Functional Family Therapy-Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement
Date Published
March 2020
Agencies
NIJ
Juvenile delinquency prevention
Violence Exposure, Continuous Trauma, and Repeat Offending in Female and Male Serious Adolescent Offenders
Date Published
September 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Reading Intervention, Academic and Behavioral Outcomes for Adolescents: A Community Agency and University Partnership Project
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Kentucky Juvenile Justice Reform Evaluation: Implementation Evaluation Report
Date Published
December 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Easily Overstated: Estimating the Relationship Between State Justice Policy Environments and Falling Rates of Youth Confinement
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Assessing the Impact of Individual-, School, and District-Level Factors on School-Based Arrests to the Department of Juvenile Justice
Date Published
December 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Civil Citation as an Alternative to Arrest among Youth Apprehended by Law Enforcement
Date Published
December 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Family Attachment and Juvenile Justice Outcomes: An Assessment of Visitation of Juvenile Delinquents in Residential Facilities
Date Published
December 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Qualitative Report of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's Safe Schools Research Initiative: Implementation of the Safe and Civil Schools Foundations Program
Date Published
October 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Implications for Practice: Risks to Youth in Boomtowns
Date Published
August 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Development and Validation of an Actuarial Risk Assessment Tool for Juveniles with a History of Sexual Offending
Date Published
June 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault: Implications for Law Enforcement, Prosecution, and Victim Advocacy
December 2012
Series
Dr. Campbell brings together research on the neurobiology of trauma and the criminal justice response to sexual assault. She explains the underlying neurobiology of traumatic events, its emotional and physical manifestation, and how these processes can impact the investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults. Real-world, practical implications are examined for first responders, such as law enforcement, nurses, prosecutors, and advocates.
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Relationship Dynamics and Their Contribution to Adolescent Relationships and Dating Violence
Date Published
April 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ
Building Healthy Teen Relationships: An Evaluation of a Dating Violence Prevention Program With Middle School Students
Date Published
July 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Final Summary Overview: Impact Evaluation of No Bully System
Date Published
February 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Pathways Between Child Maltreatment and Adult Criminal Involvement
Date Published
October 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ
Family Context Is an Important Element in the Development of Teen Dating Violence and Should Be Considered in Prevention and Intervention
Date Published
April 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Hidden Consequences: The Impact of Incarceration on Dependent Children
Date Published
March 2017
Series
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ
Preventing Kids From Gang-Joining: Collaboration Matters - Interview With Tom Simon
Date Published
June 2011
Publication Type
Presentation (Multimedia),
Issue Overview,
Interview,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
Gang Membership Prevention - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2010
Publication Type
Presentation (Multimedia),
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
Using Research To Understand Cyberbullying
Date Published
October 2016
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ
Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs
Date Published
November 2018
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-based Knowledge
May 2010
Series
Professor Ed Latessa describes how his team and he assessed more than 550 programs and saw the best and the worst. Professor Latessa shared his lessons learned and examples of states that are trying to use evidence-based knowledge to improve correctional programs.
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Director’s Corner: Juvenile Justice Research Comes to NIJ
David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
If you have heard me describing what NIJ does lately, you may have noticed that I have started sprinkling in references to the criminal and juvenile justice systems. There’s a good reason for that.
As of October 22, the juvenile justice research function that had been part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has moved to NIJ...