Incentivized Informants and Wrongful Convictions: Understanding the Risks and Mitigating the Effects
15PNIJ-24-GK-03091-MUMU
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$1,133,976
Wrongful convictions
Schoolhouse interrogations and confessions: Perspectives from principals and students
15PNIJ-24-GG-01564-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$120,741
The History of a Monumental Forensic Tool and the Ethical Debate Sparked by Wrongful Convictions Based on Trace DNA Evidence
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
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Wrongful Convictions: The Literature, the Issues, and the Unheard Voices
Date Published
December 2023
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NIJ
The Impact of False or Misleading Forensic Evidence on Wrongful Convictions
Date Published
November 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
The Postconviction Workgroup: Cooperation Between Adversaries in Exoneration Cases
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Embodying Evidence to Action: Tracking the Impact of Three Key NIJ Research Investments
Date Published
August 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Just Wrong: The Aftermath of Wrongful Convictions
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The strength of our criminal justice system depends on its ability to convict the guilty and clear the innocent. But we know that innocent people are sometimes wrongfully convicted and the guilty remain free to victimize others. The consequences of a wrongful conviction are far-reaching for the wrongfully convicted and the survivors and victims of the original crimes.
The documentary Just Wrong: The Aftermath of...
Wrongful convictions and claims of false or misleading forensic evidence
Date Published
March 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Forensic Testimony Archaeology: Analysis of Exoneration Cases and its Implications for Forensic Science Testimony and Communications
Date Published
February 2023
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An Etiology of Wrongful Convictions: Error, Safety, and Forward-Looking Accountability in Criminal Justice
Date Published
2013
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NIJ-Sponsored
The Unrealized Promise of Forensic Science-A Study of Its Production and Use
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Papers From the Harvard Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety (2008-2015) - April 2015
Date Published
April 2015
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Analysis,
Issue Overview,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
The Hidden Costs of Reentry: Understanding the Barriers to Removing a Criminal Record
May 2022
NIJ hosted a webinar to discuss under-researched aspects of reentry: expungement of criminal records and the impact of those records. This webinar includes a presentation of ongoing research projects examining the impact of legal aid for expungement and past research projects studying the accuracy and permanency of criminal records and the prevalence of collateral consequences of conviction. A Q&A session will conclude this webinar.
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Confirmation Bias and Other Systemic Causes of Wrongful Convictions: A Sentinel Events Perspective
Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Instilling a Culture of Continuous Learning from Criminal Justice Systems Errors: A Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review Process in Philadelphia
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Report of the Philadelphia Event Review Team: Commonwealth v. George Cortez
Date Published
April 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science Podcast: Just Erroneous Identification
Date Published
December 2020
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NIJ-Sponsored
Expanding Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System
December 2020
In 2004, the National Institute of Justice created the social science research on forensic sciences (SSRFS) research program to explore the impact of forensic sciences on the criminal justice system and the administration of justice. Much of the early research from the SSRFS program focused on DNA processing and the use of DNA in investigations and prosecutions.
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Impact of DNA Evidence In Addressing Human Rights Issues in the Philippines and Other Uses of DNA Worldwide, presented by Dr. Corazon DeUngria and Chris Asplen
Date Published
January 2006
Publication Type
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science Podcast: Just the Innocence Project
Date Published
February 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures
Date Published
January 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science: DNA: Just DNA and the Post-Conviction Dynamic
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Wrongful Convictions: The Latest Scientific Research and Implications for Law Enforcement
Date Published
March 2013
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Issue Overview,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ