The Neuroscience of Evidentiary Rules: The Case of the Present Sense Impression
2017-IJ-CX-0007
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$49,998
Sentencing and sanctions
A New Analytical Technique to Identify Surface Treatments of a Single Fiber
2017-R2-CX-0007
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$49,950
Using Physician Behavioral Big Data for High Precision Fraud Prediction and Detections
2019-R2-CX-0016
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$842,768
Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium
2018-75-CX-K006
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,500,000
Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion in Florida Criminal Courts
2018-R2-CX-0021
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$190,075
Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium
2018-75-CX-K003
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$3,500,000
Evaluability Assessment of a Metropolitan Network Service Delivery Model to Connect Trafficked Persons with a Full Range of Victim Services
2019-VT-BX-0036
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$294,221
Blunt Force Trauma to the Ribs: Creating Predictive Models
2019-R2-CX-0047
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$100,000
Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation
2019-DU-BX-0011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$495,056
Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies
2019-DU-BX-0013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$279,983
Exploring the Causal Role of Child Welfare System Experiences on Juvenile Justice Involvement
2019-R2-CX-0011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$99,995
Neighborhood Crime Survey: An Examination of the Relationship Between Immigration and Victimization
2019-R2-CX-0055
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,020,679
The Mobilization Puzzle: How Individual, Group, and Situational Dynamics Produce Extremist Outcomes
2019-ZA-CX-0004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$768,292
Development of a Baseline Survey of Random Presence of Glass and Paint for the Interpretation of Evidence in the U.S. Courts
2019-DU-BX-0015
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$326,820
Nanobiosensor Arrays for On-Site Multiplexed Detection of Protein Markers to Identify Forensically Relevant Body Fluids
2019-NE-BX-0006
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$600,544
Prevalence of Fentanyl and Its Analogues in a Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing Population
2019-R2-CX-0017
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$239,196
Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program
2019-V3-GX-0002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$496,739
Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls
2019-DU-BX-0029
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$636,419
Improving Juror Comprehension of Forensic Testimony and Its Effects on Decision-Making and Evidence Evaluation
2019-75-CX-0010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$497,208
A Descriptive Analysis of Missing and Murdered Native Women and Children in Nebraska, Barriers to Reporting and Investigation, and Recommendations for Improving Access to Justice
2019-75-CX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$169,264
Tribal Justice, Tribal Court: Strengthening Tribal Justice Systems Using Restorative Approaches
2019-75-CX-0013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$99,969
Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders - Panel at the 2009 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2009
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Presentation,
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders
June 2009
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.
Audio file
1 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Linda Truitt, National Institute of Justice
, 2 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Roger Werholtz, Secretary of Corrections, Kansas Department of Corrections
, 3 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Don Stemen, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Loyola University Chicago
, 4 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Andres F. Rengifo, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis
, 5 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Question and Answer Session
Sentencing and Sanctions
At the conclusion of the judicial process, a judge may sentence an individual convicted of a crime to some type of penalty or sanction, such as a decree of imprisonment, a fine, or other punishments.
Alternatives to detention and confinement are approaches in lieu of incarceration when other options such as treatment, community-based sanctions, or residential placements are more appropriate. Successfully completing these types of...