Criminal justice agencies
Gun Crime Incident Reviews as a Strategy for Enhancing Problem Solving and Information Sharing
Crime Prevention-International Experiences
SMART Offenders
Reporting Sexual Assault to the Police in Hawaii
Impact of Community Policing on the Criminal Justice System
Thinking Globally to Act Locally: NIJ Improves Worldwide Access to Criminal Justice Information
The Greening of Probation
Final Report: Soviet Emigre Organized Criminal Networks in the United States
Using Knowledge and Teamwork To Reduce Crime
Fostering Innovation Across the U.S. Criminal System: Identifying Opportunities to Improve Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Fairness
Information Sharing and the Role of Sex Offender Registration and Notification, Executive Report
Video: Incorporating Research and Data Into Criminal Justice Agencies - NIJ LEADS Alumni Spotlight
Chiefs' Panel Points to Top Issues and Related Innovation Needs Facing Law Enforcement
NIJ R&D Portfolio Management and Technology Transition Support: Report Summary
A Brief History of NIJ
Handling Difficult and Disturbing Forensic Cases for Coroners and Medical Examiners
Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better: Lessons from Community Courts
Change doesn't come easy, particularly within an institution as large and complex as the criminal justice system. Greg Berman, Director of the Center for Court Innovation, offered lessons from several efforts to make reform stick in criminal justice settings. In particular, he focused on the development of community courts — experimental court projects that are attempting to reduce both crime and incarceration in dozens of cities across the U.S. and around the world.
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NIJ Journal Issue No. 275
Preventing Kids From Gang-Joining: Collaboration Matters - Interview With Tom Simon
Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works
A small number of those who commit crimes are heavily involved in drugs commit a large portion of the crime in this country. An evaluation of a "smart supervision" effort in Hawaii that uses swift and certain sanctioning showed that individuals committing crimes who are heavily involved in drug use can indeed change their behavior when the supervision is properly implemented.
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Benefit-Cost Analysis for Crime Policy
How do we decide how to allocate criminal justice resources in a way that minimizes the social harms from both crime and policy efforts to control crime? How, for that matter, do we decide how much to spend on the criminal justice system and crime control generally, versus other pressing needs? These questions are at the heart of benefit-cost analysis.
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