The Impacts of School Security Equipment on Students and Schools
15PNIJ-24-GG-01048-STOP
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$1,706,788
Corrections security
Quasi-experimental evaluation of contraband interdiction technologies
15PNIJ-24-GG-01091-FSAX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$849,383
Examining the Impacts of Body-Worn Cameras on Correctional Culture, Climate, and the Well-Being of Staff and Incarcerated Persons
15PNIJ-23-GG-06102-FSAX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$874,312
Identifying Cost-Effective Security Barrier Technologies for K-12 Schools: An Interdisciplinary Evaluation
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
November 2021
Most scholars would agree that desistance from crime – the process of ceasing engagement in criminal activities – is normative. However, there is variability in the literature regarding the definition and measurement of desistance, the signals of desistance, the age at which desistance begins, and the underlying mechanisms that lead to desistance. Even with considerable advances in the theoretical understanding of desistance from crime, there remain critical gaps between research and the application of that research to practice.
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Physical Safety and Preparedness - Breakout Session, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety
February 2021
On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. This video includes the following presentations:
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Homeland Security Risk and Preparedness in Police Agencies: The Insignificance of Actual Risk Factors
Date Published
March 2014
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Cell Phones in Prison
June 2010
Criminals are using cell phones illegally in prisons and jails to conduct their business and intimidate witnesses. Although technology solutions to this problem are available, they can create new challenges, such as legal and implementation issues associated with cell phone use in correctional facilities. Panelists will discuss various aspects to consider from how prisoners use cell phones, to day-to-day and operational aspects, to legal and regulatory concerns.
What Works in Reentry
December 2018
Series
This Research for the Real World seminar, held October 29, 2018 focuses on the role and importance of institutional and community corrections, and rehabilitative and reentry services in crime prevention and public safety efforts. The seminar supports NIJ and the field in furthering the corrections and reentry research agenda, and advancing the knowledge of the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry.
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Homeland Security in Small Law Enforcement Agencies: Preparedness and Proximity to Big-City Peers
Date Published
November 2014
Series
Publication Type
Survey,
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ
Research on Contraband and Interdiction Modalities Used in Correctional Facilities
2015-IJ-CX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$499,999
Contracting for Imprisonment in the Federal Prison System: Cost and Performance of the Privately Operated Taft Correctional Institution
Date Published
October 2005
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Pathways to Prison: Impact of Victimization in the Lives of Incarcerated Women
Date Published
September 2004
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored