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Juvenile (under 18)

Optimizing Juvenile Assessment Performance

Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Replication Studies are Vital to Science We Can Count On

Science is a cornerstone of the justice system, and reliability is a cornerstone of science. Justice tools we take for granted today, such as crime mapping software, DNA identification of suspects, and automated fingerprint systems, are products of well-tested science. Extraordinary tools are now ordinary features of our justice system because the science has persuaded the courts and law enforcement that those tools, in the...

Sinistrality and Delinquency

Journal
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Date Published
1980
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)