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Unintended Impacts of Sentencing Reforms and Incarceration on Family Structure in the United States, 1984-1998
Department of Justice —
This project sought to investigate a possible relationship between sentencing guidelines and family structure in the United States. The research team developed three... -
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Impact of Sentencing Guidelines on the Use of Incarceration in Federal Criminal Courts in the United States, 1984-1990
Department of Justice —
The primary purpose of this data collection was to examine the impact of the implementation of sentencing guidelines on the rate of incarcerative and nonincarcerative... -
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A Micro and Macro-Level Assessment of Juvenile Justice Placement Reform in Ohio, 2008-2015
Department of Justice —
Much of the analysis of juvenile justice reform to date has focused on assessing particular programs and their impacts on subgroups of cases at a particular point in... -
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Evaluation of CeaseFire, a Chicago-based Violence Prevention Program, 1991-2007
Department of Justice —
This study evaluated CeaseFire, a program of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention. The evaluation had both outcome and process components. The outcome... -
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The Impact of Exclusion in School: A Comprehensive Study in New York City, 2010-2015
Department of Justice —
This study uses quantitative and qualitative research to fill a gap in the scholarly literature on "what works" in school discipline, climate, and safety and has... -
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Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Placement Program: Reading Intervention, Academic and Behavioral Outcomes for Adolescents: A Community Agency and University Partnership Project, Indiana, 2016-2018
Department of Justice —
This randomized control trial study aimed to examine whether a targeted reading intervention improved outcomes for juvenile justice involved youth in court-affiliated... -
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Victims' Ratings of Police Services in New York and Texas, 1994-1995 Survey
Department of Justice —
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act of 1984 (FVPSA) provided funding, through the Office of Victims of Crime in the United States Department of Justice,... -
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Impact of Proactive Enforcement of No-Contact Orders on Victim Safety and Repeat Victimization in Lexington County, South Carolina, 2005-2008
Department of Justice —
The study focused on domestic violence victims whose alleged batterers were free on bond with a no-contact order (NCO) as a condition of their release in Lexington... -
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Nature and Scope of Violence Against Women in San Diego [California], 1996-1998
Department of Justice —
The goal of this study was to compile and analyze data about incidents of domestic violence in San Diego County, California, in order to enhance understanding of the... -
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Impact of Prisoner Litigation Reform, 1992-2000 [United States]
Department of Justice —
In 1996, the United States Congress enacted two policies to regulate the use of the legal system by state prisoners. They were the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act... -
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Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Profile Data, [1968-1978]
Department of Justice —
The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration File (PROFILE) System was designed for the automated storage and retrieval of information describing programs sponsored... -
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Soviet Emigre Organized Crime Networks in the United States, 1992-1995
Department of Justice —
The goal of this study was to assess the nature and scope of Soviet emigre crime in the United States, with a special focus on the question of whether and how well... -
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Street Gangs and Drug Sales in Pasadena and Pomona, California, 1989-1991
Department of Justice —
These data were collected to explore connections between street gangs and drug distribution. The research objectives for this study were (1) to assess the magnitude... -
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Children's Out-of-Court Statements: Effects of Hearsay on Jurors' Decisions in Sacramento County, California, and Maricopa County, Arizona, 1994-1997
Department of Justice —
The goal of this project was to investigate the effects of children's out-of-court hearsay statements on jurors' perceptions of witness credibility and defendant... -
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Drug Offending in Cleveland, Ohio Neighborhoods, 1990-1997 and 1999-2001
Department of Justice —
This study investigated changes in the geographic concentration of drug crimes in Cleveland from 1990 to 2001. The study looked at both the locations of drug... -
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Community-Level Influences on the Sentencing of Convicted Sex Offenders, Pennsylvania, 2004-2010
Department of Justice —
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release,... -
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Processing and Outcome of Death Penalty Appeals After Furman v. Georgia, 1973-1995: [United States]
Department of Justice —
This data collection effort was undertaken to analyze the outcomes of capital appeals in the United States between 1973 and 1995 and as a means of assessing the... -
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Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1982: Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C.
Department of Justice —
This study provides statistical information on how prosecutors and the courts disposed of criminal cases involving adults arrested for felony crimes in two individual... -
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Survey of Police Chiefs' and Data Analysts' Use of Data in Police Departments in the United States, 2004
Department of Justice —
This study surveyed police chiefs and data analysts in order to determine the use of data in police departments. The surveys were sent to 1,379 police agencies... -
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Chicago Women's Health Risk Study, 1995-1998
Department of Justice —
The goal of the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study (CWHRS) was to develop a reliable and validated profile of risk factors directly related to lethal or life-...