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Building Better Indigent Defense Systems
Operationalizing the Individual versus Group Fairness Dichotomy for Recidivism Risk Assessment: US Legal Challenges and Technical Proposals
Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Maryland's Bail Reform on Crime and Pretrial Outcomes across Courts
The Extremism Sentencing Study: Judicial Outcomes and Recidivism Among Individuals Convicted of International and Domestic Terrorism
Cyberstalking: A Growing Challenge for the U.S. Legal System
Can Science Enhance Equity? Findings and Implications From a Study To Detect Bruising on Victims with Dark Skin Pigmentation
This plenary panel from the 2023 NIJ Research Conference features fascinating research on a methodology to improve the detection and documentation of bruises on victims of violence who have dark skin pigmentation. This study highlights the intersection between science, justice, and racial equity, featuring practitioner and victims’ advocacy perspectives. The discussion describes the research and its findings and explore strategies to ensure that this particular evidence-based methodology can be widely implemented by nurse practitioners in the field.
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The Only Thing Constant is Change: Temporal Analyses of Racial/Ethnic Sentencing Disparities
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Publications Catalog, Fourth Edition, 1985-1994
Family Treatment Court Model Standards Implementation Scale
Considering domestic violence victims: Exploring victim-related factors in prosecutor case summaries
Final Report of the Cross-Site Evaluation of the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court (JDTC) Guidelines and Data Elements Specifications
Examining the Effects of Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Self-Assessment Scoring Manual and Validated Instrument
Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Self-Assessment Validation Report
Juvenile Drug Treatment Court (JDTC) Guidelines: Validation Study of Court Self-Assessment (CSA)
Just Science Podcast: Just Improved Response to Sexual Assault
Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion In Florida Felony Courts
Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences (Part One)
Final Technical Report: Habeas Litigation in US District Courts
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon
NIJ’s Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice Program supports rigorous research and evaluation projects examining the impact of court and other criminal justice tools, practices, and policies on the administration of justice and public safety in state, local, and tribal jurisdictions. With the 60th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), and in collaboration with DOJ’s Office for Access to...