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Childhood Prevalence and Latent Classes of Behavioral Issues in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development-Social Development Dataset

Date Published

September 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Five Things About Youth and Delinquency

Date Published

July 30, 2024

These five findings provide insights into the nature, scope, and context of youth and delinquency.

Five Things About Youth and Delinquency

Date Published

July 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply – Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development: Social Development Sub-study (ABCD-SD)

Closing Date

August 9, 2024

Grants.gov Deadline

August 2, 2024

Application JustGrants Deadline

August 9, 2024

Factor Structure of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale among Early Adolescents: Results from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

Date Published

June 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Too Sensitive or Not Sensitive Enough? Sensitivity to Context and Justice-involved Youths' Response to Violence Exposure

Date Published

March 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Webinar Transcript: NIJ FY 2024 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics

Deadline Notice

The deadline to complete and submit an application for the solicitation discussed below has passed. 

This webinar will provide an overview of the NIJ FY 2024 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics solicitation. In collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, NIJ seeks applications for research and evaluation projects that inform policy and practice in the field of...

A Place-Based Approach To Address Youth-Police Officer Interactions In Crime Hot Spots: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Date Published

September 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Social Anatomy of Adverse childhood Experiences and Aggression in a Representative Sample of Young Adults in the U.S.

Date Published

February 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

An Enhanced Mentoring Model’s Impact on Youth in Boys and Girls Clubs

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Introducing an adolescent cognitive maturity index

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Adults and Family as Supportive of Adolescent Sexual Development in the Age of Smartphones? Exploring Cybersexual Violence Victimization, Pornography Use, and Risky Sexual Behaviors

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Measurement Lens Matters: Considering the Sensitivity of the Gang Effect to Coding Across Samples

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Differential Item Functioning in Reports of Delinquent Behavior Between Black and White Youth: Evidence of Measurement Bias in Self-Reports of Arrest in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Expert versus Youth Raters on Measuring Social and Therapeutic Climate in Secure Juvenile Placement

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD)

2017-MU-CX-0044

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$1,900,000

Life-course and Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Criminal Justice Involvement: Identifying Risks and the Search for Resilience

15PNIJ-23-AG-01491-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$1,372,994

New Perspectives on Marijuana and Youth: Abstainers Are Not Maladjusted, but Lone Users Face Difficulties

Date Published

February 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

Longitudinal Follow-up in the National Survey of Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV), Final Summary Overview

Date Published

September 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD)

2017-MU-CX-0044

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$2,000,000

Exploring mentor practices using data from OJJDP’s Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Program

15PNIJ-22-GG-01425-MENT

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$200,285

How Do “Credible Messenger” Mentors Promote Youth Development? A Retrospective, Longitudinal Study in Atlanta, Birmingham, and Houston

15PNIJ-22-GG-01423-MENT

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$651,522

Building Adult Social and Emotional Capacity: A Key Ingredient for Unleashing the Power of Prevention

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Group Randomized Trial of School-Based Teen Courts to Address the School to Prison Pipeline, Reduce Aggression and Violence, and Enhance School Safety in Middle and High School Students

Date Published

June 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Deviant Peer Factors During Early Adolescence: Cause or Consequence of Physical Aggression?

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored