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21st Century Criminal Defense Practice: An Examination of the Impact of Holistic Defense in Wayne County, Michigan
Building Better Indigent Defense Systems
Where is the Evidence? Comparing the Effects of Evidence Strength and Demographic Characteristics on Plea Discounts
Are progressive chief prosecutors effective in reducing prison use and cumulative racial/ethnic disadvantage? Evidence from Florida
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 subtle effects of implicit bias instructions
The Only Thing Constant is Change: Temporal Analyses of Racial/Ethnic Sentencing Disparities
The Influence of Confessions on Guilty Pleas and Plea Discounts
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Publications Catalog, Fourth Edition, 1985-1994
Family Treatment Court Model Standards Implementation Scale
How Damaging is Imprisonment in the Long-Term? A Controlled Experiment Comparing Long-Term Effects of Community Service and Short Custodial Sentences on Re-offending and Social integration
Considering domestic violence victims: Exploring victim-related factors in prosecutor case summaries
Just Science Podcast: Just Improved Response to Sexual Assault
Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion In Florida Felony Courts
Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences (Part One)
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...