Courts
Booker and Beyond Analyzing Sentencing Reform and Exploring New Research Directions
This webinar features a discussion of previously published research on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 Booker decision - which effectively transformed the United States Sentencing Guidelines from a mandatory, to an advisory, system. The presentation will address selected research findings from the last 15 years. Individual participants will briefly review their previous research findings with particular attention paid to the analytic methods used.
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2021 Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool
Informing the Use of GPS Monitoring in Pretrial Probationary Supervision: A Process and Impact Assessment
Legal Responses to Trafficking Evaluability: Assessments of Five Programs
Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
Most scholars would agree that desistance from crime – the process of ceasing engagement in criminal activities – is normative. However, there is variability in the literature regarding the definition and measurement of desistance, the signals of desistance, the age at which desistance begins, and the underlying mechanisms that lead to desistance. Even with considerable advances in the theoretical understanding of desistance from crime, there remain critical gaps between research and the application of that research to practice.
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NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts, Fiscal Year 2022
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Booker and Beyond: Analyzing Sentencing Reform and Exploring New Research Directions
National Juvenile Court Data Archive
Research on Juvenile Court Intake Practices and Reoffending
NIJ FY22 NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts
Trends and Characteristics of Delinquency Cases Handled in Juvenile Court, 2019
Juvenile Court Statistics, 2019
Draft Summary: Overview of Family Court Outcomes Study
Building Capacity for Tribal Justice Solutions: A Portrait of Assessments and Technology in Tribal Courts
Stalking: What Does it Take for Prosecutors to Hold Stalking Offenders Accountable?
A Focal Concerns Perspective on Prosecutorial Decision Making in Cases of Intimate Partner Stalking
How the Criminal Justice System's COVID-19 Response has Provided Valuable Lessons for Broader Reform
Online Dispute Resolution: Perspectives to Support Successful Implementation and Outcomes in Court Proceedings
Prosecuting Trafficking in Persons Cases: An Analysis of Local Strategies and Approaches, Executive Summary
Prosecuting Trafficking in Persons Cases: An Analysis of Local Strategies and Approaches, Final Report
Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics (FCCPS) (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
The FCCPS data tool compiles comprehensive information provided by selected federal criminal justice agencies, ranging from arrest to reentry. Users can access data on suspects and defendants processed across stages of the federal criminal justice system from 1994.
National Judicial Reporting Program (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
From 1986 to 2006 the National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP) collected felony sentencing from a nationally representative stratified sample of state courts in 300 counties. The information collected included: age, race and gender of persons convicted of an offense; dates of arrest, conviction and sentencing data; mode of conviction and type of sentence imposed. Data were collected every 2 years during this time period.
Civil Justice Survey of State Courts (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
The Civil Justice Survey of State Courts (CJSSC) provided a broad, systematic investigation of the nature of civil litigation (i.e., tort, contract, and real property cases) disposed of in a sample of state general jurisdiction courts. Data collected includes information about the types of civil cases litigated at trial, types of plaintiffs and defendants, trial winners, amount of total damages awarded, amount of punitive damages...
National Survey of Prosecutors (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
The data obtained from the National Survey of Prosecutors (NSP) provided data on prosecutorial activities nationwide as well as a variety of administrative and legal issues facing prosecutors who handle felony cases in state courts. The 2007 NSP data collection was a census, rather than a survey, and included 2,330 prosecutors' offices. Prior to the 2007 census, the most recent census of state prosecutors had...