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      Facial Recognition Technology

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Policy and Global Affairs, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on Law and Justice, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Facial Recognition: Current Capabilities, Future Prospects, and Governance

      Facial recognition technology is increasingly used for identity verification and identification, from aiding law enforcement investigations to identifying potential security threats at large venues. However, advances in this technology have…

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      Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying: Workshop Summary

      Committee on Law and Justice,Institute of Medicine

      Bullying - long tolerated as just a part of growing up - finally has been recognized as a substantial and preventable health problem. Bullying is associated with anxiety, depression, poor…

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      Support for Forensic Science Research: Improving the Scientific Role of the National Institute of Justice

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Strengthening Forensic Science at the National Institute of Justice

      Reliable and valid forensic science analytic techniques are critical to a credible, fair, and evidence-based criminal justice system. There is widespread agreement that the scientific foundation of some currently available…

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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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      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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      Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Law and Justice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States

      Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. This title examines commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of US citizens…

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      Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice

      Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control,Committee on Law and Justice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Presents recommendations for addressing the various aspects of America’s youth crime problem. This book explores desistance - the probability that delinquency or criminal activities decrease with age - and evaluates…

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      Police Training to Promote the Rule of Law and Protect the Population

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors

      Training police in the knowledge and skills necessary to support the rule of law and protect the public is a substantial component of the activities of international organizations that provide…

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      Developing Policing Practices that Build Legitimacy

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Law and Justice, Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors

      Scholars, policymakers, and the public view police legitimacy and community trust in the police alike as essential components of an effective police organization. An extensive network of international and regional…

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      Policing to Promote the Rule of Law and Protect the Population: An Evidence-based Approach

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors

      The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), provides foreign assistance and supports capacity building for criminal justice systems and police organizations…

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      Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Law and Justice, Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors

      The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), provides foreign assistance and supports capacity building for criminal justice systems and police organizations…

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      Policies and Practices to Minimize Police Use of Force Internationally

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors

      Injury and death from use of excessive force by police officers remain a common concern in countries across the globe. Despite local, national, and international attempts to legislate and provide…

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      Police Strategies to Control High-Level Corruption

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Law and Justice, Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors

      The US Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) provides assistance and supports capacity building for criminal justice systems and police organizations in approximately 90 countries…

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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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      Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Law and Justice, Committee on Reducing Racial Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System

      The history of the U.S. criminal justice system is marked by racial inequality and sustained by present day policy. Large racial and ethnic disparities exist across the several stages of…

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      The Limits of Recidivism: Measuring Success After Prison

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Evaluating Success Among People Released from Prison

      Nearly 600,000 people are released from state and federal prisons annually. Whether these individuals will successfully reintegrate into their communities has been identified as a critical measure of the effectiveness…

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      Proactive Policing: Effects on Crime and Communities

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Proactive Policing: Effects on Crime, Communities, and Civil Liberties

      Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in…

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      Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 1: Defining and Classifying Crime

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics

      To derive statistics about crime ? to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approaches to prevent it ? a…

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      Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 2: New Systems for Measuring Crime

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics

      To derive statistics about crime ? to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approaches to prevent it - a…

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      Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families

      Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must have asked for this type of…

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      Toward Environmental Justice: Research, Education and Health Policy Needs

      Committee on Environmental Justice,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers examinations in identifying environmental hazards and assessing risk for populations of varying ethnic, social, and economic backgrounds, and the need for methodologies that suit the populations at risk. This…

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      Decarcerating Correctional Facilities during COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on the Best Practices for Implementing Decarceration as a Strategy to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities

      The conditions and characteristics of correctional facilities - overcrowded with rapid population turnover, often in old and poorly ventilated structures, a spatially concentrated pattern of releases and admissions in low-income…

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      For the Public’s Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges

      Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health,Institute of Medicine

      In 2009, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a committee to examine three topics in relation to public health: measurement, the law, and…

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      Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza: Scientific Inquiry, Communication, Controversy: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Board on Global Health

      When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on mammalian transmissibility of a lethal H5N1 avian…

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      Potential Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Research: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law

      On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government launched a one-year deliberative process to address the continuing controversy…

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      International Animal Research Regulations: Impact on Neuroscience Research: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Policy and Global Affairs

      Animals are widely used in neuroscience research to explore biological mechanisms of nervous system function, to identify the genetic basis of disease states, and to provide models of human disorders…

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      Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation,Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Today, scores of companies, primarily in the United States and Europe, are offering whole genome scanning services directly to the public. The proliferation of these companies and the services they…

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