System Streamlines Managing TV and Training in Jail
Date Published
August 2012
Publication Type
Report (Summary)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Inmates
Inmates Dismantle a Prison - With Administration Approval
Date Published
April 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Effect of Gang Affiliation on Violent Misconduct Among Inmates During the Early Years of Confinement
Date Published
August 2006
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Effects of Exposure to Violence on Inmate Maladjustment
Date Published
November 2013
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Assessing the Link Between Exposure to a Violent Prison Context and Inmate Maladjustment
Date Published
July 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Effects of Determinate Sentencing on Inmate Misconduct in Prison
Date Published
1983
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Effects of Prison Drug Treatment on Inmate Misconduct: A Repeated Measures Analysis
Date Published
May 2007
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Mental Disorder and Violent Crime: A 20 Year Cohort Study - A User's Guide to the Machine-Readable Files and Documentation, Original Instruments, and Codebook
Date Published
1992
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Crime and Justice Atlas 2000
Date Published
2000
Publication Type
Reference Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Pennsylvania Models a Streamlined Approach to Inmate Management
Date Published
November 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program Description (Model)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
New "Boys" on the Block: A Study of Prison Inmates Under the Age of 18
Date Published
1999
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Obtaining Federal Benefits for Disabled Offenders: Part 1 -- Social Security Benefits
Date Published
April 2007
Series
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation of CHANGE, an Involuntary Cognitive Program for High-Risk Inmates
Date Published
September 2012
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Examining the Predictors of Recidivism Among Men and Women Released From Prison in Ohio
Date Published
December 2010
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Conducting Randomized Controlled Trials in State Prisons
Date Published
June 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ
TECHBeat, April 2018
Date Published
April 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Options for Conducting Randomized Controlled Trials With Inmates in Local Jails
Date Published
November 2019
Publication Type
Guideline
Agencies
NIJ
The Experiences of Men with Substance Use Disorders Exiting Prison at the Height of the Opioid Crisis
2019-R2-CX-0010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$91,097
State Responses to Mass Incarceration
June 2011
Researchers have devoted considerable attention to mass incarceration, specifically its magnitude, costs, and collateral consequences. In the face of economic constraints, strategies to reduce correctional populations while maintaining public safety are becoming a fiscal necessity. This panel will present strategies that states have undertaken to reduce incarceration rates while balancing taxpayer costs with ensuring public safety.
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Getting Ready Program - Remaking Prison Life to Prepare Inmates for Reentry - Interview at the National Institute of Justice
Date Published
June 2009
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Interview
Agencies
NIJ
Reflections on Colorado's Administrative Segregation Study
Date Published
March 2017
Series
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Less Prison, More Police, Less Crime: How Criminology Can Save the States from Bankruptcy
April 2010
Series
Professor Lawrence Sherman explains how policing can prevent far more crimes than prison per dollar spent. His analysis of the cost-effectiveness of prison compared to policing suggests that states can cut their total budgets for justice and reduce crime by reallocating their spending on crime: less prison, more police.
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"Getting Ready Program": Remaking Prison Life to Prepare Inmates for Reentry
June 2009
Interview with Dora Schriro, Arizona Department of Corrections
Cell Phones in Prison
June 2010
Criminals are using cell phones illegally in prisons and jails to conduct their business and intimidate witnesses. Although technology solutions to this problem are available, they can create new challenges, such as legal and implementation issues associated with cell phone use in correctional facilities. Panelists will discuss various aspects to consider from how prisoners use cell phones, to day-to-day and operational aspects, to legal and regulatory concerns.
Situational Approaches to Making Communities and Correction Institutions Safer
June 2010
NIJ Conference panelists will present the results of three studies that applied situational crime prevention (SCP) principles: (1) an evaluation of the Safe City initiative in Chula Vista, Calif., designed to combine the expertise and resources of local law enforcement, retailers and the community to increase the safety of designated retail areas; (2) a randomized controlled trial (in partnership with the Washington Metro Transit Police) that assessed the effectiveness of SCP to reduce car crime in Metro's parking facilities; and (3) an evaluation of the impact of SCP