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Community Defense and the Challenge of Community Justice

Journal

NIJ Journal

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Date Published

August 1996

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Program/Project Description

Use of Telephone Conferencing in Criminal Trial Courts

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Date Published

1983

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Maximizing Public Defender Resources Management Report

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Date Published

1983

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Alternative Models for Defending the Indigent in Virginia Final Report

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Date Published

1982

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Assigned Counsel vs Public Defender Systems in Virginia - A Comparison of Relative Benefits

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Date Published

1982

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Some Costs of Continuances - A Multi-Jurisdictional Study

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Date Published

1986

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

WASHINGTON STATE DEFENDER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: AN EVALUATION

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Date Published

1993

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Drug Offenders and the Courts: Case Studies of Three Courts, Summary Report

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Date Published

1994

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Sentencing Guidelines: Their Effect in Minnesota

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Date Published

1989

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Productivity and Resource Allocation in Prosecution and Public Defender Agencies

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Date Published

1986

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Measuring the Severity of Criminal Penalties - Provisional Results

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Date Published

1982

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

IMPROVING DEFENDER-CLIENT RELATIONS

Journal

NLADA (NATIONAL LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER ASSOCIATION) BRIEFCASE

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Date Published

1977

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

DEFENSE ATTORNEY'S ROLE IN PLEA BARGAINING

Journal

Yale Law Journal

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Date Published

1975

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effect of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes

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Date Published

December 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gideon at 60: A Snapshot of State Public Defense Systems and Paths to System Reform

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Date Published

November 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Second looks for youth: An implementation evaluation of resentencing models in five jurisdictions

15PNIJ-23-GG-04239-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$692,889

Building Better Indigent Defense Systems

15PNIJ-23-GG-02234-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$800,000

Case Weighting Systems for the Public Defender - A Handbook for Budget Preparation

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Date Published

1985

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Handbook

Stakeholder Statements Submitted in Response to the Department of Justice's Continued Review and Refinement of PATTERN

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Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon

Closing Date

May 10, 2023

Grants.gov Deadline

April 26, 2023

Application JustGrants Deadline

May 10, 2023

The Evolving Character of Public Defense: Comparing Criminal Case Processing Effectiveness and Outcomes Across Holistic Public Defense, Traditional Public Defense, and Privately Retained Counsel

Journal

Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal

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Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Predicting Recidivism in Georgia Using Lasso Regression Models with Several New Constructs

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Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

"Satan's Minions" and "True Believers": How Criminal Defense Attorneys Employ Quasi-Religious Rhetoric and What It Suggests about Lawyering Culture

Journal

Justice System Journal

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Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Effects of Holistic Defense on Criminal Justice Outcomes

Journal

Harvard Law Review

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Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

From Funnels to Large-Scale Irrigation: Changing the Criminal Justice System Paradigm to Improve Public Health and Safety

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Date Published

December 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Case Study