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NIJ Research Review, Volume 1, Issue 4
NIJ-Funded Research on Firearms Violence in Urban Cities Advancing Scientific Evidence to Inform Practice
In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of papers summarizing the newest findings of NIJ-funded research projects on criminal offenses with firearms in urban areas. Researchers used various criminological and other theories, including routine activity theory, socio-ecological and socio-environmental perspectives, and advanced mixed-study methods, including surveys and spatio-temporal designs, to produce scientific evidence to inform practice.
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School Policing Programs: Where We Have Been and Where We Need To Go Next
The Fight Against Human Trafficking
Commodities and Terrorist Financing: Focus on Diamonds
'Internationalizing' Criminal Justice Research
UNODC Early Warning Alert System: Forensic Tools for New Psychoactive Substances
Children as Citizens: Engaging Adolescents in Research on Exposure to Violence
Since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, great strides have been made in the areas of child protection and advocacy. However, the concept of children, and specifically adolescents, as functional and engaged citizens has also emerged. Through the guidance and recognition of adults, children can participate in deliberative democracy as legitimate and competent citizens. This citizenship, like that of adults, can be used to enrich and improve local communities by creating a sense of ownership and fairness. Dr.
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Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works
A small number of those who commit crimes are heavily involved in drugs commit a large portion of the crime in this country. An evaluation of a "smart supervision" effort in Hawaii that uses swift and certain sanctioning showed that individuals committing crimes who are heavily involved in drug use can indeed change their behavior when the supervision is properly implemented.
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Turkey's Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking - Interview with Turkish Judge Ilknur Altuntas
Overview of Human Trafficking and NIJ's Role
Through the funding of rigorous research and evaluation, NIJ is committed to assisting with the detection, measurement, and prevention of human trafficking and with identifying best practice services for people who are victims of trafficking.
White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable: Civil Legal Aid Research Workshop Report
NIJ Directors, 1969–Present
NIJ was created in 1969 and has been in the forefront of nearly every innovation in criminal justice research and policy ever since. The following Director's have led the Institute in that work. Select a director to view a list of their speeches, remarks, and testimony.
- Nancy La Vigne, May 2022-present
- Jennifer Scherer, Acting 2021-May 2022
- David B. Muhlhausen, 2017-2021
- Howard R. Spivak, Acting 2017...