Base Expectancy Model for Forensic Release Decisions
Date Published
1986
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Maximum security
PENAL INCARCERATION AND CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT
Journal
South Carolina Law Review
Date Published
1973
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Issues in Contracting for the Private Operation of Prisons and Jails
Date Published
1987
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Management of Inmate Violence: A Case Study Summary
Date Published
1987
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Impacts of a New Prison on a Small Town: Twice Blessed or Double Whammy?
Date Published
1990
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Impact of Differing Staffing Rations on Prison Environments
Date Published
1984
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
PRISONIZATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES - AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIALIZATION IN A COERCIVE SETTING
Journal
Sociological Focus
Date Published
1977
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ALIENATION IN THE PRISON SOCIETY - AN EMPIRICAL TEST
Journal
Pacific Sociological Review
Date Published
1975
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The relationship between participation in structured activities and health, safety and quality of life outcomes for prison residents and staff
15PNIJ-24-GG-01087-FSAX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$898,792
Redesigning Life in U.S. Prisons
July 2024
Series
The prison system in the U.S. typically places a heavy emphasis on security, control, and punishment, and this foundation can create an adversarial culture within correctional facilities — incarcerated individuals versus correctional staff. But what if that culture could change? What would it look like? How would it impact not only incarcerated individuals but also correctional officers and other staff?
Transcript
Audio file
Restoring Promise
Date Published
June 5, 2024
Positive research results from a program that aims to transform correctional culture.
Social Bonds and Change During Incarceration: Testing a Missing Link in the Reentry Research
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Date Published
August 2011
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Climate, Culture, and Correction Officer Wellness
15PNIJ-23-GG-06104-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$960,132
Circumventing the Sentencing Grid: Encouraging Downward Departures in Presumptive Prison Cases
Journal
Criminal Justice Policy Review
Date Published
2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
PRISONERS ON THE MOVE: EXAMINING THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF PRISON TRANSIENCY ON INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS
15PNIJ-23-GG-01936-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$105,000
Mothers Inside and Out? Pseudo-Families and Motherhood in a Women's Prison
Journal
Crime & Delinquency
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Purposes, Practices, and Problems of Supermax Prisons
Date Published
2001
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
NIJ Tests New Technologies
Date Published
2009
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview,
Program/Project Description
Prison and Violent Political Extremism in the United States
Journal
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Volume 28
Date Published
2001
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Literature Review
Understanding Incarceration and Re-Entry Experiences of Female Inmates and their Children: The Women's Prison Inmate Networks Study (WO-PINS)
Date Published
October 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Does in-prison physical and mental health impact recidivism?
Journal
SSM - Population Health
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
First weeks out: Social support stability and health among formerly incarcerated men
Journal
Social Science & Medicine
Date Published
August 2021
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored,
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Altering Administrative Segregation for Prisoners and Staff: A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Effects of Living and Working in Restrictive Housing
Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description