Judges
DEFENSE ATTORNEY'S ROLE IN PLEA BARGAINING
Identifying COVID-19 Policies and Practice that Juvenile Justice Systems Should Maintain Long-Term: Listening Session 6: Juvenile Court Judges
The Extremism Sentencing Study: Judicial Outcomes and Recidivism Among Individuals Convicted of International and Domestic Terrorism
Testing the Efficacy of Judicial Monitoring: A Randomized Trial at the Rochester
In Their Own Words: The Impact of Indirect Trauma Exposure on Judges Presiding Over Cases Involving Minors Involved in Sex Trafficking
Italian Court Honorary Judges (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice, P 443-452, 2004, Gorazd Mesko, et al. eds. -- See NCJ-207973)
Looking Up at the Ivory Tower: Juvenile Court Judges' and Attorneys' Perceptions of Research Use
National Judicial Reporting Program (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
From 1986 to 2006 the National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP) collected felony sentencing from a nationally representative stratified sample of state courts in 300 counties. The information collected included: age, race and gender of persons convicted of an offense; dates of arrest, conviction and sentencing data; mode of conviction and type of sentence imposed. Data were collected every 2 years during this time period.
Dual System Youth: At the Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Delinquency
Across the country, child welfare and juvenile justice systems now recognize that youth involved in both systems (i.e., dual system youth) are a vulnerable population who often go unrecognized because of challenges in information-sharing and cross system collaboration. In light of these challenges, national incidence rates of dual system youth are not known.
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Courtroom Workgroups and Sentencing: The Effects of Similarity, Proximity, and Stability
Evaluating the Impact of Prior Record on Judges' Sentencing Decisions - A Seven-City Comparison
Means-Based Fining: Views of American Trial Court Judges
Legal Help-Seeking Experiences of Former Intimate-Stalking Victims
Use of Fines by Trial Court Judges
Effectiveness of Measures To Increase Appellate Court Efficiency and Decision Output
Does Judicial Monitoring Deter Domestic Violence Recidivism?: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Comparison in the Bronx
NIJ National Center on Forensics, Fiscal Year 2020
Probabilistic Genotyping of Evidentiary DNA Typing Results - Module 5: Representation of Statistical Weight to Stakeholders and the Court
State Responses to Mass Incarceration
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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Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-based Knowledge
Professor Ed Latessa describes how his team and he assessed more than 550 programs and saw the best and the worst. Professor Latessa shared his lessons learned and examples of states that are trying to use evidence-based knowledge to improve correctional programs.
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Civil Protection Order Enforcement
T.K. Logan discusses her study that looked at the impact of civil protective orders for domestic violence victims in five Kentucky jurisdictions. Civil protective orders, sometimes known as restraining orders, may cover various situations, such as ordering an assailant to avoid a victim's home and workplace or forbidding any contact with the victim, including by mail or telephone.
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Mothers & Children Seeking Safety in the US: A Study of International Child Abduction Cases Involving Domestic Violence
Since the implementation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, thousands of abused women have faced complex litigation after seeking safety in the United States. Many have been court ordered to return their to the country from which they fled and often to their abusive partners custody. The presenters discussed the findings of an NIJ-funded study focusing on the experiences of women who as victims of domestic violence in another country, come to the U.S.
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