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Crime and Desistance: Probing How Probationers' Thoughts on Crime May Inform Their Conduct

Date Published

July 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Date Published

January 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Evaluation

Altering Administrative Segregation for Prisoners and Staff: A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Effects of Living and Working in Restrictive Housing

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 1

November 2020

In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.

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Jail-Specific Data Analysis: A Guide for Jail Analysts

Date Published

October 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Randomized Controlled Trials in Correctional Settings

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium

2018-75-CX-K006

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$1,500,000

NeuroResource Facilitation for Improved Re-Entry Outcomes for Offenders with Brain Injury: A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial

2020-75-CX-0007

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$2,512,329

Three-Year Outcomes of Therapeutic Community Treatment for Drug-Involved Offenders in Delaware: From Prison to Work Release to Aftercare

Journal

Prison Journal

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Risk Factors That Predict Dropout From Corrections-Based Treatment for Drug Abuse

Journal

Prison Journal

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Taking the "Green Way" to Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiency

Date Published

May 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

The First Days After Release Can Make a Difference

Date Published

June 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

California Study Looks at Factors Leading to Parole Revocation

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

October 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forging a Major NIJ (National Institute of Justice)/Corrections Partnership

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

1996

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Nonstranger Victimization and Inmate Maladjustment: Is the Relationship Gendered?

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

August 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Three-Year Reincarceration Outcomes for In-Prison Therapeutic Community Treatment in Texas

Journal

Prison Journal

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

System Streamlines Managing TV and Training in Jail

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

August 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of Drug Treatment in Local Corrections: Research Preview

Date Published

June 1997

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Racial (In)Variance in Prison Rule Breaking

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

June 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Exercise of Power in Coercive Organizations - A Study of Prison Guards

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

1985

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Employing Ex-Offenders: Researchers Develop Method for Computing "Redemption" Time

Date Published

February 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Framing the National Agenda: A Research and Policy Perspective

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

1997

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Gatekeepers of Contact: Child-Caregiver Dyads and Parental Prison Visitation

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

June 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

JUSTNET Goes to College

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Cost Effectiveness Analysis of In-Prison Therapeutic Community Treatment and Risk Classification

Journal

Prison Journal

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)