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Exploring How Prison-Based Drug Rehabilitation Programming Shapes Racial Disparities in Substance Use Disorder Recovery

Journal

Social Science & Medicine

Date Published

February 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examining the Multifaceted Impacts of Drug Decriminalization on Public Safety, Law Enforcement, and Prosecutorial Discretion

Date Published

2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Legislation/Policy Analysis

New Screening Method to Detect Drugs and Poisons Postmortem

Date Published

June 11, 2024

The Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office has developed a quick method to screen fluids for hundreds of drugs simultaneously, improving workflow.

Drug Surveillance Initiatives: An FTCOE Repository Of Resources

Date Published

December 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Reference Material

Uncertainty and heuristics in offender decision-making: Deviations from rational choice

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

July 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Systematic Content Analysis of Patient Evaluations of START NOW Psychotherapy Reveals Practical Strategies for Improving the Treatment of Opioid Use

Journal

BMC Psychiatry

Date Published

December 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding and Characterizing Labor Trafficking Among U.S. Citizen Victims

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An evaluation of the SEPTA police SAVE initiative

15PNIJ-21-GG-02717-RESS

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$520,040

An extension of collateral consequences: Impact on the recovery process

Journal

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

LC-QqQ-MS screening assay for abused drug exposure based on covalent peptide/protein modification

2020-R2-CX-0023

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$100,000

Address By James K Stewart at the Conference of the International Association of Police Chiefs, October 3, 1983

Date Published

1983

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Presentation, Issue Overview

Addicted Women and Crime

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

1987

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Differential Criminal Patterns of Narcotic Addicts Over an Addiction Career

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

1988

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Improving Officer Safety in Interactions With Citizens Suffering From Mental Illness

Date Published

May 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Crime File: Drug Addiction

January 1990

This Crime File video presents a panel discussion of the biological causes and effects of drug addiction, with a focus on cocaine, and examines treatment principles and the characteristics of those most likely to benefit from treatment.

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Retrospective Identification of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Forensic Toxicology Casework using Archived High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data

2017-R2-CX-0021

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$494,695

Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure - Development and Validation

2017-MU-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$467,885

Understanding the Broader Impacts of Body Worn Cameras on Police Work, Community Perceptions and Community Health: A Multi-Method Assessment

2017-R2-CX-0011

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$552,589

Improving Officer Safety in Interactions With Citizens Suffering From Mental Illness

May 2017

Cara Altimus, former ASSS Fellow with NIJ, discusses the importance of law enforcement and first responders understanding mental illness, its causes, and how it affects the brain. She speaks about the correlation between drug addiction and mental illness. Altimus also addresses establishing procedures and systems so that police officers and first responders can safely and successfully interact with individuals with drug addiction and/or mental illness.

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Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure

2015-NE-BX-K001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$195,710