Court reform
Kids, Groups and Crime - Some Implications of a Well-known Secret
Ultimate Impacts of Sentencing Reforms and Speedy Trial Laws: A User's Guide to the Machine-Readable Files and Documentation and Codebook
Specialized Courtrooms: Does Speeding Up the Process Jeopardize the Quality of Justice?
Effectiveness of Measures To Increase Appellate Court Efficiency and Decision Output
On the Limits of Social Control: Structural Deterrence and the Policing of "Suppressible" Crimes
Implementing the Key Components of Specialized Drug Treatment Courts: Practice and Policy Considerations
Compromised Police Legitimacy as a Predictor of Violent Crime in Structurally Disadvantaged Communities
Charging and Plea Bargaining Practices Under Determinate Sentencing: An Investigation of the Hydraulic Displacement of Discretion
Drug Courts May Reap Big Savings for Corrections and Taxpayers
Stakeholder Statements Submitted to NIJ's September Listening Sessions - Comments on the Department of Justice Report, The First Step Act of 2018: Risk and Needs Assessment System
Incarceration and Desistance: Evidence from a Natural Policy Experiment
NIJ Journal Issue No. 272
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.