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Charging and Plea Bargaining Practices Under Determinate Sentencing: An Investigation of the Hydraulic Displacement of Discretion

Journal

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Date Published

1987

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Determinate Penalty Systems in America - An Overview

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

1981

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

On the Limits of Social Control: Structural Deterrence and the Policing of "Suppressible" Crimes

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

June 2006

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Let Specificity, Clarity, and Parsimony of Purpose Be Our Guide

Journal

Law & Policy

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Official's Reactions to Sentencing Guidelines

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

1988

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

First Step Act Implementation Fiscal Year 2020 90-Day Report

Date Published

June 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

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

Stakeholder Statements Submitted to NIJ's September Listening Sessions - Comments on the Department of Justice Report, The First Step Act of 2018: Risk and Needs Assessment System

Date Published

January 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

NIJ Journal Issue No. 272

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

September 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work

Shackled to Debt: Criminal Justice Financial Obligations and the Barriers to Reentry They Create

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview

Examining Prison Stays in Michigan

2016-R2-CX-0036

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$40,000

Examination of Justice Reinvestment and Its Impact on Two States - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Presentation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Is Burglary a Crime of Violence? An Analysis of National Data 1998-2007

Date Published

January 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Natural Experiment in Reform: Analyzing Drug Policy Change in New York City, Executive Summary

Date Published

October 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Natural Experiment in Reform: Analyzing Drug Policy Change In New York City - Abstract

Date Published

October 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Natural Experiment in Reform: Analyzing Drug Policy Change in New York City, Final Report

Date Published

November 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Issue Overview

Impact of Differential Sentencing Severity for Domestic Violence Offenses and All Other Offenses Over Abusers' Life Spans

Date Published

September 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Executive Session on Community Corrections

2012-R2-CX-0048

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$273,506

Community Corrections: An Executive Session on the Future of Correctional Policy

2012-R2-CX-0048

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$993,386

Alabama Sentencing Commission: Data Analysis and Simulation Enhancement

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, Final Report

Date Published

March 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, Executive Summary

Date Published

March 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Perspectives on Crime and Justice: 1999-2000 Lecture Series, Volume IV

Date Published

March 2001

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review, Issue Overview

State Responses to Mass Incarceration - Panel Discussion at the 2011 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2011

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Truth in Sentencing and State Sentencing Practices

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

July 2005

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Research (Applied/Empirical)