Social and Behavioral Science
NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative
The Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2014, provides funds for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to undertake a research-focused initiative, the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative, to increase the safety of schools nationwide. Under this Initiative, NIJ is seeking high-quality proposals from the nation’s best minds to research the root causes of school violence, develop technologies and strategies for increasing school safety, and provide pilot...
NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas
NIJ is seeking proposals for social and behavioral science research on, and evaluations related to, justice systems topics that bear directly and substantially upon state-, local-, tribal- or federal criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice.
NIJ FY 14 Postdoctoral Fellowship: Dating Abuse Among Adolescents and Young Adults
NIJ is seeking proposals for postdoctoral fellows to analyze existing data or collect new data on dating abuse among adolescents and young adults. Some areas of particular interest to NIJ include, but are not limited to, the following:Testing of behavioral measures of adolescent dating abuse victimization and/or perpetrationResearch that furthers our understanding of abuse within and between relationships, and stability and changes across partners.Research that...
NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities
NIJ is seeking proposals for research and evaluation related to the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly individuals. Research that includes residents of residential care facilities also will be considered. Research proposed may be focused at the state, local, tribal, federal, juvenile justice policy and/or practice level.
NIJ FY 14 Research on Gangs and Gang Violence
NIJ is seeking proposals for criminal justice research projects involving research and/or evaluations of programs to improve our understanding and/or reduce gang membership and violence within the United States. Results from these projects should lead to better criminal justice policy, practice, and research, particularly at the local or state level, on issues surrounding gangs.
NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence
NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation of violence against women in the following specific areas: (1) teen dating violence, (2) sexual violence, (3) intimate partner violence, (4) child custody, and (5) environmental scan of Family Justice Centers in the United States. However, other topics that offer important insights into the violence against women may receive equal attention as those topics specifically identified.
Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment
Dr. Decker gave a seminar in NIJ's Research for the Real World series about his research on the impact of race, gender and prison records on finding employment.
Before the seminar, we sat down with Dr. Decker for an interview to discuss his findings and their policy implications.
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Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment: How Do Race, Ethnicity & Gender Factor In?
Scientific studies have long documented the negative impact of a prison record on a person's ability to find employment. But what is the impact when gender and race/ethnicity are factored in? Also, most jobs are now advertised online — so how does this affect the ability of former prisoners to find a job?
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