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Research on Videoconferencing at Post-Arraignment Release Hearings: Phase I Final Report, Executive Summary

NCJ Number

248903

Date Published

March 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Technical Assistance, Report (Summary), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Publication Link

PDF

Data Visualization Challenge: Using Data to Improve Justice

Notice

Thank you for your interest in the NIJ 2014 Data Visualization Challenge: Using Data to Improve Justice. No winners were selected for this Challenge.

On this page find:

• Overview
• Challenge
• Requested Solution
• Challenge Entries
  • How to Enter
  • Phase I — Data Visualization Ideation
  • Phase II — Data Visualization Creation
  • Important Dates
  • Judges
  • Judging Criteria
  • Prize
  • Rules and Other Conditions
• Contact Information

Overview

The National Institute...

An Evaluation of Court System Best Practices for Domestic Violence Protective Orders

2014-IJ-CX-0028

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$491,154

Early Intervention by Counsel: A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Presence of Counsel at a Defendants First Appearance in Court

2014-IJ-CX-0027

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$381,402

State Laws on Child Custody Related to Judges' and Custody Evaluators' Recommendations in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence

2014-IJ-CX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$37,532

Assessing Judicial Sentencing Preferences After Public Safety Realignment: A Survey of California Judges

NCJ Number

247085

Date Published

January 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Survey, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Publication Link

PDF

Replicating HOPE: Can Others Do It As Well As Hawaii?

Legal Change and Sentencing Norms in Federal Court: An Examination of the Impact of the Booker, Gall, and Kimbrough Decisions

NCJ Number

243254

Date Published

August 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Publication Link

PDF

FY2013 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Challenge: Delivering Mission Critical Voice Communications for Law Enforcement and Public Safety Responders in the COTS LTE Environment

Winner

Congratulations to Jon Melvin for winning Phase I of the Challenge. Thank you to all of those who submitted a response.

On this page find:

• I. Overview
• II. How to Enter
• III. Important Dates
• IV. Judges
• V. Judging Criteria
• VI. Prize
• VII. Other Rules and Conditions
• VIII. Prize Disbursement and Challenge Winners
• IX. Contact Information

I. Overview

Increased access to mobile broadband services is...

Evaluating the Effect of Holistic Indigent Defense Services on Case Outcomes: A Natural Experiment in the Bronx

2013-IJ-CX-0027

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$334,998

How Women and Front-Line Workers Manage the Bureaucratic Process of Prisoner Reentry

2013-IJ-CX-0052

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$30,000

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

On this page find:

• Challenge Winner
• Overview
• How to Enter
• Important Dates
• Judges
• Judging Criteria
• Prize
• Other Rules and Conditions

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...

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

HOPE: A Swift and Certain Process for Probationers

Online DNA Training Targets Lawyers, Judges

NCJ Number

216526

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

January 2007

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Publication Link

HTML

Evidence-Based Screening and Assessment: A Randomized Trial of a Validated Assessment Tool in Three New York City Drug Courts

2010-IJ-CX-0031

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$389,093

A Natural Experiment in Reform: Analyzing drug law policy change in New York State

2010-IJ-CX-0030

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$699,937

Examining the Evidence: The Science of Forensic Science

2010-DN-BX-K238

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$1,053,299

In Brief: Hawaii HOPE

Coordinating the Criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Violence: The Effectiveness of Councils in Producing Systems Change

NCJ Number

229248

Date Published

October 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Publication Link

PDF

Discourses of Death: Language, Juries and "Future Danger" in Texas Death Penalty Trials

2009-IJ-CX-0005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2008

$20,000

Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases

2009-IJ-CX-0015

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$501,352

Bargaining in the Shadow of Trial? Exploring the Reach of Evidence Outside the Jury Box

2009-IJ-CX-0035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$511,283

Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Mental Health Courts as a Public Safety Strategy

2009-IJ-CX-0038

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$700,200

Judicial Oversight and Reducing Pretrial Domestic Violence