Departments of corrections
Experimental Comparison of Two Self-report Methods for Measuring Lambda
Measuring Crime Rates of Prisoners
Relationship Between Violence and Mental Disorder
Validation of the Iowa Risk Assessment Scale on a 1982 Release Cohort of Colorado Inmates
North Carolina's Determinate Sentencing Legislation: An Evaluation of the First Year's Experience, Executive Summary, Discussion Draft
The Impact of Individualized Focused Deterrence on Criminal and Prosocial Outcomes
Contraband and Interdiction Strategies in Correctional Facilities
Celebrating 10 Years of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars Program - 2024 NIJ Research Conference
In 2014, NIJ established the Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars Program to support research-minded, mid-career sworn law enforcement officers working to integrate research into agency policy and practice. The LEADS Scholars Program helps participants develop independent research and provides support to identify current evidence on priority issues.
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The relationship between participation in structured activities and health, safety and quality of life outcomes for prison residents and staff
Moving Closer to Home Before Release: Evaluating a Step-Down Strategy to Transfer Adults in State Prisons to Local Correctional Systems
FY23 OJP Correctional Education Evaluation Package
Redesigning Life in U.S. Prisons
The prison system in the U.S. typically places a heavy emphasis on security, control, and punishment, and this foundation can create an adversarial culture within correctional facilities — incarcerated individuals versus correctional staff. But what if that culture could change? What would it look like? How would it impact not only incarcerated individuals but also correctional officers and other staff?
Restoring Promise
Positive research results from a program that aims to transform correctional culture.
Transforming Correctional Culture and Climate
Borrowing from innovations abroad, U.S. correctional facilities are piloting more humane living environments that are grounded in principles of restorative justice to support rehabilitation and enhance safety for all who work and reside in them.