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Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs

Date Published

November 2018

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Gang Membership Prevention

June 2010

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIJ collaborated on a book that focuses on promising principles for gang membership prevention. This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the risk and protective factors that influence gang membership as well as efforts to reduce such factors. Panelists also explored the direction of gang research for the future.

Process Evaluation of BJA's Firearm Lock Distribution and Safe Storage Program

Date Published

March 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Interpersonal Conflict and Resolution (iCOR) Study

Date Published

August 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Pathways to Desistance

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Integrated Healthcare and Criminal Justice Data: Viewing the Intersection of Public Safety, Public Health, and Public Policy through a New Lens

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Alleged Convergent Transnational Crimes in Somali-American Communities: A Qualitative Study of Risks and Practices

Date Published

August 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Helpful and Harmful Practices for Addressing Alleged Transnational Crimes in Somali-American Communities

Date Published

August 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Punishing Latina/o Youth: School Justice, Fairness, Order, Dropping Out, and Gender Disparities

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Reducing Crime Among Youth at Risk for Gang Involvement

Date Published

November 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Crime File: TV and Violence

Date Published

January 1984

Series

NIJ Crime Files

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Crime File: Biology and Crime

Date Published

1984

Series

NIJ Crime Files

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods - Interview at the National Institute of Justice

Date Published

May 2005

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Presentation (Multimedia), Interview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Connect and Redirect to Respect: Final Report

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Child Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Parent Aggression in Two Generations

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Long-Term Influence of Intimate Partner Violence and Parenting Practices on Offspring Trauma Symptoms

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Bullying and Violence on the School Bus: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Behavioral Management Strategies

Date Published

September 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Partner Violence Prevention For Middle-School Boys: A Dyadic Web-Based Intervention Study (Project STRONG)

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Racial Discrimination, Racial Socialization, and Crime: Understanding Mechanisms of Resilience

Date Published

August 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Examining the Continuity of Juvenile Sex Offending Into Adulthood and Subsequent Patterns of Sex and General Recidivism

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Longitudinal Examination of Teen Dating Violence From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

Date Published

August 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Adaptation and Evaluation of Video Games To Reduce Sexual Violence on Campus

Date Published

July 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Healthy Communities May Make Safe Communities: Public Health Approaches to Violence Prevention

Date Published

March 2014

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership

Date Published

September 2013

Publication Type

Overview Text

Agencies

NIJ

Changing Course: Keeping Kids Out of Gangs

Date Published

December 2013

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Agencies

NIJ