Research and development
The great methods bake-off: Comparing performance of machine learning algorithms
What's Possible with Rapid DNA Technology
What’s Possible with Rapid DNA Technology?
NIJ scientist Tracey Johnson joins science writer Sarah Michaud in this episode. They discuss Rapid DNA technology, and Tracey explains the complexities of this technology – its pitfalls and its possibilities.
Reading and Resources from NIJ:
NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Report for Team PASDA
Funding Support for the Operations of the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Domestic Radicalization and Deradicalization: Insights from Family and Friends
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Comprehensive, Research-Based Framework for Implementing School-Based Law Enforcement Programs
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Safe Public Spaces in Schools Program: Final Summary Overview
Report on NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge
Forecasting Recidivism: Mission Impossible
National Institute of Justice Recidivism Challenge Report: Team Aurors
NIJ Recidivism Challenge Report: Team Smith
Predicting Recidivism in Georgia Using Lasso Regression Models with Several New Constructs
Recidivism Forecasting with Multi-Target Ensembles: Years One, Two and Three
NIJ Report, Team VT-ISE
National Institute of Justice's Recidivism Forecasting Challenge: Research Paper, Group MNLB
National Institute of Justice’s Recidivism Forecasting Challenge, SRLLC
Predicting Criminal Recidivism Using Specialized Feature Engineering and XGBoost
Recidivism Forecasting Using XGBoost
Recidivism Forecasting with Multi-Target Ensembles: Winning Solution for Male, Female, and Overall Categories in Year One, Team CrimeFree
Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety (Part 2)
Stacy Lee Reynolds and Christine (Tina) Crossland continue their discussion of tribal crime, justice, and safety, including how Native American persons experience crime victimization at higher rates than non-Native people and the jurisdictional complexities in responding to tribal crime, justice, and safety. Read the transcript.
Listen to the first half of Stacy and Tina’s discussion.
Reading and Resources from NIJ
Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants