Regression Analysis
Police-Citizen Encounters and Field Citations: Do Encounter Characteristics Influence Ticketing?
Comparison of the Police Response to Heterosexual Versus Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence
Testing For Measurement Invariance of Attachment Across Chinese and American Adolescent Samples
Investigating the Effectiveness of the School Security Climate on Student Connectedness and School Performance
Do DOJ Intervention and Citizen Oversight Improve Police Accountability
Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization
The Mobilization Puzzle: How Individual, Group, and Situational Dynamics Produce Extremist Outcomes
Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains using rapid, inexpensive microbiome tools
Confidence, Latency, and Accuracy in Eyewitness Identification Made from Show-Ups: Evidence from the Lab, the Field, and Current Law Enforcement Practices
Wrongful Convictions: The Latest Scientific Research & Implications for Law Enforcement
What does science tell us about case factors that can lead to a wrongful conviction? Dr. Jon Gould of American University will discuss the findings of the first large-scale empirical study that has identified ten statistically significant factors that distinguish a wrongful conviction from a "near miss." (A "near miss" is a case in which an innocent defendant was acquitted or had charges dismissed before trial). Following Dr. Gould's presentation, Mr. John R.
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Economical Crime Control: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Ledger
The surge in incarceration since 1980 has been fueled in part by the mistaken belief that the population can be divided neatly into "good guys" and "bad guys." In fact, crime rates are not determined by the number of at-large criminals, any more than farm production is determined by the number of farmers. Crime is a choice, a choice that is influenced by available opportunities as much as by character. This perspective, drawn from economic theory, supports a multi-faceted approach to crime control. Dr.
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Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders
The panel presentations from the 2009 NIJ Conference are based on an NIJ-sponsored evaluation of the effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, which mandates community-based drug abuse treatment for drug possession by nonviolent offenders in lieu of prison.
What Is Research and Evaluation Evidence and How Can We Use It?
This NIJ Conference Panel will explore the development and use of evidence-based policies, programs and technologies to improve effectiveness and efficiencies related to government. Through casual observation, practices and programs may appear to be effective, but under closer scrutiny the results may look much different.