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Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment: A Test of Predictive Strength, Dynamic Validity, and Racial/Ethnic Neutrality

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Imperfect Tools: A Research Note on Developing, Applying, and Increasing Understanding of Criminal Justice Risk Assessments

Date Published

June 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

Directors of Justice Department Science and Research Offices Talk Reentry

April 2023

Director of the National Institute of Justice Nancy La Vigne, Ph.D., and Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics Alex Piquero, Ph.D., discuss important topics, programs and initiatives related to reentry and recidivism.

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NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne Discusses Evidence-Based Strategies for Successful Reentry

April 2023

NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne highlights the importance of evidence-based strategies for successful reentry. This strategy emphasizes the need for tailored and holistic support that starts during confinement and continues after release, with a focus on family involvement, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and community supervision.

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Study Protocol Paper for the Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Comprehensive Trauma Informed Reentry Services for Moderate to High-risk Young Males Releasing from State Prisons

Date Published

June 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Highlights From the 2020 Juvenile Residential Facility Census

Date Published

October 2022

Publication Type

Data Snapshot

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System

GS-00F-219CA DJO-NIJ-16-G-0127 FSA3

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$97,500

First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System

GS-00F-219CA DJO-NIJ-16-G-0127 FSA4

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$82,875

Community Supervision in a Digital World: Challenges and Opportunities

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ Recidivism Challenge, 2021 - Team Early Stopping, Years 2 and 3

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A hidden cost of convenience: Disparate impacts of a program to reduce burden on probation officers and participants

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Reliability and Factor Structure of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale

Date Published

May 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Assessing Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory Implementation Outcomes: Lessons from Five Diverse Pennsylvania Counties

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Profiles of US Law Enforcement Officers Physical Psychological and Behavioral Health: Results From a Nationally Representative Survey of Officers

Date Published

February 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The First Step Act of 2018: Risk and Needs Assessment System - UPDATE

Date Published

January 2020

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description

Agencies

NIJ, OJP, DOJ

First Step Act Annual Report (April 2022)

Date Published

April 2022

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

Agencies

NIJ, OJP, DOJ

Predicting Recidivism: Continuing To Improve the Bureau of Prisons’ Risk Assessment Tool, PATTERN

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Predicting Recidivism: Continuing To Improve the Bureau of Prisons’ Risk Assessment Tool, PATTERN

Shifting perceptions of a risk/need assessment tool: exploring practitioners' adjustments to reform

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Effects of pretrial risk assessments on release decisions and misconduct outcomes relative to practice as usual

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Understanding Online Hate Speech as a Motivator and Predictor of Hate Crime

Date Published

September 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Extracurricular Activities, Screen Media Activity, and Sleep May Be Modifiable Factors Related to Children's Cognitive Functioning: Evidence From the ABCD Study(R)

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Factor structure and concurrent validity of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ) in a sample of Somali immigrants living in North America

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Network Approach to Examining Co-occurring Victimization and Perpetration in Dating Abuse Among a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adolescents

Date Published

February 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Does Reassessment Improve Prediction? A Prospective Study of the Sexual Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS)

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored