Evaluative Research

Sex Offenders in the Community: Post-Release, Registration, Notification and Residency Restrictions - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Grant Sponsored), Presentation, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Conference Material

Second Chance Act: What Have We Learned About Reentry Programs So Far? - Interview With Ron D'Amico

Date Published

June 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Interview

Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-based Knowledge - Interview at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

May 2010

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Interview, Conference Material

An Assessment of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in Florida's Prisons Using a Random Assignment Experimental Design

Date Published

December 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Collective Efficacy: Taking Action To Improve Neighborhoods

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

May 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing

Closing Date

May 17, 2016

Kristen M. Zgoba Wins the Peter P. Lejins Research Award

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

February 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

News and Announcement

Strengthening NIJ: Mission, Science and Process

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

October 2011

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

TECHBeat, September/October 2015

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

October 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description

How Reliable Are Latent Fingerprint Examiners?

September 2015

Brian Cerchiai discusses a NIJ-supported a study conducted by the Miami-Dade Police Department on the accuracy of fingerprint examiners. The study found that fingerprint examiners make extremely few errors. Even when examiners did not get an independent second opinion about their decisions, they were remarkably accurate. But when decisions were verified by an independent reviewers, examiners had a 0% false positive, or incorrect identification, rate and a 3% false negative, or missed identification, rate.

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