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National Institute of Justice Body Armor Challenge: How Long Does Body Armor Really Last?

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Challenge Winner (Phase II)

In the U.S. Department of Justice’s first ever Challenge competition, the winning team for NIJ’s Body Armor Challenge was from Purdue University’s school of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering.  The team received a $25,000 prize for proposing a concept for testing the...

HOPE: A Swift and Certain Process for Probationers

Date Published

March 25, 2012

The HOPE program — Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement — is an experimental probation program that emphasizes the delivery of "swift and certain" punishment when a probationer violates conditions of probation.

Examining the Evidence: The Science of Forensic Science

2010-DN-BX-K238

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$1,053,299

In Brief: Hawaii HOPE

Judicial Oversight and Reducing Pretrial Domestic Violence

Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research: For Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Judges

Date Published

June 2009

Series

NIJ Research Report

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

Judicial Discretion and Sentencing Outcomes: Incorporating Data from the Courtroom

Date Published

June 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Politics of Criminal Law Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Lower Court Decision-Making

Date Published

2008

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research Part I: Law Enforcement

Date Published

April 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research Part II: Prosecution

Date Published

April 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research Part III: Judges

Date Published

April 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Violence Against Women: Synthesis of Research for Judges

Date Published

December 2000

Series

NIJ Research Report

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

State Laws on Prosecutors' and Judges' Use of Juvenile Records (NIJ Research in Brief)

Date Published

September 1995

Series

NIJ Research in Brief

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ

Effects of Judges' Sentencing Decisions on Criminal Careers, Research in Brief

Date Published

November 1999

Series

NIJ Research in Brief

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

National Conference on Science and the Law: Proceedings

Date Published

July 2000

Publication Type

Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Comparative Sentencing: The Effect of Mandatory and Advisory Constraints on Judicial Decision-Making

2007-IJ-CX-0015

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2006

$19,465

But They All Come Back: Rethinking Prisoner Reentry, Research in Brief

Date Published

May 2000

Series

NIJ Research in Brief

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ

Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court

Location

Online

Event Type

Course

Registration Status

Not Required

Study of the Determinants of Case Growth in U.S. Federal District Courts, Final Report

Date Published

July 2003

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Ethical Considerations for Judges and Attorneys in Drug Court

Date Published

May 2001

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Alternative Sanctions in Germany: An Overview of Germany's Sentencing Practices

Date Published

February 1996

Series

NIJ Research Preview

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

Judicial Salaries -- Doing More Work for Less Pay

Date Published

January 1985

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored