Risk assessment instruments figure prominently in current criminal justice reforms, but their use is controversial. The principal concern is that bene...
This article, from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) exams how Neuroscience, the study of the structure and function of the brain and nervous sy...
This report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics examines seasonal patterns in violent and household property incidents in the United States from 199...
This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
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...
With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks to fund organizations (awardees) to serve as financial intermediaries to community-base...
This report from ICF International discusses the impact of wrongful convictions for victims of crimes. A wrongful conviction is defined as a case in w...
More than 150 cities and counties and 34 states and Washington, DC, have adopted ban-the-box policies, which remove questions about criminal history f...
This resource hub from the Justice Research and Statistics Association contains the abstracts of reports produced by state Statistical Analysis Center...
A team of researchers from Arizona State University recently conducted a three-year study on the impact of having a criminal record on employment-rela...