This article focuses primarily on juvenile justice policies and practices for youth returning to their communities from out-of-home placements (e.g., ...
This publication by the Public Policy Institute of California evaluates the impact of California’s 2011 Public Safety Realignment Act, which shifts, f...
This white paper, from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, is written to guide leaders across all branches of government, juvenile justic...
Random forest modeling techniques represent an improvement over the methodologies of traditional risk prediction instruments. Random forests allow for...
During this panel, National Institute of Justice-funded researchers detail two ongoing evaluations of the SCA grant program: an evaluation of the effe...
This brief video discusses three methods to consider in selecting a comparison group for an outcome study: (1) random assignment, (2) nonequivalent co...
The past several years have seen a surge of interest in using risk assessment in criminal sentencing, both to reduce recidivism and to reduce prison p...
This video from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) features an interview with leading researcher Ron D’Amico of Social Policy Research Associates...