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NIJ Journal Issue 280: Policing and Law Enforcement

The NIJ Journal, published several times a year, features articles to help criminal justice policymakers and practitioners stay informed about new developments. The NIJ Journal presents research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.

Each issue of the NIJ Journal will now focus on a single theme, allowing the articles to dive into one specific topic from...

DNA at Our Fingertips

Date Published
July 2019
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

U.S. Department of Justice's Request for Research on Indigent Defense

March 2012

Our mission is to help the justice system efficiently deliver outcomes for individuals regardless of wealth or status, and a necessary component of our work is strengthening and improving indigent defense. How we do that is of course varied, but one important aspect is the research that's needed to identify solutions to indigent defense, and that's why the solicitation is so important.