response to the First Step Act.

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Dear Colleague:

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, is pleased to announce the...

Stakeholder Statements Submitted to NIJ's September Listening Sessions - Comments on the Department of Justice Report, The First Step Act of 2018: Risk and Needs Assessment System

NCJ Number

254142

Date Published

January 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Publication Link

PDF

Notes from the Field: Prison Reform Reducing Restrictive Housing for Improved Prison Outcomes

NCJ Number

252653

Date Published

February 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Publication Link

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Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020

Closing Date

May 5, 2020

Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool, Fiscal Year 2020

Closing Date

April 24, 2020

Leveraging Technology To Enhance Community Supervision: Identifying Needs To Address Current and Emerging Concerns

NCJ Number

254363

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Series

NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material

Publication Link

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Sentinel Events Approach to Jail Suicide and Self-Harm

NCJ Number

254365

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Offender Decision-Making: Decision Trees and Displacement

NCJ Number

254341

Date Published

December 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Evaluating the Impact of Probation and Parole Home Visits

NCJ Number

254342

Date Published

December 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Guidelines for Conducting Meaningful Research in Local Jails

NCJ Number

254215

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Technical Assistance

Publication Link

PDF

Options for Conducting Randomized Controlled Trials With Inmates in Local Jails

NCJ Number

252915

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Guideline

Publication Link

PDF

Guidelines for Conducting Meaningful Research in Jails

Understanding Families Impacted by Incarceration: Use of a Unique Data Source (Research Note)

NCJ Number

252398

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

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Individual and Environmental Influences on Prison Officer Safety

NCJ Number

252408

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Link

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Consequences of Incarceration for Gang Membership: A Longitudinal Study of Serious Offenders in Philadelphia and Phoenix

NCJ Number

252384

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

May 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

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NIJ's Role Under the First Step Act

NCJ Number

253515

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description

Publication Link

HTML

NIJ-Funded Research Examines What Works for Successful Reentry

NCJ Number

252734

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

October 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Publication Link

PDF | HTML | Sidebar (HTML)

NIJ Journal Issue No. 281

NCJ Number

252721

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work

Publication Link

PDF | HTML

Recent Changes in Corrections and Reentry: Thoughts From Two Leaders in the Field

NCJ Number

253518

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Publication Link

NIJ.ojp.gov | YouTube

Reentry Court Evaluation

NIJ-Funded Research Examines What Works for Successful Reentry

The Experiences of Men with Substance Use Disorders Exiting Prison at the Height of the Opioid Crisis

2019-R2-CX-0010

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$91,097

Resource Facilitation: A promising initiative shown to decrease recidivism in exiting offenders with traumatic brain injury

2019-R2-CX-0030

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$792,751

Incarceration and Desistance: Evidence from a Natural Policy Experiment

2019-R2-CX-0031

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$599,510

Experimental Test of Rehabilitative Field Work for Moderate-to-High Risk Adults

2019-R2-CX-0012

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$1,465,043