Social and Behavioral Science

Forensic Toxicology Research and Development Evaluation of New and Novel Direct Sample Introduction, Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (AccuTOF-DART) Instrument for Postmortem Toxicology Screening, Final Report

Date Published

August 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

To Treat or Not To Treat: Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders

Date Published

April 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gender, Mental Illness, and Crime

Date Published

September 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Police Use of Force: The Impact of Less-Lethal Weapons and Tactics

Date Published

March 2, 2011

Study suggests that less-lethal weapons decrease rates of injuries.

Tailoring the Interview for Special Populations

In Brief: Block by Block: Zeroing in on Crime Trends

In Brief: Expanding Research by Sharing Data

Toward a Better Way to Interview Child Victims of Sexual Abuse

Financial Abuse of Elderly People vs. Other Forms of Elder Abuse: Assessing Their Dynamics, Risk Factors, and Society's Response

Date Published

February 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Historically Black College and University Campus Sexual Assault (HBCU-CSA) Study

Date Published

February 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Researching and Rethinking Sex Trafficking: The Movement of Chinese Women to Asia and the United States for Commercial Sex

Date Published

February 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Greenbook Initiative Final Evaluation Report

Date Published

January 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

One Year Longitudinal Study of the Psychological Effects of Administrative Segregation

Date Published

January 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Randomized Trial of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): Does Home Visiting Prevent Child Maltreatment?

Date Published

January 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Visiting Fellows Program

The Visiting Fellows Program offers criminal justice policymakers, practitioners, and researchers a unique opportunity to participate in research addressing criminal justice issues relevant to the work of NIJ and public policy.

Objective of the Visiting Fellows Program

NIJ's Visiting Fellows Program brings experienced practitioners, policymakers, and — in exceptional circumstances — researchers into residency at NIJ to make important policy and scholarly contributions with practical application to...

W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System

The W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System supports quantitative and qualitative research that furthers the Department’s mission by advancing knowledge regarding the intersections of race, crime, violence, and the administration of justice within the United States.

The program funds of investigator-initiated research examining how observed racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system might be...