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Assessing Childrens Credibility in Courtroom Investigations of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse Suggestibility, Plausibility, and Consistency

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

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Punishing the Wicked: Examining the Correlates of Sentence Severity for Convicted Sex Offenders

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effect of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes

Date Published

December 2011

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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The Influence of Confessions on Guilty Pleas and Plea Discounts

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

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Emergence of a Abbreviated Criminal Procedure in the Field of Criminal Law (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice, P 453-463, 2004, Gorazd Mesko, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-207973)

Date Published

September 2004

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description

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NIJ

Italian Court Honorary Judges (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice, P 443-452, 2004, Gorazd Mesko, et al. eds. -- See NCJ-207973)

Date Published

September 2004

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

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NIJ

Personal Characteristics and Validity of Eyewitness Testimony (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice, P 355-359, 2004, Gorazd Mesko, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-207973)

Date Published

September 2004

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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NIJ

The System Had Choked Me Too": Abused Mothers' Perceptions of the Custody Determination Process That Resulted in Negative Custody Outcomes

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Criminal Protection Orders Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Women's Experiences of Court Decisions, Processes, and Their Willingness to Engage With the System in the Future

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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The Effects of Holistic Defense on Criminal Justice Outcomes

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

From Funnels to Large-Scale Irrigation: Changing the Criminal Justice System Paradigm to Improve Public Health and Safety

Date Published

December 2019

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Case Study

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NIJ

The Prosecution of State-Level Human Trafficking Cases in the United States

Date Published

2016

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

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Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases Before the U.S. Courts of Appeal: Trends and Issues for Consideration

Date Published

2020

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Legal information retrieval for understanding statutory terms

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Plea validity in circuit court: judicial colloquies in misdemeanor vs. felony charges

Date Published

2021

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An Evaluation Of Court System Best Practices For Domestic Violence: Protective Orders

Date Published

2019

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Court Appearances in Criminal Proceedings Through Telepresence: Identifying Research and Practice Needs to Preserve Fairness While Leveraging New Technology

Date Published

2020

Series

NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

Publication Type

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

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Community Court Grows in Brooklyn: A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, Final Report

Date Published

November 2013

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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The Impact of Neighborhood Status on Imprisonment for Firearm Offenses

Date Published

2016

Publication Type

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

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Confirmation Bias and Other Systemic Causes of Wrongful Convictions: A Sentinel Events Perspective

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Promising Practices from the Court System’s COVID-19 Response: Ensuring Access To Justice While Protecting Public Health

Date Published

2021

Series

NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

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Report of the Philadelphia Event Review Team: Commonwealth v. George Cortez

Date Published

April 2020

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Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Child Custody Decision-making among Intimate Partner Violence Families

Date Published

December 2020

Publication Type

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

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Expanding Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System

December 2020

In 2004, the National Institute of Justice created the social science research on forensic sciences (SSRFS) research program to explore the impact of forensic sciences on the criminal justice system and the administration of justice. Much of the early research from the SSRFS program focused on DNA processing and the use of DNA in investigations and prosecutions.

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Parental Drug Testing in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases: The Washington, D.C. Experience

Date Published

1995

Publication Type

Survey

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