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

Date Published

April 2014

Series

NIJ Update

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Program/Project Evaluation, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Broadening Our Understanding of Violence Against Women Among Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Minorities: Workshop Summary

Date Published

October 2001

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

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

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases: Lessons Learned and Promising Practices

Date Published

June 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

October 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

December 2005

Series

NIJ Research in Brief

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants: Assessing Initial Implementation

Date Published

December 2005

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ

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

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ

Cumulative Effect of Race and Ethnicity in Juvenile Court Outcomes and Why Preadjudication Detention Matters

Date Published

January 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Truth in Sentencing and State Sentencing Practices

Date Published

July 2005

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ

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

Date Published

October 2009

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Report

Date Published

June 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Controlling Drug Abuse and Crime: A Research Update

Date Published

January 1987

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Challenges of Crime and Justice: The View From the National Institute of Justice

Date Published

January 1996

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NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

June 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Final Report Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Under Public Law 280

Date Published

November 2007

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Prebankruptcy Credit Counseling

Date Published

2007

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

March 1999

Series

NIJ Research in Brief

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ

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

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored