Judges

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

Date Published

March 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Understanding the Organization, Operation, and Victimization Process of Labor Trafficking in the United States

Date Published

October 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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
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

Date Published

January 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

August 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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...

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

2013-IJ-CX-0052

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$30,000

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

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

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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...