Social and Behavioral Science

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Study: The Characteristics and Components of RSAT Funded Treatment and Aftercare Services, Final Report

Date Published

April 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Study: The Characteristics and Components of RSAT Funded Treatment and Aftercare Services, Executive Summary

Date Published

April 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Correctional Officer Safety and Wellness — What We Learned from the Research Literature

The Many Challenges Facing Sexual Assault Survivors With Disabilities

Date Published

July 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Issue Overview

The Many Challenges Facing Sexual Assault Survivors With Disabilities

Date Published

July 17, 2017

For survivors with a disability, seeking justice often takes a backseat to fulfilling their everyday needs.

The Most Important Features for an Effective Sexual Assault Response Team

Date Published

July 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

How to Encourage a Culture of Officer Safety

July 2017

Jeff Rojek, Associate Director for the Center for Law and Behavior at the University of Texas, explains what the research shows about why law enforcement officers are more or less likely to use seat belts.

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The Most Important Features for an Effective Sexual Assault Response Team

Date Published

July 11, 2017

Sexual Assault Response Teams hold the promise of improving victim experiences, increasing prosecution rates, and reducing sexual assaults. To understand how effective SARTs work, researchers studied the structure and operations of SARTS across the U.S.

New Paper Looks at the Use and Impact of Correctional Programming for Inmates on Pre- and Post-Release Outcomes

Date Published

July 4, 2017

State and federal prisons have long provided programming to inmates during their confinement. These programs aim to improve prisoner behavior, both before and after their release from prison.

NIJ FY17 ABCD Sub-Study on Social Development

Closing Date

July 26, 2017

NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program — Departing Class

June 2017

Series

Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight

In this video, law enforcement officers discuss how NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) scholar program benefits professional development and provides the opportunity to network with academia and share research with other agencies to improve evidence-based policing. In addition, law officers discuss how the LEADs scholar program equips smaller agencies to improve community relations.

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Exploring Elder Financial Exploitation Victimization: Identifying Unique Risk Profiles and Factors To Enhance Detection, Prevention and Intervention

Date Published

March 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of the Use of a Non-Contact, 3D Scanner for Collecting Postmortem Fingerprints

Date Published

August 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Letter from the Office Directors - NIJ Journal Issue No. 278

Improving Officer Safety in Interactions With Citizens Suffering From Mental Illness

May 2017

Cara Altimus, former ASSS Fellow with NIJ, discusses the importance of law enforcement and first responders understanding mental illness, its causes, and how it affects the brain. She speaks about the correlation between drug addiction and mental illness. Altimus also addresses establishing procedures and systems so that police officers and first responders can safely and successfully interact with individuals with drug addiction and/or mental illness.

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Understanding the Effects of Fatigue on Law Enforcement

May 2017

Steven James (Assistant Research Professor, Washington State University, College of Medicine) and Lois James (Assistant Professor, Washington State University, College of Nursing) discuss research on how fatigue and sleep deprivation affect officers when they make critical decisions to use deadly force. The researchers also discuss how often law enforcement officers are fatigued, the impacts of officer fatigue and drowsy driving, and the goal of implementing positive changes.

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How Best Protect Your Force Against Officer Suicide

May 2017

John Violanti, Research Professor at Buffalo, discusses the importance of making police departments aware that officer suicide is a problem. According to Violanti, police officers have a significantly higher rate of suicide than the general public. Reasons for this higher risk include the accumulative effects of trauma and stress.

Violanti describes steps police agencies are taking to help police officers, including teaching recruits what they may experience on the job.

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