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NIJ's 50th Anniversary - Looking Back, Looking Forward
August 2018
Series
NIJ’s 50th anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on how far the Institute has come, as well as its direction and priorities moving forward. In this Research for the Real World event, panelists will speak to the history and future of the Institute, drawing from decades of experience working for and closely with NIJ. Two Former NIJ Directors will reflect on their days heading the agency and their observations on how the agency has changed over time.
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Evidence-Based Policing: The Importance of Research and Evidence
July 2018
Series
NIJ’s two Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science programs encourage law enforcement officers and agencies to use data and research to inform their policies and practices. This panel convened leading practitioners and researchers to discuss evidence-based policing for an audience that includes the next generation of U.S. policing leadership. Panelists come from a variety of backgrounds and will draw from on-the-ground experience to discuss evidence-based policing as it relates to law enforcement training curriculums, practitioner-led trials, research clearinghouses, and other topics.
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#WhyIStayed: A Study of IPV Victim Recantation and Non-Cooperation in the Criminal Justice System
2017-VA-CX-0034
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$406,079
Looking Back To See the Future of Prison Downsizing in America - Keynote Address at the 2012 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2012
Publication Type
Presentation (Multimedia),
Issue Overview,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence Proceedings Meeting 5: Hilton Hotel Santa Fe, New Mexico May 7 & 8, 1999
Date Published
May 1999
Publication Type
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases
2015-R2-CX-0041
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$39,823
Legal Change and Sentencing Norms in the Wake of Booker: The Impact of Time and Place on Drug Trafficking Cases in Federal Court
Date Published
June 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate
2014-DY-BX-K005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$620,269
Examining Less Lethal Force Policy and the Force Continuum: Results From a National Use-of-Force Study
Date Published
March 2013
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment: How Do Race, Ethnicity & Gender Factor In?
February 2014
Scientific studies have long documented the negative impact of a prison record on a person's ability to find employment. But what is the impact when gender and race/ethnicity are factored in? Also, most jobs are now advertised online — so how does this affect the ability of former prisoners to find a job?
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Legal Change and Sentencing Norms in Federal Court: An Examination of the Impact of the Booker, Gall, and Kimbrough Decisions
Date Published
August 2013
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Collecting DNA at Arrest: Policies, Practices, and Implications, Executive Summary
Date Published
June 2013
Publication Type
Report (Summary),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Collecting DNA at Arrest: Policies, Practices, and Implications, Final Technical Report
Date Published
June 2013
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Legal change and sentencing norms in federal court: An examination of the impact of the Booker, Gall, and Kimbrough decisions
2010-IJ-CX-0010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$35,000
Much Ado About Sexting
Date Published
June 2010
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Children's Out-of-Court Statements: Effects of Hearsay on Jurors' Decisions, Final Report
Date Published
January 1999
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
New Approaches to Street Disorder Attracting Support From Cities, Approval by Courts
Date Published
January 1997
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Governance of Corrections: Implications of the Changing Interface of Courts and Corrections
Date Published
January 2000
Agencies
NIJ
National Conference on Science and the Law: Proceedings
Date Published
July 2000
Publication Type
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
Justice Delayed? Time Consumption in Capital Appeals: A Multistate Study
Date Published
2007
Publication Type
Research Paper
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Thermal Imaging and the 'Fourth'
Date Published
January 2001
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A Multistate Analysis of Time Consumption in Capital Appeals
2004-IJ-CX-0005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2005
$9,108