Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
Director's Message - NIJ Journal Issue No. 269
Study Raises Questions About Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement
A small study of administrative segregation surprised researchers with findings that were inconsistent with those from previous studies.
Challenges of Conducting Research in Prisons
What Is Carbon Dating?
What Is Administrative Segregation?
Identifying Elder Abuse
Director's Message - NIJ Journal Issue No. 268
Developing the Risk Instrument
How Conducted Energy Devices Work
Final Findings From the Expert Panel on the Safety of Conducted Energy Devices
In its final report, an expert panel of medical professionals concludes that the use of conducted energy devices by police officers on healthy adults does not present a high risk of death or serious injury.
Reconsidering the Project Greenlight Intervention: Why Thinking About Risk Matters
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.