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Child Trafficking as a Predictor of Subsequent Juvenile Justice Involvement

Journal

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment &Trauma

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Verified Human Trafficking Allegations Among Single and Dual System-Involved Children: Predicting Initial and Repeat Victimization

Journal

Child Abuse and Neglect

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Working Guide to the Empirical Literature

Date Published

August 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Bibliography

Medicolegal Death Investigations On Tribal Lands—Underrepresented Or Underserved?

Journal

Forensic Science International: Synergy

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Just Science Podcast: Just Investigating a No-Body Homicide in Canada

Date Published

October 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Case Study

Estimating Age of Death from Subadult Remains, Part 1

June 2023

Series

Justice Today Podcast

The long-standing problem of estimating the age and sex of subadult skeletal remains has been significantly "solved" with the advances in understanding the growth and development patterns in the skeletons of young people. Kyra Stull, an anthropologist and forensic researcher at University of Nevada, Reno, and Danielle McLeod-Henning, a physical scientist at NIJ, share more about this research with NIJ writer and host Jim Dawson.

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Missing Native American Persons: Nebraska Study Details Scope of Problem, Urges Culturally Sensitive Research and Better Access to Justice

Date Published

May 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Missing Native American Persons: Nebraska Study Details Scope of Problem, Urges Culturally Sensitive Research and Better Access to Justice

Gender-Based Violence and the Latinx Community

September 2022

In this webinar, a panel of experts will share what the field currently knows about gender-based violence in the Latinx community.

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Meeting the Forensic Challenges of Subadult Skeletons

Fourth National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART‐4) Law Enforcement Survey – Stereotypical Kidnapping (LES-SK) Technical Report

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART-4) Law Enforcement Survey – Missing Children (LES-MC) Pilot Study Report

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART-4) Law Enforcement Survey – Family Abduction (LES-FA) Pilot Study Report

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

How Prevalent is Violence in Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases?

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Reporting and Investigating Missing Persons: A Background Paper On How To Frame The Issue

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

New View for AMBER

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

2006

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Choosing a New Approach to AMBER Alerts

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

October 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Updated AMBER Alert Best Practices Guide

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Reference Material, Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed), Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Alert System Keeps Motorists Directly Informed of Road Trouble

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

March 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description

Solving Missing Persons Cases

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

November 2009

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Human Trafficking and the Child Welfare Population in Florida

Journal

Children and Youth Services Review

Date Published

May 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

TECHBeat, May 2019

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material

Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities

Date Published

September 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Legislation/Policy Analysis

A Descriptive Analysis of Missing and Murdered Native Women and Children in Nebraska, Barriers to Reporting and Investigation, and Recommendations for Improving Access to Justice

2019-75-CX-0014

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$169,264

Assessing the Under-Reporting of Minor Victim Sex Trafficking

Date Published

December 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)