Plea validity in circuit court: judicial colloquies in misdemeanor vs. felony charges
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Misdemeanor
Subsequent Criminal Activity Among Violent Misdemeanants Who Seek to Purchase Handguns: Risk Factors and Effectiveness of Denying Handgun Purchase
Date Published
2001
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Beyond the Gatekeepers: Court Professionals' Self-Reported Attitudes About and Experiences with Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Cases
Date Published
2003
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Impact of Research on Legal Policy: The Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment
Date Published
1989
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Crime, Punishment, and Stake in Conformity: Legal and Informal Control of Domestic Violence
Date Published
1992
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
State Responses to Mass Incarceration
June 2011
Researchers have devoted considerable attention to mass incarceration, specifically its magnitude, costs, and collateral consequences. In the face of economic constraints, strategies to reduce correctional populations while maintaining public safety are becoming a fiscal necessity. This panel will present strategies that states have undertaken to reduce incarceration rates while balancing taxpayer costs with ensuring public safety.
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Reforming New Orleans' Criminal Justice System: The Role of Data and Research
September 2012
Series
With its criminal justice system in disarray following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans invited the Vera Institute of Justice to examine the city's court and jail operations. For five years, Vera has been tracking arrest-to-first-appearance time, custodial arrests versus summonses, the granting of pretrial release, and many other decision-making points. Based on analysis of these data, Vera is making policy recommendations to assist with the implementation of new procedures and to ensure performance monitoring.
Drug Courts and the Role of Graduated Sanctions
Date Published
August 1998
Series
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Quality-of-Life Policing: Do Offenders Get the Message?
Date Published
June 2002
Series
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Quality-of-Life Policing, Net Widening, and Crime Specialization
Date Published
May 2002
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research),
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation of North Carolina's Structured Sentencing Law, Final Report
Date Published
September 1999
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation of North Carolina's Structured Sentencing Law, Research in Brief
Date Published
1999
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored