Articles Published by NIJ

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

An NIJ-sponsored research project examines the impact that GPS monitoring has on the recidivism rates of those committing sex offenses in California.

Research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.

The HOPE program — Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement — is an experimental probation program that emphasizes the delivery of "swift and certain" punishment when a probationer violates conditions of probation.

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.

Project Greenlight's negative outcomes disappointed stakeholders and puzzled researchers. A reexamination of Greenlight's data suggests that the intensity of the program may not have been well-suited for medium- and high-risk offenders.

One form of psychotherapy stands out in the criminal justice system.

Recidivism is one of the most fundamental concepts in criminal justice. It refers to a person's relapse into criminal behavior, often after the person receives sanctions or undergoes intervention for a previous crime.