Young adults (18-24)
Sexual Assault Perpetration and Reperpetration: From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Disclosure of Sexual Assault Experiences Among Undergraduate Women at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Intimate Partner Violence and Depressive Symptoms during Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Estimating the Prevalence of Trafficking Among Homeless and Runaway Youth Ages 14-25
Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020
NIJ is seeking applications for funding to conduct an expansion or extension of one or more ongoing/existing longitudinal research studies that focus on delinquency and crime throughout the life-course of the individual. The research findings are intended to inform efforts to prevent the onset of delinquency and to intervene in the lives of juvenile and young adult offenders.
Firearm Involvement in Delinquent Youth and Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
Notes From the Field: Addressing Mental Health Is an Important Factor in Improving School Safety
Failure to Appear: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims Experience With the Juvenile Justice System and their Readiness to Change
The Real World of Dating Violence in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Portrait
In this seminar, Dr. Peggy Giordano of Bowling Green State University presents preliminary findings from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS), a thirteen-year longitudinal study examining the lives of young people transitioning into adulthood. In this study, Dr. Giordano led a team of researchers who performed five waves of structured in-home surveys paired with in-depth qualitative interviews with a subset of respondents who had experienced violence within the context of their dating relationships.
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Risk Factors in Pre- and Mid-Adolescence May Help Predict Dating Violence in Young Adulthood
The "Real World" of Dating Violence in Adolescence and Young Adulthood - A Longitudinal Portrait
Teen Dating Violence: What Do We Know About Dating Violence From Adolescence Into Young Adulthood?
Do Teens and Adults Think of Teen Dating Violence in Similar Ways?
Risks in Adolescence that Lead to Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
Relationship Abuse During the Transition From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs
Nurse-Family Partnerships: From Trials to International Replication
David Olds, founder of the Nurse-Family Partnership Program, describes the programs long-term impact on mothers and babies who began participating in the program more than 19 years ago. The Nurse-Family Partnership maternal health program introduces vulnerable first-time parents to maternal and child health nurses. It allows nurses to deliver the support first-time moms need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies and later children and young adults with the best possible start in life.
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Juvenile Arrests, 2017
Elder Abuse: How Much Occurs and How Do We Measure It?
NIJ Conference Panel
Panelists will present NIJ research on elder mistreatment in noninstitutionalized adults as well as tools for measuring the financial exploitation and psychological abuse of the elderly. A recently completed telephone survey of more than 6,500 older adults living in the community provides the most accurate estimates of the prevalence and incidence of physical, sexual, financial and emotional elder abuse. A second study used state-of-the-art science methods to develop a tool that measures the financial and psychological abuse of elders.
Discussing the Future of Justice-Involved Young Adults
New science in brain development is transforming young adult involvement with the justice system. On Tuesday, September 8, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, and experts from NIJ and the Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice who serve on the Executive Session on Community Corrections discussed the future of justice-involved young adults.
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