Courts
Courts
NIJ seeks programs that are interested in participating in the NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost -Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts. To learn more, see the webinar on NIJ’s Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts.
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Sentencing data (United States Sentencing Commission)
Explore data from the United States Sentencing Commission. The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency within the judicial branch of the federal government. The Commission's primary mission is to promulgate and amend the federal sentencing guidelines. The Commission's other responsibilities include: (1) establishing a data collection, analysis, and research program to serve as a clearinghouse and information center for information on federal sentencing practices...
Crime File: Exclusionary Rule
This video, in the Crime File series, presents background material on some U.S. Supreme Court decisions pertinent to the use of the exclusionary rule in sanctioning illegal police searches and seizures (Mapp v. Ohio and Shepherd v. Massachusetts); the moderator, James Q. Wilson, poses questions to Professor Yale Kamisar, University of Michigan Law School, and D. Lowell Jensen, Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, designed to probe the controversial implications of the exclusionary rule.
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Crime File: Insanity Defense
This video, in the Crime File series, delineates the issues associated with the insanity defense, with a particular focus on the John Hinckley, Jr., case. Three panelists are questioned by the moderator regarding the parameters of the insanity defense as it has been used and has recently been redefined in some States.
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