Balancing Accuracy and Timeliness: The Stages of Criminal Prosecution in Cook County, IL
2018-R2-CX-0001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$32,000
Prosecutors
Prosecutor-Led Pretrial Diversion: Case Studies in Eleven Jurisdictions
Date Published
April 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Case Study
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The NIJ-FBI Sexual Assault Kit Partnership -- A Research Initiative for Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits
Date Published
January 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Judicial Bench Book
Date Published
January 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Reference Material,
Program/Project Evaluation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court
Date Published
February 2006
Publication Type
Training (Aid/Material)
Agencies
NIJ
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the investigation and prosecution of heroin-related overdose
2017-DN-BX-0168
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$975,401
Anatomy of Discretion: Prosecutor Anne Swern Discusses the Influence of Resource Constraints on Prosecutors' Decisions (Video: Part II of IV)
Date Published
November 2012
Publication Type
Interview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Anatomy of Discretion: Federal Judge Theodore McKee Discusses Consistency in Prosecutorial Decision Making (Video: Part III of IV)
Date Published
November 2012
Publication Type
Interview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Anatomy of Discretion: Law Professor Anthony Thompson Discusses How Factors Other Than Strength of Evidence Should Influence Prosecutors' Decisions (Video: Part IV of IV)
Date Published
November 2012
Publication Type
Interview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Anatomy of Discretion: Criminal Justice Professor Don Stemen Explains a Vera Institute of Justice Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision Making (Video: Part I of IV)
Date Published
November 2012
Publication Type
Interview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
#WhyIStayed: A Study of IPV Victim Recantation and Non-Cooperation in the Criminal Justice System
2017-VA-CX-0034
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$406,079
A Post-Conviction Mentality: Prosecutorial Assistance as a Pathway to Exoneration
2017-IJ-CX-0012
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$31,771
DNA: A Prosecutor's Practice Notebook
Date Published
July 2007
Publication Type
Training
Agencies
NIJ
Forming an Action-Research Team To Address Sexual Assault Cases
Date Published
January 2016
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ
Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases
2015-R2-CX-0041
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$39,823
Understanding Influence Across Justice Agencies: The Spread of "Community Reforms" from Law Enforcement to Prosecutor Organizations
Date Published
March 2014
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
An Assessment of Defense and Prosecutorial Strategies in Terrorism Trials: Implications for State and Federal Prosecutors
Date Published
December 2008
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Missing Link: Examining Prosecutorial Decision-Making Across Federal District Courts
Date Published
March 2014
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Forensic Markers of Physical Elder Abuse: Establishing a Medical Characterization and Identifying the Criminal Justice Approach to Investigation and Prosecution
2013-IJ-CX-0025
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$518,327
Erroneous Convictions in Criminal Justice
March 2013
Interview with Jon Gould, Ph.D., Director of the Washington Institute for Public and International Affairs Research, American University.
Dr. Gould discusses:
- Bottom line findings from the study "Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice"
- Ten statistically significant factors related to wrongful convictions
- The role of systemic error and tunnel vision
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Anatomy of Discretion: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision Making - Technical Report
Date Published
November 2012
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Anatomy of Discretion: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision Making - Summary Report
Date Published
November 2012
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Research on District Attorneys'' Pretrial Diversion Programs: A Proposal for a Comprehensive Multi-Method Study
2012-IJ-CX-0036
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$1,000,000
FY11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Union County Prosecutor's Office Forensic Lab
2011-DN-BX-K470
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2011
$90,000
Harnessing Information in a Prosecutor's Office
Date Published
October 2000
Series
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ