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TECHBeat, January/February 2015

Date Published
January 2015
Publication Type
Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description, Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems

Closing Date

NIJ is seeking proposals for social and behavioral science research on, and evaluation related to, justice systems topics including policing, courts, and institutional and community corrections that bear directly and substantially upon federal, State, local, or tribal criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice.

NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors

Closing Date

​NIJ is seeking proposals for research on sentinel events in the criminal justice system. When bad things happen in a complex system, the cause is rarely a single act, event, or slip-up. More often, bad outcomes like wrongful convictions, mistaken prison releases, and even revictimization are "sentinel events" -- defined as significant negative outcomes that signal underlying weaknesses in the system or process. Sentinel events...

NIJ FY 15 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation

Closing Date

NIJ seeks proposals for funding projects to study how criminal justice practitioners use research in their decision-making processes and how they implement evidence-based programs or practices. NIJ proposes two distinct research activities under this solicitation.Incorporating the Use of Research in Policy Decisions.Implementation Studies. Applicants may apply to one or both sections of the solicitation; however, proposal titles should clearly identify the section of the solicitation...