Sex offenders

Examining Walking-Waiting Sexual Assaults from Previously Untested Sexual Assault Kits: The Intersection of Stranger and Outdoor Sexual Assaults

Date Published

February 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Volitional Impairment and Sexually Violent Predators: A Review of the Literature and the Law and Their Application to Civil Commitment Proceedings

Date Published

February 2012

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Advancing Situational and Developmental Approaches To Prevent Sexual Violence

The relationship between participation in structured activities and health, safety and quality of life outcomes for prison residents and staff

15PNIJ-24-GG-01087-FSAX

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$898,792

Webinar Transcript: FY 2024 NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Deadline notice

The deadline to submit an application under the solicitation discussed below has passed.

NIJ held a webinar on February 14, 2024, gave an overview of NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship opportunity, which invites applications for doctoral dissertation research that is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, advancing knowledge of victimization and effective victim services, or ensuring the fair and impartial administration...

States' SORNA Implementation Journeys: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Structural Discrimination and Social Stigma Among Individuals Incarcerated for Sexual Offenses: Reentry Across the Rural-Urban Continuum

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Punishing the Wicked: Examining the Correlates of Sentence Severity for Convicted Sex Offenders

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Can Social Support Overcome the Individual and Structural Challenges of Being a Sex Offender? Assessing the Social Support-Recidivism Link

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Law Enforcement Views on Sex Offender Compliance with Registration Mandates

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sex Offender Supervision: Communication, Training, and Mutual Respect Are Necessary for Effective Collaboration Between Probation Officers and Therapists

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Using Latent Variable- and Person-Centered Approaches to Examine the Role of Psychopathic Traits in Sex Offenders

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Collateral Consequences and Effectiveness of Sex Offender Registration and Notification: Law Enforcement Perspectives

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Adam Walsh Act: An Examination of Sex Offender Risk Classification Systems.

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Comparing Nonviolent, Other-Violent, and Domestic Batterer Sex Offenders: Predictive Accuracy of Risk Assessments on Sexual Recidivism

Date Published

May 2010

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Long-Term Impact Evaluation of Specialized Sex Offender Probation Programs in Lake, DuPage and Winnebago Counties

Date Published

November 2002

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Longitudinal Examination of the Influence of Sex and Race on Sentencing Outcomes in Florida's Rural and Urban Counties

Date Published

December 2019

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic GIS

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

"There's a Lot in Those Keys Isn't There?" The Experience of a Female Researcher Researching Rape in a Male Prison Undertaking the Research as a Key Holder (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice, P 769-778, 2004, Gorazd Mesko, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-

Date Published

September 2004

Publication Type

Case Study

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ Research Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, (March 2000)

Date Published

March 2000

Series

NIJ Research Preview

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

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

The Hidden Costs of Reentry: Understanding the Barriers to Removing a Criminal Record

May 2022

NIJ hosted a webinar to discuss under-researched aspects of reentry: expungement of criminal records and the impact of those records. This webinar includes a presentation of ongoing research projects examining the impact of legal aid for expungement and past research projects studying the accuracy and permanency of criminal records and the prevalence of collateral consequences of conviction. A Q&A session will conclude this webinar.

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