Justice system
Vehicle Theft Prevention Strategies
Law Enforcement Response to Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Identifying High-Priority Needs to Improve Law Enforcement Strategies
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION OF DRUG OFFENDERS - A STATUTORY APPROACH
Schoolhouse interrogations and confessions: Perspectives from principals and students
Intergenerational Legal System Involvement Among Juvenile Justice-Involved Females and Their Offspring: Opportunities for Prevention
Bail, Bias and Bargaining: Investigating Racial Dynamics in Plea Negotiations across Local Court Communities
MDI Myth: Rapid Toxicology Screening Tools Can Replace Traditional Toxicology Testing – No Need to Confirm
BetaHub Support for Practitioner-Led Randomized Controlled Trials and Related Research in Correctional Facilities and Law Enforcement Agencies
NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Prosecution Practice, Justice, Case Tracking, and Workforce
How to Right a Wrong: Empirically Evaluating Whether Victim, Offender, and Assault Characteristics can Inform Rape Kit Testing Policies
Assessing the Impact of State Human Trafficking Legislation on Criminal Justice System Outcomes
Custodial Parole Sanctions and Earnings After Release From Prison
Evaluation of a Victim-Centered, Trauma-Informed Victim Notification Protocol for Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)
Why Police "Couldn't or Wouldn't" Submit Sexual Assault Kits for Forensic DNA Testing: A Focal Concerns Theory Analysis of Untested Rape Kits
Recidivism in a Sample of Serious Adolescent Offenders
Test Protocol for Comparative Evaluation of Protective Gloves for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications--NIJ Test Protocol 99-114
Results of the 1997 Illinois Adult Probation Outcome Study
Procedural Justice in Jails
The Recursive Relationship Between Substance Abuse, Prostitution, and Incarceration: Voices From a Long-Term Cohort of Women
NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research
On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.
Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023
Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...
"Examining the Effects of Back-End Release Discretion on Prison Populations and Length of Stay: A State-by-State Analysis"
Cold Cases and Serial Killers (Part 1)
In April 2018, the Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo was arrested. NIJ support helped lead to his arrest, and in the aftermath of the arrest, NIJ Social Science Analyst Eric Martin was among those tasked with finding other cases NIJ helped law enforcement solve. Eric joins the show to talk about some of those cases, and answer some broader questions about serial killers: What is a serial killer? Are they on the rise? How do we know how many serial killers are currently active?