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The Liberation Hypothesis Perspective and Juvenile Court Outcomes: Implications for an Understanding of the Interplay Between Offender and Offense Characteristics

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Crime and Desistance: Probing How Probationers' Thoughts on Crime May Inform Their Conduct

Date Published

July 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

For Spanish-Speaking Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Some Measures of Economic Empowerment Are Lost in Translation

Date Published

June 14, 2021

Language-specific measures of economic empowerment are vital to helping women break the cycle of violence, NIJ-supported research finds.

MS13 in the Americas: Major Findings

Date Published

February 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

MS13 in the Americas: How the World’s Most Notorious Gang Defies Logic, Resists Destruction

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description, Issue Overview

Assessing the Transnational Criminal Capacity of MS-13 in the U.S. and El Salvador

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Specific theories of crime? A longitudinal assessment of the competing effects of psychopathy and self-control

Journal

Journal of Crime and Justice

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Reentry Research at NIJ: Providing Robust Evidence for High-Stakes Decision-Making

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ's Courts Research: Examining Alternatives to Incarceration for Veterans and Other Policy Innovation

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

November 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ Journal Issue No. 284: Focus on Justice Systems

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work

Recruiting and Retaining America's Finest: Evidence-Based Lessons for Police Workforce Planning

Date Published

2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Preventing Repeat Incidents of Family Violence: A Randomized Field Test of a Second Responder Program in Redlands, California

Date Published

December 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Mentoring Programs for Youth: A Promising Intervention for Delinquency Prevention

Date Published

May 26, 2021

To realize the full potential of youth mentoring programs, it is critical to advance research on program effectiveness and population-level impact.

Prediction is Local: The Benefits of Risk Assessment Optimization

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in US Urban Middle Schools Using a Multiple Baseline Experimental Design

Journal

Prevention Science

Date Published

April 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Female Reentry and Gender-Responsive Programming: Recommendations for Policy and Practice

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

May 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

For Spanish-Speaking Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Some Measures of Economic Empowerment are Lost in Translation

Date Published

June 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking, Technical Report

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Promising Practices from Victims Services Providers' COVID-19 Response: Protecting Victims and Those Who Serve Them

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Promising Practices from Community Corrections Organizations' COVID-19 Response: Ensuring Safety During Community Supervision

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Promising Practices from the Institutional Corrections System's COVID-19 Response: Managing Safety and Security on the Inside

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Promising Practices from the Court System's COVID-19 Response: Ensuring Access To Justice While Protecting Public Health

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Promising Practices from Law Enforcement's COVID-19 Response: Protecting the Public

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The U.S. Criminal Justice System in the Pandemic Era and Beyond: Taking Stock of Efforts to Maintain Safety and Justice Through the COVID-19 Pandemic and Prepare for Future Challenges

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Trauma in Schools - Roundtable Discussion, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety

February 2021

Series

NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety

On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. This video presents a roundtable discussion from the conference.

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