Domestic Violence in the Lives of Children: The Future of Research, Intervention, and Social Policy
Date Published
2001
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Home environment
Parenting and Young Adult Crime: The Enduring Effects of Parental Attitudes and Behaviors
Date Published
February 2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Longitudinal Study of Social and Biological Factors in Crime Executive Summary
Date Published
1983
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Hitchcock Center for Women
Date Published
1994
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Results of the Chicago Inmate Survey of Gun Access and Use
Date Published
January 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Research and Practitioner Perspectives on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremists
Date Published
April 8, 0024
Research and practitioners’ experiences provide insight into building capacity for working with violent extremists and meeting their specialized needs.
Procedural Justice in Jails
15PNIJ-23-GG-06105-MUMU
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$894,789
Expert versus Youth Raters on Measuring Social and Therapeutic Climate in Secure Juvenile Placement
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Meeting People Where They Are to Improve Institutional Culture
August 2023
Series
Incarcerated individuals deserve opportunities for healing and growth, but they often lack the necessary resources for such opportunities. Additionally, organizational cultures that don’t support these outcomes often stand in the way. Researchers and practitioners gathered at NIJ’s 2023 National Research Conference to share ideas and projects that will increase opportunities for incarcerated populations around the country. This show continues their conversation.
The tipping point to terrorism: Involvement in right-wing terrorist groups in the United States
Date Published
2011
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Social change and cohort differences in group-based arrest trajectories over the last quarter-century
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Lone actors: Challenges and opportunities for countering violent extremism
Date Published
2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Influence of a Family Program on Adolescent Smoking and Drinking Prevalence
Journal
Date Published
2002
NIJ-Funded Research on Firearms Violence in Urban Cities Advancing Scientific Evidence to Inform Practice
December 2021
In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of papers summarizing the newest findings of NIJ-funded research projects on criminal offenses with firearms in urban areas. Researchers used various criminological and other theories, including routine activity theory, socio-ecological and socio-environmental perspectives, and advanced mixed-study methods, including surveys and spatio-temporal designs, to produce scientific evidence to inform practice.
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Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
November 2021
Most scholars would agree that desistance from crime – the process of ceasing engagement in criminal activities – is normative. However, there is variability in the literature regarding the definition and measurement of desistance, the signals of desistance, the age at which desistance begins, and the underlying mechanisms that lead to desistance. Even with considerable advances in the theoretical understanding of desistance from crime, there remain critical gaps between research and the application of that research to practice.
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