Social and Behavioral Science

Use Search Filters

Some Initial Findings and Policy Implications of the Pathways to Desistance Study

Journal

Victims & Offenders

Date Published

October 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Analytical Thresholds and Sensitivity: Establishing RFU Thresholds for Forensic DNA Analysis

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

January 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Self-Reports of Traumatic Events in a Random Sample of Incarcerated Women

Journal

Women & Criminal Justice

Date Published

2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examining the Forces Shaping Cybercrime Markets Online

Journal

Social Science Computer Review

Date Published

April 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Interagency Coordination in Response to Terrorism: Promising Practices and Barriers Identified in Four Countries

Journal

Criminal Justice Studies

Date Published

June 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Does It Pay To Plead Guilty? Differential Sentencing and the Functioning of Criminal Courts

Journal

Law & Society Review

Date Published

1982

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Social Disorganization and Theories of Crime and Delinquency: Problems and Prospects

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

1988

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Literature Review

Structure, Activity, and Control of Chinese Gangs: Law Enforcement Perspectives

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

1993

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Psychosocial Correlates of Adolescent Drug Dealing in the Inner City: Potential Roles of Opportunity, Conventional Commitments, and Maturity

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

November 2006

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Criminal Victimization, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Comorbid Psychopathology Among a Community Sample of Women

Journal

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Community Policing Against Guns: Public Opinion of the Kansas City Gun Experiment

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Female Gang Involvement

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Literature Review

Process of Adapting a Universal Dating Abuse Prevention Program to Adolescents Exposed to Domestic Violence

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

October 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Can Corrections Operate Therapeutic Communities for Inmates? The Impact on the Social Environment of Jails

Journal

Journal of Correctional Health Care

Date Published

1997

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Reducing Disorder, Fear, and Crime in Public Housing: A Case Study of Place-Specific Crime Prevention

Journal

Justice Research and Policy

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Containment Approach: An Aggressive Strategy for the Community Management of Adult Sex Offenders

Journal

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Date Published

March 1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

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

Journal

Sexual Abuse

Date Published

February 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Shock Incarceration and Positive Adjustment During Community Supervision

Journal

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Date Published

1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

When Ending the Relationship Does Not End the Violence: Women's Experiences of Violence by Former Partners

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

December 2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comparative, Cross-Cultural Criminal Career Analysis

Journal

European Journal of Criminology

Date Published

July 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Role of Stalking in Domestic Violence Crime Reports Generated by the Colorado Springs Police Department

Journal

Violence and Victims

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Maltreatment Characteristics and Emotion Regulation (ER) Difficulties as Predictors of Mental Health Symptoms: Results From a Community-Recruited Sample of Female Adolescents

Journal

Journal of Family Violence

Date Published

April 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Findings From a Process Evaluation of a Statewide Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Youthful Offenders

Journal

Prison Journal

Date Published

June 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Coordinated Community Efforts To Respond to Sexual Assault: A National Study of Sexual Assault Response Team Implementation

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

September 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Jury in the Twenty-first Century: An Interdisciplinary Symposium

Journal

Brooklyn Law Review

Date Published

2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview