Understanding the Link Between Race/Ethnicity, Drug Offending, and Juvenile Court Outcomes
Date Published
July 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Juvenile courts
Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities
Date Published
September 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Evaluation of NIJ by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences: NIJ's Response
June 2011
The National Academies conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the National Institute of Justice. This panel provides an overview of the evaluation and NIJ's response to it. NIJ has accepted many of the recommendations in the NRC report, and you will learn what the agency is doing to implement them. A few of the recommendations were challenging and created considerable debate within NIJ. Plans to address these thorny issues also are discussed.
Discussing the Future of Justice-Involved Young Adults
September 2015
New science in brain development is transforming young adult involvement with the justice system. On Tuesday, September 8, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, and experts from NIJ and the Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice who serve on the Executive Session on Community Corrections discussed the future of justice-involved young adults.
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What Is Research and Evaluation Evidence and How Can We Use It?
June 2010
This NIJ Conference Panel will explore the development and use of evidence-based policies, programs and technologies to improve effectiveness and efficiencies related to government. Through casual observation, practices and programs may appear to be effective, but under closer scrutiny the results may look much different.
Domestic Violence Research 15 Years After VAWA
June 2010
Since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, a majority of the more than 250 research and evaluation studies funded by NIJ examined domestic violence issues. This research has been collected in the Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women, which includes an abstract of each grant and the results of completed studies.
Waiver of Counsel in Juvenile Court
Date Published
May 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Pathways to Desistance
Date Published
2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Palm Beach County School Safety and Student Performance Partnership Research Project: Final Research Report
Date Published
December 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
National Juvenile Court Data Archive
2018-JX-FX-0002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$1,950,000
Reducing Gang Violence: A Randomized Trial of Functional Family Therapy
Date Published
June 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Drug Treatment Courts
Date Published
June 2023
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Factsheet
Agencies
BJA,
NIJ,
OJJDP
Estimating the causal relationships among juvenile justice system improvements, youth crime, and juvenile confinement
2017-JF-FX-0064
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$124,954
National Juvenile Court Data Archive
2015-JF-FX-0061
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$650,000
Critical Examination of "Being Black" in the Juvenile Justice System
Date Published
June 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
With or Without You? Contextualizing the Impact of Romantic Relationship Breakup on Crime Among Serious Adolescent Offenders
Date Published
January 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Programs and Legislation Targeting Justice-Involved Young Adults
Date Published
July 2016
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material,
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
NIJ
Assessing a Trauma-Informed Decision Protocol for Juvenile Justice Practitioners
2016-CV-BX-0002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$499,999
National Juvenile Court Data Archive
2015-JF-FX-0061
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$650,000
A Longitudinal Investigation of Trauma Exposure, Retraumatization, and Post-Traumatic Stress of Justice-Involved Adolescents
2016-MU-MU-0070
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$74,395
Exposure to Violence, Trauma, and Juvenile Court Involvement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Mobile Youth and Poverty Study Data (1998-2011)
2016-MU-MU-0068
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$74,815
Trauma Exposure, Ecological Factors, and Child Welfare Involvement as Predictors of Youth Crossover into the Juvenile Justice System
2016-MU-MU-0069
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$74,997
Mapping Decisions Points from School Based Incidents to Exclusionary Discipline, Arrest and Referral to the Juvenile Justice System
2016-CK-BX-0018
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$240,000
A Comprehensive Longitudinal Study of School Violence and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Root Causes and Consequences of and Implications for Restorative Justice Approaches
2016-CK-BX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$499,863