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National Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) Implementation Inventory, Preliminary Results

Date Published

July 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction: Impact on Corrections and Reentry

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

January 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

NIJ Study of Second Chance Act Finds "Cultural Shift" Among Probation and Parole Officers

Date Published

April 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Taking Stock: Report From the 2010 Roundtable on the State and Local Law Enforcement Police Pattern or Practice Program (42 USC 14141)

Date Published

September 2011

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Responding to sexual assault on campus: A national assessment and systematic classification of the scope and challenges for investigation and adjudication

2015-IJ-CX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$555,677

Support for the Committee on Law and Justice

2009-IJ-CX-0034

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$275,000

Negotiated Justice? The Legal, Administrative, and Policy Implications of 'Pattern or Practice' Police Misconduct Reform

Date Published

2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases: Lessons Learned and Promising Practices

Date Published

June 2008

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NIJ-Sponsored

Internet Crimes Against Children: A Matrix and Summary of Major Federal and Select State Case Law

Date Published

October 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Public Law 280 and Law Enforcement in Indian Country--Research Priorities, Research in Brief

Date Published

December 2005

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants: Assessing Initial Implementation

Date Published

December 2005

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Support for core activities for 2012 of the Committee on Law and Justice, National Academy of Sciences

2009-IJ-CX-0034

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$250,000

Sexual Assault on Campus: What Colleges and Universities Are Doing About It

Date Published

December 2005

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Truth in Sentencing and State Sentencing Practices

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

July 2005

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Internet Crimes Against Children: A Matrix of Federal and Select State Laws

Date Published

October 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Controlling Drug Abuse and Crime: A Research Update

Date Published

January 1987

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NIJ-Sponsored

Multilevel Analysis of Juvenile Court Processes: The Importance of Community Characteristics

Date Published

June 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Efficacy of Sex Offender Residency Restrictions in Michigan and Missouri

2008-DD-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2007

$465,344

Prison Rape: A Critical Review of the Literature, Executive Summary

Date Published

March 2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Literature Review

Final Report Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Under Public Law 280

Date Published

November 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Prebankruptcy Credit Counseling

Date Published

2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Impact of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban: 1994-96, Research in Brief

Date Published

March 1999

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research

2006-IJ-CX-0016

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2006

$78,933

Changing Prison Management Strategies in Response to VOI/TIS Legislation

Date Published

December 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

National Evaluation of the Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grant Program

Date Published

September 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation