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Restoring Promise: Positive Research Results from a Program that Aims to Transform Correctional Culture

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

In the wake of Miller and Montgomery: A national view of people sentenced to juvenile life without parole

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

August 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Research (Applied/Empirical)

PRIPARE: Parole and Reduced Incarceration for People thru Access to Re-Entry

15PNIJ-24-GG-05446-NIJB

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$400,000

Transforming Correctional Culture and Climate

Date Published

April 11, 2024

Borrowing from innovations abroad, U.S. correctional facilities are piloting more humane living environments that are grounded in principles of restorative justice to support rehabilitation and enhance safety for all who work and reside in them.

How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effect of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes

Date Published

December 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A multilevel analysis of juvenile life without parole and its reform: understanding the people, places, and politics that shape policy.

15PNIJ-23-GG-01952-TITL

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$166,500

Changing Prison Culture Reduces Violence

Date Published

August 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Technology Tells of Torture

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Case Study

Restoring Promise: A randomized control trial examining the impact of innovative young adult housing on reducing violence

2018-75-CX-0021

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$750,000

Looking Back To See the Future of Prison Downsizing in America - Keynote Address at the 2012 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2012

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Presentation, Issue Overview

New Orleans Sexual Assault Evidence Project: Results and Recommendations

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

June 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Issue Overview

Discourses of Death: Language, Juries and "Future Danger" in Texas Death Penalty Trials

2009-IJ-CX-0005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2008

$20,000

Getting to Death: Fairness and Efficiency in the Processing and Conclusion of Death Penalty Cases After Furman, Final Technical Report

Date Published

June 2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Three Strikes Revisited: An Early Assessment of Implementation and Effects

Date Published

August 1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description