Courts

The Postconviction Workgroup: Cooperation Between Adversaries in Exoneration Cases

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Minority Victim Neglect and the Case Processing of Firearm Crimes

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Procedural justice, legal orientations, and gang membership: Testing an alternative explanation to understand the gang-misconduct link

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Detectives’ Descriptions of Their Responses to Sexual Assault Cases and Victims: Assessing the Overlap Between Rape Myths and Focal Concerns

Date Published

March 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Second looks for youth: An implementation evaluation of resentencing models in five jurisdictions

15PNIJ-23-GG-04239-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$692,889

A Statewide Mixed-methods Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s 8th Edition Sentencing Guidelines and their Impacts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing Outcomes

15PNIJ-23-GG-01365-NIJB

Awarded, but not yet accepted

Funding First Awarded

2023

$730,834

He Will Not Leave Us Alone and I Need the Courts to Help": Defendants' Use of Nonphysical Violence in Domestic Violence Protective Order Cases

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Environmental Scan of Guardianship Abuse and Fraud, Full Report

Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Summary of the Environmental Scan of Guardianship Abuse and Fraud

Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Scan of the Legal, Policy, and Practice Context and Considerations for Collecting Data on Guardianship Abuse and Fraud

Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

21st Century Criminal Defense Practice: An Examination of the Impact of Holistic Defense in Wayne County, Michigan

15PNIJ-23-GG-02235-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$829,358

Building Better Indigent Defense Systems

15PNIJ-23-GG-02234-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$800,000

Where is the Evidence? Comparing the Effects of Evidence Strength and Demographic Characteristics on Plea Discounts

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Operationalizing the Individual versus Group Fairness Dichotomy for Recidivism Risk Assessment: US Legal Challenges and Technical Proposals

15PNIJ-23-GG-01932-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$166,500

Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Maryland's Bail Reform on Crime and Pretrial Outcomes across Courts

15PNIJ-23-GG-01931-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$55,500

The Extremism Sentencing Study: Judicial Outcomes and Recidivism Among Individuals Convicted of International and Domestic Terrorism

15PNIJ-23-GG-01384-DOMR

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$762,553

Cyberstalking: A Growing Challenge for the U.S. Legal System

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Can Science Enhance Equity? Findings and Implications From a Study To Detect Bruising on Victims with Dark Skin Pigmentation

August 2023

Series

NIJ Research Conference

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.

Participants:

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