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Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice

Date Published

December 2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Erroneous Convictions in Criminal Justice

March 2013

Interview with Jon Gould, Ph.D., Director of the Washington Institute for Public and International Affairs Research, American University.

Dr. Gould discusses:

• Bottom line findings from the study "Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice"
• Ten statistically significant factors related to wrongful convictions
• The role of systemic error and tunnel vision

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Criminal Justice Reforms

Evaluating A Presumptive Drug Testing Technology in Community Corrections Settings

Date Published

August 2012

Publication Type

Test/Measurement

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Unobtrusive Suicide Warning System, Final Technical Report

Date Published

October 2011

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Time Penalty: Examining the Relationship Between Time to Conviction and Trial vs. Plea Disparities in Sentencing

Date Published

December 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program

2012-DY-BX-K005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$510,324

Impact of Incarceration on Families: A Single-Jurisdiction Pilot Study Using Triangulated Administrative Data & Qualitative Interviews

2012-IJ-CX-0034

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$498,707

2012 North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission grant application for the NIJ Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program.

2012-DY-BX-K001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$761,111

Evaluability Assessments of the Circles of Support and accountability (COSA) Model

2012-IJ-CX-0008

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$101,430

A New Role for Technology: The Impact of Video Visitation on Corrections Staff, Prisoners, and their Families

2012-IJ-CX-0035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$355,296

How Justice System Realign in California: The Policies and Systematic Effects of Prison Downsizing

2012-IJ-CX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$145,445

Development of Reference Sample DNA Profiling for Databases Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies

2012-DN-BX-K033

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$747,797

The Role of Social Networks in the Evolution of Al Qaeda-inspired Violent Extremism in the United States, 1993-2013.

2012-ZA-BX-0006

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$459,969

Filling a Critical Need by Establishing a Fully Functioning, CODIS Dedicated Laboratory

Date Published

June 2012

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Post-Conviction DNA Testing and Wrongful Conviction

Date Published

June 2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Unrealized Potential of DNA Testing, Research in Brief

Date Published

1998

Series

NIJ Research in Brief

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ's Response to the Prison Rape Elimination Act

Date Published

February 2006

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gendered Violence and Safety: A Contextual Approach to Improving Security in Women's Facilities: Part II of III: Focus Group Methodology and Findings

Date Published

November 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Prisoner Reentry Services: What Worked for SVORI Evaluation Participants?

Date Published

February 2012

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Re-Entry: Dynamic Risk Assessment

Date Published

January 2011

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Terrorist Recruitment in American Correctional Institutions: An Exploratory Study of Non-Traditional Faith Groups Final Report

Date Published

December 2007

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Addressing Sexual Violence in Prisons: A National Snapshot of Approaches and Highlights of Innovative Strategies, Final Report

Date Published

October 2006

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, Final Report

Date Published

March 2012

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems

Closing Date

April 30, 2012

This solicitation seeks proposals to examine topics relevant to State and/or local criminal and juvenile justice systems policy and practice. Specific focus areas under this solicitation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 include: research on District Attorneys’ pretrial diversion programs (anticipates one award of up to $1 million); a pilot study on the impact of incarceration on families (anticipates one award of up to $500,000); and...