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One Year Longitudinal Study of the Psychological Effects of Administrative Segregation

Date Published

January 2011

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Truth in Sentencing and State Sentencing Practices

Date Published

July 2005

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Legislation/Policy Analysis

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NIJ

Factories Behind Fences: Do Prison 'Real Work' Programs Work?

Date Published

June 2007

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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Does Parental Incarceration Increase a Child's Risk for Foster Care Placement?

Date Published

November 2006

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Cost, Performance Studies Look at Prison Privatization

Date Published

March 2008

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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NIJ

Effect of Prison-Based Alcohol Treatment: A Multi-Site Process and Outcome Evaluation

2010-RT-BX-0103

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$300,000

Prison Rape: Research Explores Prevalence, Prevention

Cost, Performance Studies Look at Prison Privatization

Weapons And Non-permitted Devices Detector (WANDD)

Date Published

July 2008

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Justice Technology Assistance Program (JTAP)

2009-IJ-CX-K016

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$300,000

PREDICTING CRIME THROUGH INCARCERATION: THE IMPACT OF RATES OF PRISON CYCLING ON RATES OF CRIME IN COMMUNITIES

2009-IJ-CX-0037

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$298,490

Maintaining Prison Order: Understanding Causes of Inmate Misconduct within and Across Ohio Correctional Institutions

Date Published

July 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Using Technology to Make Prisons and Jails Safer

Date Published

March 2009

Series

NIJ Journal

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Editor's Note: Evaluating the High Point Intervention

Date Published

March 9, 2009

How It All Began: The Evolution of the High Point Model

Date Published

March 9, 2009

Prisons, Work and Re-Entry

Date Published

January 1999

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Cost Benefit Analysis of Prison Cell Construction and Alternative Sanctions

Date Published

May 1990

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Prisoner Radicalization: Assessing the Threat in U.S. Correctional Institutions

Date Published

October 26, 2008

Strategies to Prevent Prison Rape by Changing the Correctional Culture

Date Published

October 2008

Series

NIJ Research Report

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Legislation/Policy Description

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Measuring Victimization Inside Prisons: Questioning the Questions

Date Published

October 2008

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The Evolution of Decisionmaking Among Prison Executives, 1975-2000

Date Published

January 2000

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The Governance of Corrections: Implications of the Changing Interface of Courts and Corrections

Date Published

January 2000

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Prison Rape: A Critical Review of the Literature, Executive Summary

Date Published

March 2004

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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Prison Rape: Research Explores Prevalence, Prevention

Date Published

March 2008

Series

NIJ Journal

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NIJ

Speech to National Corrections Conference on Substance Abuse Testing, Sanctions and Treatment

Framing the National Agenda: a Research and Policy Perspective

I am very pleased and honored to be with you this morning. In fact, I am in awe of the level of expertise and commitment that is represented in this audience. Larry Meachum and his colleagues at the Corrections Program Office are to be commended for gathering together the right people, with the right expertise, at...