Social and Behavioral Science
Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs
Date Published
November 20, 2018
A rigorous trial application of Functional Family Therapy to youth at risk of gang involvement, or already involved, finds promising outcome and cost advantages.
Research on Offender Decision-Making Utilizing Geo-Narratives: Final Report
Date Published
June 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description
Study Finds Agencies Can React More Supportively Than Family and Friends to Victims' Disclosures of Sexual Assault
Date Published
October 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Research in the Ranks: Empowering Law Enforcement to Drive Their Own Scientific Inquiry
Date Published
October 28, 2018
NIJ seeks to advance the law enforcement profession through science with its innovative LEADS Scholars and LEADS Agencies programs.
Desistance from Crime over the Life Course
Date Published
September 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Behavioral Study of American "Homegrown" Terrorist Offenders
Date Published
October 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
LEADS Scholar Spotlight - Optimal Investigator Caseloads
October 2018
Daniel Stewart, a captain in the Oklahoma City Police Department and Class of 2016 Scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, discusses research he has conducted on investigator caseloads as commander of a property crimes unit with his police department. He also speaks about the impact of the LEADS program and network on his research and professional career.
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LEADS Scholar Spotlight - American Society of Evidence-Based Policing
October 2018
Joshua Young, a retired corporal of the Ventura Police Department in California and Class of 2015 Scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, discusses the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing, which encourages the use of data and research to inform policing. He also talks about a randomized control trial he conducted on body-worn cameras and the support he has received from the LEADS program.
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Integrating Improved Assessments of Financial Judgment: Conceptual and Measurement
Date Published
August 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Test/Measurement,
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description
Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
Closing Date
Corrections Strategic Research Plan 2018-2023
Date Published
September 30, 2018
A place-based approach to address youth-police officer interactions in crime hotspots: A Randomized Controlled Trial
2018-JX-FX-0093
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$999,396
BetaHub Support for Practitioner-Led Randomized Controlled Trials and Related Research in Correctional Facilities and Law Enforcement Agencies
2018-75-CX-K008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$499,715
Building Drug Intelligence Networks to Combat the Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities: A Collaborative Intelligence-led Policing Strategy
2018-AR-BX-0004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$725,018
Formative Evaluation of a Medical-Legal Partnership on the Westside of Chicago
2018-V3-GX-0002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$294,839
Rigorous Evaluation of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Reform
2018-CZ-BX-0026
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$985,433
National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program
2016-JF-FX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$800,000