Legal System

Meeting People Where They Are to Improve Institutional Culture

August 2023

Series

Incarcerated individuals deserve opportunities for healing and growth, but they often lack the necessary resources for such opportunities. Additionally, organizational cultures that don’t support these outcomes often stand in the way. Researchers and practitioners gathered at NIJ’s 2023 National Research Conference to share ideas and projects that will increase opportunities for incarcerated populations around the country. This show continues their conversation.

Criminal Investigative Effort in Sexual Assaults: Findings from a Sample of Cases with Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Predictors of sexual and reproductive health among girls involved in the juvenile legal system: The influence of resources, race, and ethnicity

Date Published

May 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Monitoring Child Maltreatment in YSO

15PNIJ-22-GK-05002-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$1,497,815

A tale of two laws revisited: Investigating the impact of the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act and the antiterrorism and effective death penalty

Date Published

2004

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Mitigating Risks of Incarceration Among Transition-Age Foster Youth: Considering Domains of Social Bonds

Date Published

October 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Shedding Light on Assault

November 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Senior Science Writer Maya Pilkington is joined by “the Paintball Lady” – Dr. Katherine Scafide. Dr. Scafide shares how her research on detecting bruises and skills as a forensic nurse help pediatric and adult assault and domestic violence victims by providing clear documentation.

National Scan, Case Studies, and Evaluability Assessments of Restorative Justice Programs for Serious and Violent Harm

15PNIJ-22-GG-03584-NONF

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$500,136

The Evolving Character of Public Defense: Comparing Criminal Case Processing Effectiveness and Outcomes Across Holistic Public Defense, Traditional Public Defense, and Privately Retained Counsel

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Traumatic Incidents and Experiences of Racism and Sexism: Examining Associations with Components of Critical Consciousness for System-Involved Girls of Color

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Legislation Specifically Targeting the Use of the Internet to Recruit Terrorists

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Origins and Development of the Policia Nacional Civil of El Salvador (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice, P 172-181, 2004, Gorazd Mesko, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-207973)

Date Published

September 2004

Publication Type

Historical Overview

Agencies

NIJ

Environmental and Institutional Influences on Police Agency Responses to Human Trafficking

Date Published

March 2014

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Multilevel Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods

November 2021

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a DOJ-sponsored initiative to reduce violent crime, particularly gun crime, by fostering cooperation by criminal justice agencies and local partners to develop and implement strategic approaches.

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Implementing NAGPRA Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners

December 2021

This project is designed to connect tribal partners to ME/C offices to facilitate successful disposition protocols for non-forensically significant Native American remains that are compliant with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA).

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