Judges
Use of Fines by Trial Court Judges
Courtroom Workgroups and Sentencing: The Effects of Similarity, Proximity, and Stability
Do Black Judges Make A Difference?
The Greening of Probation
Evaluating the Impact of Prior Record on Judges' Sentencing Decisions - A Seven-City Comparison
Civil Commitment for Drug Dependency: The Judicial Response
Child Custody and Visitation Decisions When the Father has Perpetrated Violence Against the Mother
Means-Based Fining: Views of American Trial Court Judges
Evaluation of Federal Pretrial Services Agencies' Impact on Pretrial Decisions and Outcomes
ALASKA'S BAN ON PLEA BARGAINING
Displaced Discretion Under Ohio Sentencing Guidelines
Does Judicial Monitoring Deter Domestic Violence Recidivism?: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Comparison in the Bronx
NIJ National Center on Forensics, Fiscal Year 2020
Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities
Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion in Florida Criminal Courts
Tribal Justice, Tribal Court: Strengthening Tribal Justice Systems Using Restorative Approaches
Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works
A small number of those who commit crimes are heavily involved in drugs commit a large portion of the crime in this country. An evaluation of a "smart supervision" effort in Hawaii that uses swift and certain sanctioning showed that individuals committing crimes who are heavily involved in drug use can indeed change their behavior when the supervision is properly implemented.
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Prosecuting Cases of Elder Abuse
This panel will feature NIJ-funded research that has direct, practical implications for the prosecution of elder abuse cases. Panelists will present findings from a study of prosecutors in three states that examined the factors that influenced their decisions to prosecute elder financial abuse cases. The panel will also provide the results from an evaluation of five innovative court-based models that target perpetrators of elder abuse.
Custody Evaluation in Domestic Violence Cases
Panelists will examine practices, beliefs and recommendations of professional and custody evaluators in domestic violence cases. Panelists will discuss current NIJ studies that use both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the impact of personal attitudes and beliefs on custody evaluation.
What Works in Offender Supervision - Panel at the 2009 NIJ Conference
This NIJ Conference Panel highlights findings from NIJ projects that evaluated strategies to enhance the supervision of offenders in the community. Researchers discuss the effectiveness of fair, swift and certain sanctions for high-risk probationers in the Hawaii HOPE program. Panelists also provide empirical evidence on the effectiveness of electronic monitoring — including the use of GPS tracking — for medium- and high-risk offenders on supervision and upon completion of their supervision sentence.