Health and mental health

Risky Business: Part 1 of 2 in a Series on Correctional Officer Wellness

Date Published

March 2018

Series

NIJ Update

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Literature Review, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

An Overview of Offender Reentry

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Overview Text, Literature Review, Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ

Using Brief Interventions to Prevent Teen Dating Violence

April 2018

In this moderated discussion with researchers, practitioners, and a policy advocate, we will talk about the promise of brief interventions to reduce teen dating violence across multiple settings with potentially high risk populations.

Dr. Emily F. Rothman and Ms. Sarah DeCosta will talk about the Real Talk intervention, which is a brief motivational interview intervention designed to stop dating abuse perpetration by youth ages 15-19 years old, and was tested through a randomized controlled trial in adolescent health care settings. Dr. Elizabeth Miller and Ms.

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Revictimized Adult Women: Perceptions of Mental Health Functioning and Associated Services

Date Published

August 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Social Support Can Diminish Negative Effects of Elder Abuse

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Literature Review, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Expanding Use of the Social Reactions Questionnaire Among Diverse Women

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

Survey, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Questionnaire, Program/Project Description, Measurement/Evaluation Device

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Caring for Those in Custody: Identifying High Priority Needs To Reduce Mortality in Correctional Facilities

Date Published

January 2017

Series

NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Delay in Disclosure of Non-parental Child Sexual Abuse in the Context of Emotional and Physical Maltreatment: A Pilot Study

Date Published

January 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Fostering Innovation in U.S. Law Enforcement: Identifying High-Priority Technology and Other Needs for Improving Law Enforcement Operations and Outcomes

Date Published

January 2017

Series

NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Defining Late-Life Poly-victimization and Identifying Associated Mental and Physical Health Symptoms

2017-VF-GX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$271,822

The Impact of Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training on Stress-Related Biological, Behavioral, and Health-Related Outcomes in Law Enforcement Officers

2017-R2-CX-0033

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$616,198

The Youth Bias Victimization Survey (YBVS): Instrument Development and Outcomes from At-Risk Youth in Three U.S. Communities

2015-R2-CX-K127

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$99,233

A Study of the Impact of Screening for Poly-Victimization in Juvenile Justice

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

Youth-Oriented Material, Test/Measurement, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Identification of Risk and Protective Factors for Elder Financial Exploitation

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Correctional Officer Safety and Wellness Literature Synthesis

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Literature Review, Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

Trafficked Children and Youth in the United States: Reimagining Survivors

Date Published

April 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Understanding Disparities in Service Seeking Following Forcible Versus Drug- or Alcohol-Facilitated/Incapacitated Rape

Date Published

September 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Use and Impact of Correctional Programming for Inmates on Pre- and Post-Release Outcomes

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ

Community-Based Violence Prevention Study of the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative: An Intervention To Prevent Urban Gun Violence

Date Published

April 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Exploring Elder Financial Exploitation Victimization: Identifying Unique Risk Profiles and Factors To Enhance Detection, Prevention and Intervention

Date Published

March 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Psychological and Functional Vulnerability Predicts Fraud Cases in Older Adults: Results of a Longitudinal Study

Date Published

January 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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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