Five Things About Reentry
Date Published
April 26, 2023
Recidivism
Exploring Variation in the Strength of Association of a Validated Recidivism Risk Score With Seven Common Measures of Juvenile Recidivism: A Research Note
NCJ Number
306222
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
National Institute of Justice Annual Report 2020
NCJ Number
305188
Date Published
March 2023
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Publication Link
NIJ’s Role Under the First Step Act
The First Step Act of 2018 (the Act) aims to reform the federal prison system and reduce recidivism.
NIJ plays a key role in major components of the Act and will assist the Attorney General in —
- Assessing the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ existing risk and needs assessment system.
- Developing and evaluating a...
2022 Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool
NCJ Number
305720
Date Published
March 2023
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Evaluation
Publication Link
NIJ 2021 Forecasting Challenge: Filtering Winners by Year, Variables, and Methods
NIJ's 2021 Recidivism Forecasting Challenge aimed to improve the ability to forecast recidivism using person- and place-based variables with the goal of improving outcomes for those serving a community supervision sentence.
As a condition of receiving their prize, each of the 25 winners[1] were asked to submit a research paper that describes which variables did and did not matter to the final forecasting model...
Examining the Role of Responsivity Factors in Juvenile Probation Outcomes
NCJ Number
305929
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Thesis/Dissertation
Publication Link
Desistance from Crime: Interventions to Help Promote Desistance and Reduce Recidivism
November 2022
No single criminal justice agency can promote desistance on its own. Partnerships across state, local, and federal agencies — along with the support of family and community stakeholders — are instrumental in supporting desistance from crime and reducing recidivism.
Law enforcement, courts, corrections, and community supervision agencies play a key role in the desistance process and reducing recidivism.
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In Acceptance of the SEARCH 2022 Justice Policy Leadership Award
NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne, Ph.D.
Thank you, Dave, and thanks to the SEARCH Board for choosing me as this year’s recipient of the Justice Policy Leadership Award. I am tremendously honored. I also want to thank the wait staff here for taking such good care of us this evening — please join me in thanking them all!
If I’m not mistaken, this is the first time that SEARCH has awarded...
Evaluation of the Bronx-Osborne Gun Avoidance Program (BOGAP)
15PNIJ-22-GK-03017-CVIP
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$785,819
Assessing the impact of treatment quality, matching and dosage on juvenile justice outcomes among a statewide sample of youth with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders
15PNIJ-22-GG-03054-TITL
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2022
$200,000
NIJ Recidivism Challenge, 2021 - Team Early Stopping, Years 2 and 3
NCJ Number
305139
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Assessing the causes of racial disparities in drug courts: An intersectional approach to eliminating barriers to admittance
15PNIJ-21-GG-04708-NIJB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$533,204
NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Report for Team PASDA
NCJ Number
305042
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
CATBOOST Models for the Recidivism Forecasting Challenge
NCJ Number
305058
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
DataRobot Model
NCJ Number
305057
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Accounting for Racial Bias in Recidivism Forecasting, Year 3 Male Parolees Report, SAS Institute Inc. Team
NCJ Number
305056
Date Published
August 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Report on NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge
NCJ Number
305055
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Forecasting Recidivism: Mission Impossible
NCJ Number
305054
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
National Institute of Justice Recidivism Challenge Report: Team Aurors
NCJ Number
305053
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Skynet is Alive and Well: Leveraging a Neural Net to Predict Felon Recidivism
NCJ Number
305052
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
NIJ Recidivism Challenge Report: Team Smith
NCJ Number
305051
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
National Institute of Justice Recidivism Forecasting Challenge: Team “MCHawks” Performance Analysis
NCJ Number
305050
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Predicting Recidivism in Georgia Using Lasso Regression Models with Several New Constructs
NCJ Number
305049
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link