Court personnel
Beyond the Courtroom - A Comparative Analysis of Misdemeanor Sentencing
Civil Protection Orders: The Benefits and Limitations for Victims of Domestic Violence Executive Summary
Planning and Administration - Minnesota Community Corrections Act Evaluation
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)
Evaluation of the Virginia Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program: Executive Summary and Final Report
How Portland Does It: Community Prosecution
What's Changing in Prosecution? Report of a Workshop
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.