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NIJ’s Safety, Health, and Wellness Research Portfolio focuses on those individuals employed in criminal justice occupations (e.g., law enforcement officers, correctional officers, medicolegal death investigators, digital forensic examiners), individuals under the supervision of the criminal justice system, and members of the public as they interact with the system. Safety, health, and wellness encompasses both physical safety from hazards and the promotion of good physical and...

Women's Pathways to Crime: A Heuristic Typology of Offenders

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

July 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Comparison of Foreign- Versus US-Born Physically Abused Latinas

Journal

Journal of Urban Health

Date Published

August 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Fatigue and short-term unplanned absences among police officers

Journal

Policing: An International Journal

Date Published

April 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Generalizability of a biomathematical model of fatigue's sleep predictions

Journal

Chronobiology International

Date Published

April 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Campus sexual misconduct: Prevention education, training, and coordinated response teams

Journal

Journal of American College Health

Date Published

March 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Posttraumatic stress mediates the relationship between childhood victimization and current mental health burden in newly incarcerated adults

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Ethnic Differences in Correlates of Suicidal Behavior Among Women Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence

Journal

CRISIS

Date Published

October 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Prevalence of Neurodevelopmental, Mental, and Behavioral Disorders in a Sample of U.S. Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth, and Associations with Health and Health Care Access

Journal

Journal of Human Trafficking

Date Published

November 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Effects of victim offender dialogue on mental health and trauma appraisals among victims of violence

Journal

Contemporary Justice Review

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Tackling Employee Wellness: The Phoenix Police Department’s Crime Lab Approach

June 2020

Series

ASCLD Emerging Issues: Employee Wellness Webinar Series

This presentation provided an overview of the activities and programs the Phoenix Police Department’s Crime Lab has implemented and the corresponding impact to the organizational culture and employee morale.

This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on June 18, 2020.

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Examining recidivism during reentry: Proposing a holistic model of health and wellbeing

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

November 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Suicide Prevention in US Law Enforcement Agencies: A National Survey of Current Practices

Journal

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Correction Work's Adverse Effects and a Total Worker Health Program to Enhance Well-Being

Date Published

November 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Correctional Officers With More Service Time Are More Likely to Experience Persistent Mental Health Problems

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

May 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Research Brief: Clinics and Emergency Services

Date Published

November 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Developing and validating an emotion recognition test for policing

Journal

Policing: An International Journal

Date Published

2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Technology-Enabled Intervention to Enhance Mindfulness, Safety, and Health Promotion Among Corrections Professionals: Protocol for a Prospective Quasi-Experimental Trial

Journal

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Date Published

September 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Research Brief: Serving Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Date Published

March 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Retrospective and Current Health Care Needs and Service Experiences of Adult Survivors of Minor Sex Trafficking

Date Published

October 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Occupational Prestige of Law Enforcement Officers: Quantifying Self and Public Perceptions of Prestige

Journal

Social Science Quarterly

Date Published

June 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Addressing Police Turnover: Challenges, Strategies, and Future Research Directions

Date Published

2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Identification and Mitigation of Robust Organizational Stressors and Mediators on Correctional Officer Health and Wellness

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Interactive Computer-Assisted Recovery Enabler (ICARE): Treatment Support Tool for Substance-Using Offenders, Final Technical Report

Date Published

March 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Contemplative Practices and the Movement Toward a More Just Criminal Legal System

Journal

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Date Published

February 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)