Deviance
Social Media and Domestic Radicalization
Social media has become a potent tool for spreading extremist beliefs and promoting violent extremism. NIJ Social Science analyst Aisha Javed Qureshi joins writer-editor Paul Haskins for a conversation about how scientific research is helping law enforcement and other agencies understand and address this growing concern.
NIJ-Funded Research on Mass Shootings to Advance Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
Mass public shootings continue to threaten communities in the United States, yet research on this criminal phenomenon is limited. In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of research projects summarizing NIJ-funded research projects’ newest findings on public mass shootings. The discussion will focus on NIJ’s investment to address the phenomenon of mass shootings through innovative study approaches to advance our understanding of mass shootings and inform prevention efforts. The implications of this research to criminal justice will also be discussed.
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Causes and Consequences of School Violence - Plenary Discussion, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety
On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. This video presents one of the plenary panels from the conference.
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Student Mental Health and Trauma - Breakout Session, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety
On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. This video includes the following presentations:
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Exploring Characteristics for Classifying Juvenile Sex Offenders (From Juvenile Sex Offender, P 45-83, 1993, H. E. Barbaree, W. L. Marshall, et al, eds.)
After the Bell and into the Night: The Link Between Delinquency and Traditional, Cyber-, and Dual-Bullying Victimization
Executive and Motivational Control of Performance Task Behavior, and Autonomic Heart Rate Regulation in Children: Physiologic Validation of Two-Factor Solution Inhibitory Control
Adolescent Girls: The Role of Depression in the Development of Delinquency
Applying Tittle's Control Balance Theory to Police Deviance
Problem of Co-Occurring Disorders Among Jail Detainees
Impulsivity, Offending, and the Neighborhood: Investigating the Person-Context Nexus
Parental Mental Disorder and Offspring Criminal Behavior: An Adoption Study
Examining the Cumulative Effects of Protective Factors: Resiliency Among a National Sample of High-Risk Youths
Lifetime Probation in Arizona (From Managing Adult Sex Offenders: A Containment Approach, P 6.1-6.15, 1996, Kim English, Suzanne Pullen, and Linda Jones, eds. - See NCJ- 162392)
Internet-Based Radicalization as Enculturation to Violent Deviant Subcultures
Legal Cynicism and (Subcultural?) Tolerance of Deviance: The Neighborhood Context of Racial Differences
Exploring the Gender Differences in Protective Factors: Implications for Understanding Resiliency
Children Exposed to Violence
Panelists will discuss the results of the recent Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's National Survey on Children's Exposure to Violence and findings from a seven-year follow-up study, funded by NIJ, on home visitation in New York. The survey's findings included startling figures: More than 60 percent of the children interviewed were exposed to violence, crime and abuse within the past year, and more than 1 in 10 were injured in an assault.
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
Interview with Akiva Liberman, The Urban Institute
NIJ Journal Issue 273, March 2014
The NIJ Journal presents research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
Articles:
- NIJ's Sentinel Events Initiative: Looking Back to Look Forward, by James M. Doyle
- 'Cultural Shift' Is Among Findings of Second Chance Act Evaluation, by Nancy Ritter
- Changing Course: Keeping Kids Out of Gangs, by Nancy Ritter, Thomas R. Simon...
NIJ Journal Issue 274, December 2014
The NIJ Journal presents research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
Message from the Editor-in-Chief
Articles:
NIJ Journal Issue 275, September 2015
The NIJ Journal presents research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
In this issue find:
- Helping At-Risk Youth Say "No" to Gangs, by Brian Higgins
- Plan for Program Evaluation from the Start, by Alison Brooks Martin
- Magneto-Optical Sensors Bring Obliterated Serial Numbers Back to Life, by Jim Dawson...
NIJ Journal Issue 276, December 2015
The NIJ Journal presents research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
In this issue:
- Fighting Crime With Science, by Jim Dawson
- Looking for the Link: The Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhood Crime Rates, by Farhana Qazi, April L. Trotter and Joel Hunt
- Tracking Movements With Isotopes, by...
NIJ Journal Issue 277, September 2016
The NIJ Journal presents research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
Articles:
- Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men, by André B. Rosay
- Forensic Science: A Time of Transformation, by Jim Dawson
- How Prevalent Is Campus Sexual Assault in the United States?, by Lisa Fedina...