Justice system reform
State Laws on Child Custody Related to Judges' and Custody Evaluators' Recommendations in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence
California DNA Assistance Program (CADNAP)
Translational Criminology: Research and Public Policy
Understanding Influence Across Justice Agencies: The Spread of "Community Reforms" from Law Enforcement to Prosecutor Organizations
Perceptions of Treatment by Police: Impacts of Personal Interactions and the Media
Less Prison, More Police, Less Crime: How Criminology Can Save the States from Bankruptcy
Reforming New Orleans' Criminal Justice System: The Role of Data and Research
Sentinel Events Initiative: Looking Back to Look Forward
Can — and should — the criminal justice system implement a non-blaming, forward-thinking, all-stakeholders approach to improving criminal justice outcomes?
Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice Systems Response
Executive Session on Community Corrections
Estimating the Prevalence of Wrongful Convictions
Erroneous Convictions in Criminal Justice
Interview with Jon Gould, Ph.D., Director of the Washington Institute for Public and International Affairs Research, American University.
Dr. Gould discusses:
- Bottom line findings from the study "Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice"
 - Ten statistically significant factors related to wrongful convictions
 - The role of systemic error and tunnel vision
 
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Research on DNA's Role in Uncovering Wrongful Convictions
Community Corrections: An Executive Session on the Future of Correctional Policy
Understanding Influence Across Justice Agencies: The Spread of Community Reformsfrom Law Enforcement to Prosecutor Organizations
Effects of Wrongful Conviction Cases
NIJ has funded a study examining the impact of wrongful convictions on crime victims. The study is looking at the impact on the original victim of the crime to get a better understanding of what their service needs are, and how we can better serve them both in terms of policy and practice.
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