Exploring the Use of Restrictive Housing in the U.S. Issues, Challenges, and Future Directions
Date Published
November 14, 2016
Social and Behavioral Science
Building an Innovation Agenda for Corrections
Journal
Corrections Today
Date Published
October 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Teen Dating Violence Victimization in an Urban Sample of Early Adolescents: Measurement, Prevalence, Trajectories, and Consequences
Date Published
October 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Preventing Gun Violence: Understanding Law Enforcement Response and Improving Multi-disciplinary Partnerships for Peace
November 2016
Series
This Research for the Real World seminar explores common police practices for responding to gun violence and the extent to which they are contributing to reductions in violent incidents. The panel will also explore the role of multi-disciplinary partners such as the public health sector in reducing gun violence, and discuss promising practices for law enforcement partnerships to leverage complimentary violence reduction efforts.
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Computers Learn To Detect Financial Abuse of the Elderly
Date Published
October 25, 2016
Computer learning may provide a new avenue for creating tools to identify financial exploitation among elderly adults.
Reducing Demand for Prostitution in San Francisco With a "John School" Program
Date Published
August 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases
Date Published
September 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Initiatives to Reduce Demand for Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in the U.S.
Date Published
August 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
How Does Labor Trafficking Occur in U.S. Communities and What Becomes of the Victims?
Date Published
September 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Stabilizing Foreign-Born Adult Survivors of Human Trafficking in the U.S.
Date Published
September 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A Screening Tool for Identifying Trafficking Victims
Date Published
September 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Estimating the Underground Commercial Sex Economy in the U.S.
Date Published
August 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Future of Youth Justice: A Community-Based Alternative to the Youth Prison Model
Date Published
October 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Analysis,
Issue Overview
Evaluating What Works for Victims and Those Committing Offenses: The Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative
Date Published
September 30, 2016
Summary of the Evaluation Plan for the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative
Date Published
October 20, 2016
Using Research to Understand Cyberbullying
October 2016
Dr. Megan Moreno, Center for Child Health, Behavioral and Human Development at Seattle Children’s, discusses how important it is to have a common definition of cyberbullying in order to develop effective prevention and intervention programs. She leads a NIJ-supported research project to help us understand cyberbullying among children and teens.
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Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men
October 2016
This video describes the findings of a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) supported study on the prevalence of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men. Specifically, the study provides estimates of sexual violence, physical violence by intimate partners, stalking, and psychological aggression by intimate partners over the lifetime of American Indian and Alaska Native women and men as well as victimization estimates over of the past year (based on 2010 data).
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Find School Safety Programs on CrimeSolutions
October 2016
Dr. Stephanie Gerstenblith, Development Services Groups, discusses how to use CrimeSolutions to find evidence-based programs and practices that can improve school safety. Many of these programs were added to CrimeSolutions under NIJ’s Comprehensive School Safety Initiative.
Dr. Gerstenblith also addresses the lack of strong evaluations of school safety programs that schools are implementing and invested in; and the opportunity that presents for the research community.
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Environmental Scan of Criminal Justice Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults
October 2016
The informational webinar will discuss the results of the recently published Environmental Scan of Developmentally Appropriate Criminal Justice Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults produced by NIJ. It will provide a launching point for us to connect with others doing similar work and plan for future meetings to discuss research gaps and research needs of those providing programming to justice-involved young adults.
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Environmental Scan of Criminal Justice Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adult
Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required
Programs and Legislation Targeting Justice-Involved Young Adults
Date Published
July 20, 2016
Model Year Police Vehicle Evaluation 2008
Date Published
November 2007
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
Developmental Pathways of Teen Dating Violence in a High-Risk Sample
Date Published
June 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Data Analysis Has Potential to Improve Community Supervision
Date Published
September 30, 2016
Research in Brief: Eyewitness Identifications: A National Survey on Procedures
Journal
Police Chief
Date Published
September 2013
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)