Court personnel
Seven Common Characteristics of Juvenile Mental Health Courts
When Diversity is Not Enough: An Intersectional Examination of How Juvenile Legal System Actors of Color Experience the System's Welfare Mandate for Girls of Color
Personal Security Handbook: How You and Your Family Can Minimize Risks to Personal Safety
Post-implementation of a Safe Harbor law in the US: Review of state administrative data
Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases: Legal and Extra-Legal Determinants of Declination and Charge Change Decisions
Specialized Felony Domestic Violence Courts: Lessons on Implementation and Impacts From the Kings County Experience (From Violence Against Women and Family Violence: Developments in Research, Practice, and Policy, 2004, Bonnie Fisher, ed. -- See NCJ-199701)
How Portland Does It: Community Prosecution
Evaluation of the Virginia Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program: Executive Summary and Final Report
Specialized Domestic Violence Court in South Carolina: An Example of Procedural Justice for Victims and Defendants
Courts Strategic Research Plan 2020-2024
Prosecutors Look to Research to Help Address Difficult Challenges
The Need for Mandatory Domestic Violence Training for Court-Appointed Custody Evaluators
Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders
The panel presentations from the 2009 NIJ Conference are based on an NIJ-sponsored evaluation of the effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, which mandates community-based drug abuse treatment for drug possession by nonviolent offenders in lieu of prison.
Prosecuting Cases of Elder Abuse
This panel will feature NIJ-funded research that has direct, practical implications for the prosecution of elder abuse cases. Panelists will present findings from a study of prosecutors in three states that examined the factors that influenced their decisions to prosecute elder financial abuse cases. The panel will also provide the results from an evaluation of five innovative court-based models that target perpetrators of elder abuse.
Custody Evaluation in Domestic Violence Cases
Panelists will examine practices, beliefs and recommendations of professional and custody evaluators in domestic violence cases. Panelists will discuss current NIJ studies that use both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the impact of personal attitudes and beliefs on custody evaluation.