Social Service Agencies

Controlling Violent Offenders Released to the Community: An Evaluation of the Boston Reentry Initiative/Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

2009

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Specialized Felony Domestic Violence Courts: Lessons on Implementation and Impacts From the Kings County Experience (From Violence Against Women and Family Violence: Developments in Research, Practice, and Policy, 2004, Bonnie Fisher, ed. -- See NCJ-199701)

Date Published

2004

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sexual Assault and Current Mental Health: The Role of Help-Seeking and Police Response

Date Published

November 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Prosecution of Batterers: View of African American Battered Women

Date Published

2002

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Second Responders Program: A Coordinated Police and Social Service Response to Domestic Violence (From Violence Against Women and Family Violence: Developments in Research, Practice, and Policy, 2004, Bonnie Fisher, ed. -- See NCJ-199701)

Date Published

2004

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Prosecuting Cases of Elder Abuse

June 2010

This panel will feature NIJ-funded research that has direct, practical implications for the prosecution of elder abuse cases. Panelists will present findings from a study of prosecutors in three states that examined the factors that influenced their decisions to prosecute elder financial abuse cases. The panel will also provide the results from an evaluation of five innovative court-based models that target perpetrators of elder abuse.

Bias Crime Assessment: A Tool and Guidelines for Law Enforcement and Concerned Communities

Date Published

January 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects: Collaboration and Reentry Partnerships

Date Published

June 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Program Description (Demonstrative), Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

March 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Why Were So Many Sexual Assault Kits Not Tested in Detroit?

April 2014

Watch Rebecca Campbell discuss the five primary reasons that Detroit developed a large number of sexual assault kits that were not submitted to the crime lab for DNA-testing. Dr. Campbell also talks about how these risk factors" could apply to other jurisdictions.

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Evaluation of a Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Gun Violence in Detroit

Date Published

February 2014

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Second Chance Act: What Have We Learned About Reentry Programs So Far?

June 2013

Interview with Ron D'Amico, Social Policy Research Associates. Offender reentry into the community is a pressing social problem. The number of inmates released every year from the nation's prisons increased fourfold over the past three decades.

Since the Second Chance Act (SCA) was passed in 2008, more than $250 million has been awarded to government agencies and non-profits for programs to help offenders successfully reenter society. NIJ is doing an in-depth study of 10 sites to determine the effectiveness of these reentry programs.

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