Criminal justice systems

Five Things to Know About Women and Reentry

Sentinel Event Review for Successful Transition and Reentry Together (START) Program in the Eastern District of Wisconsin

NCJ Number

307990

Date Published

April 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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Webinar Transcript: NIJ FY 24 Research and Evaluation on the Impact of Technologies for Forensic Science Applications

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The deadline to an application under the solicitation discussed on this page has passed.

This webinar provided information about the "FY 24 Research and Evaluation on the Impact of Technologies for Forensic Science Applications" solicitation. NIJ seeks applications for funding for proposals to study how adopted technologies with a forensic science application impact criminal justice systems, how the implementation of forensic laboratory...

Examining Financial Fraud Against Older Adults

Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes

NCJ Number

308635

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Identifying COVID-19 Policies and Practice that Juvenile Justice Systems Should Maintain Long-Term: Listening Session 1: Juvenile Justice Crime Analysts

NCJ Number

308564

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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States' SORNA Implementation Journeys: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications

NCJ Number

255096

Journal

New Criminal Law Review

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation, Legislation/Policy Analysis

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How to Right a Wrong: Empirically Evaluating Whether Victim, Offender, and Assault Characteristics can Inform Rape Kit Testing Policies

NCJ Number

254265

Journal

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Conscience and Convenience: American Victim Work in Organizational Context

NCJ Number

254261

Journal

International Review of Victimology

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Series

BJA Bulletins

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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How Formerly Incarcerated Women Confront the Limits of Caring and the Burdens of Control Amid California's Carceral Realignment

NCJ Number

254101

Journal

Feminist Criminology

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Drug Screening in Forensic Toxicology: A Cost Benefit Analysis

NCJ Number

308430

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Evaluation of a Victim-Centered, Trauma-Informed Victim Notification Protocol for Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)

NCJ Number

253156

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

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Why Police "Couldn't or Wouldn't" Submit Sexual Assault Kits for Forensic DNA Testing: A Focal Concerns Theory Analysis of Untested Rape Kits

NCJ Number

253155

Journal

Law & Society Review

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Police Crime Lab Accreditation Initiative

Examining the impact of organizational and individual characteristics on forensic scientists' job stress and satisfaction

NCJ Number

308359

Journal

Journal of Crime & Justice

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Discouraging the Demand That Fosters Sex Trafficking: Collaboration through Augmented Intelligence

NCJ Number

308288

Journal

Societies

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Procedural Justice in Jails

15PNIJ-23-GG-06105-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$894,789

Cohort bias in predictive risk assessments of future criminal justice system involvement

NCJ Number

307888

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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The Impact of False or Misleading Forensic Evidence on Wrongful Convictions

Date Published

November 28, 2023

Research has found key areas within forensic science that are associated with higher rates of wrongful convictions. Addressing them should strengthen trust in our criminal justice system.