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Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Kathleen Frydl

Suitable for anyone concerned about police work: policy makers, administrators, educators, police supervisors and officers, journalists, and interested citizens, this book reviews how police work is organized, explores the expanding…

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Violence in Urban America: Mobilizing a Response

Committee on Law and Justice,National Research Council and John F. Kennedy School of Government,Harvard University,National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences,National Academy of Sciences

A summary of a unique conference on urban violence in which mayors, police chiefs, local, and federal agency experts, and researchers provide practical ideas to combat violence in urban America…

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Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities

Committee on Law and Justice, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Although violent crime in the United States has declined over the past five years, certain groups appear to remain at disproportionately high risk for violent victimization. In the United States…

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Parole, Desistance from Crime, and Community Integration

Committee on Community Supervision and Desistance from Crime,National Research Council

Will the releasees see parole as an opportunity to be reintegrated into society, with jobs and homes and supportive families and friends? Or will they commit new crimes or violate…

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What’s Changing in Prosecution?: Report of a Workshop

Committee on Law and Justice,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

This workshop arose out of the efforts of the Committee on Law and Justice to assist the National Institute of Justice in identifying gaps in the overall research portfolio on…

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Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform

Panel on Sentencing Research,Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

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Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, Volume II

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice,Panel on Sentencing Research

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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs

Committee on Improving Evaluation of Anti-Crime Programs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Suitable as a guide for agencies and organizations responsible for program evaluation, for researchers who design scientifically credible evaluations of government and privately sponsored programs, and for policy officials who…

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Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs

Committee on Understanding and Controlling the Demand for Illegal Drugs,National Research Council

Report of the ad hoc committee based on an October 2007 workshop and two follow-up meetings.

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Implementing Juvenile Justice Reform: The Federal Role

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach in Juvenile Justice Reform

In the past decade, a number of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions have begun to take significant steps to overhaul their juvenile justice systems - for example, reducing the use…

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Health and Incarceration: A Workshop Summary

Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration,Committee on Law and Justice,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Board on the Health of Select Populations

Presents the summary of a workshop jointly sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences(NAS) Committee on Law and Justice and the Institute of Medicine(IOM) Board on Health and Select Populations…

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Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research: Workshop Summary

Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on National Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Most major crime in this country emanates from two major data sources. The FBIa ™s Uniform Crime Reports has collected information on crimes known to the police and arrests from…

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Deterrence and the Death Penalty

Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty

Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached widely varying, even contradictory, conclusions…

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Budgeting for Immigration Enforcement: A Path to Better Performance

Committee on Estimating Costs of Immigration Enforcement in the Department of Justice,National Research Council

Immigration enforcement is carried out by a complex legal and administrative system, operating under frequently changing legislative mandates and policy guidance, with authority and funding spread across several agencies in…

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The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration

After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States has increased fivefold during the last four decades. The US penal…

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Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Justice Statistics

Panel to Review the Programs of the Bureau of Justice Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,Committee on Law and Justice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice is one of the smallest of the U.S. principal statistical agencies but shoulders one of the most expansive…

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Surveying Victims: Options for Conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey

Panel to Review the Programs of the Bureau of Justice Statistics,National Research Council

It is easy to underestimate how little was known about crimes and victims before the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) became common wisdom. In the late 1960s…

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Criminal Careers and Career Criminals

Panel on Research on Criminal Careers,Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

Looks at the various aspects of criminal careers, including the relationship of alcohol and drug abuse to criminal careers, co-offending influences on criminal careers, issues in the measurement of criminal…

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Criminal Careers and Career Criminals,: Volume I

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice,Panel on Research on Criminal Careers

By focusing attention on individuals rather than on aggregates, this book takes a different approach to studying criminal behavior. It develops a framework for collecting information about individual criminal careers…

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Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms

Using conventional standards of science, this work examines 3 major themes - firearms and violence, the quality of research, and the quality of data available. This book assesses the strengths…

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Advancing the Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women

Steering Committee for the Workshop on Issues in Research on Violence Against Women,National Research Council

Addresses the importance of strengthening the data and research infrastructure in the area of violence against women. This report also addresses the need for better prevalence data and longitudinal data…

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Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in an Aging America

Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect,National Research Council

Helps broaden our understanding of the mistreatment of the elderly and recommends specific research and funding strategies. This book includes a discussion of the conceptual, methodological, and logistical issues needed…

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Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists: A Framework for Program Assessment

Committee on Technical and Privacy Dimensions of Information for Terrorism Prevention and Other National Goals,National Research Council

The US agencies with counterterrorism programs that collect personal data should be required to evaluate the programs’ effectiveness, lawfulness, and impacts on privacy. This book urges Congress to examine the…

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Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach

Committee on Assessing Juvenile Justice Reform,Committee on Law and Justice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to discount long-term consequences, and heightened sensitivity to peers…

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Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence

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The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nation’s schools. Offering an outcome of the National Research Council’s effort to glean lessons from six case…

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Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification

Committee on Scientific Approaches to Understanding and Maximizing the Validity and Reliability of Eyewitness Identification in Law Enforcement and the Courts,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Law and Justice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Eyewitnesses play an important role in criminal cases when they can identify culprits. Estimates suggest that tens of thousands of eyewitnesses make identifications in criminal investigations each year. Research on…

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Strengthening the National Institute of Justice

National Research Council,Committee on Assessing the Research Program of the National Institute of Justice

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the nation’s primary resource for advancing scientific research, development, and evaluation on crime and crime control and the administration of justice in the…

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Ballistic Imaging

Committee to Assess the Feasibility, Accuracy and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database,National Research Council

Assesses the state of computer-based imaging technology in forensic firearms identification. This book evaluates law enforcement database of images of crime-related cartridge cases and bullets and recommends ways to improve…

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Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence

Committee on Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence,Executive Office, Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Law and Justice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

In 2010, more than 105,000 people were injured or killed in the United States as the result of a firearm-related incident. This book focuses on the characteristics of firearm violence…

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Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence

Violence in Urban America: Mobilizing a Response

Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities

Parole, Desistance from Crime, and Community Integration

What’s Changing in Prosecution?: Report of a Workshop

Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform

Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, Volume II

Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs

Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs

Implementing Juvenile Justice Reform: The Federal Role

Health and Incarceration: A Workshop Summary

Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research: Workshop Summary