Articles Published by NIJ

We need to better understand how wrongful convictions affect the original crime victims and improve systemic support available to them.

NIJ's Multisite Adult Drug Court Evaluation highlights important considerations when analyzing the costs and benefits of crime interventions.

The old divide between hard and soft strategies is breaking down under a wave of new thinking about how to control crime.

A former police chief reflects on how law enforcement agencies can do a better job of using science to reduce crime.

For decades, America's chief answer to crime has been to put more persons behind bars for longer. That expensive strategy is yielding diminishing returns. It's time for a closer look at ways of helping individuals steer away from crime.

Hot spot policing drills down to the micro-level.