We Need You to Become Experts in the Post-Conviction Polygraph
Date Published
2000
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Risk management
How do Varied Populations Interact with Embodied Conversational Agents? Findings From Inner-City Adolescents and Prisoners
Date Published
2008
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Homeland Security Risk and Preparedness in Police Agencies: The Insignificance of Actual Risk Factors
Date Published
March 2014
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Sacrificing Accuracy for Transparency in Recidivism Risk Assessment: The Impact of Classification Method on Predictive Performance
Date Published
July 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Importance of Risk Assessments to Positive Outcomes for Youth - Juvenile Justice Research Spotlight
Date Published
May 2020
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ
Evaluating the Impact of Probation and Parole Home Visits
Date Published
December 2018
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-based Knowledge
May 2010
Series
Professor Ed Latessa describes how his team and he assessed more than 550 programs and saw the best and the worst. Professor Latessa shared his lessons learned and examples of states that are trying to use evidence-based knowledge to improve correctional programs.
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An Examination of Justice Reinvestment and Its Impact on Two States
June 2010
Funded in part by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Pew Center on the States, the justice reinvestment project is a data-driven strategy aimed at policymakers to "reduce spending on corrections, increase public safety and improve conditions in the neighborhoods to which most people released from prison return." Representatives from two states where the justice reinvestment strategy is currently being implemented will discuss how it is being used to reduce the rate of incarceration and how states can reinvest in local communities.
The First Step Act of 2018: Risk and Needs Assessment System
Date Published
July 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
NIJ
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
Improving the Accuracy and Fairness of Pretrial Release Decisions: A Multi-Site Study of Risk Assessments Implemented in Four Counties
2018-R2-CX-0023
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$77,768
NIJ's Sentinel Events Initiative: Looking Back to Look Forward
Date Published
November 2013
Series
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Evaluation of the Implementation of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS)
Date Published
May 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects, Evidence-Based Practices: Screening and Assessment
Date Published
December 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program Description (Demonstrative)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Automated Kiosks Can Help Community Supervision Agencies Manage High Caseloads of Low-risk Clients
Date Published
January 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ
Using Random Forest Risk Prediction in the Philadelphia Probation Department
Date Published
August 2012
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Presentation (Multimedia),
Interview,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
GPS Monitoring: An Effective Cost-Saving Option
Date Published
February 2014
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Bulletin 4: Prediction and Risk/Needs Assessment (Study Group on the Transitions Between Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crime)
Date Published
July 2013
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Estimating the Impacts of SORNA in Pennsylvania - The Potential Consequences of Including Juveniles
Date Published
May 2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Identifying Risky Places for Crime: An Analysis of the Criminogenic Spatiotemporal Influences of Landscape Features On Street Robberies
Date Published
February 2014
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States, 2004
Date Published
July 2004
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Prediction and Risk/Needs Assessment
Date Published
May 2014
Publication Type
Report (Summary)
Agencies
OJJDP,
NIJ
Sentinel Event Initiative: Proceedings from an Expert Roundtable
Date Published
May 2013
Agencies
NIJ
Multi-State Recidivism Study Using Static-99R and Static-2002 Risk Scores and Tier Guidelines From the Adam Walsh Act
Date Published
October 2012
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Re-Entry: Dynamic Risk Assessment
Date Published
January 2011
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored