17 datasets found
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Impact Assessment of Sex Offender Notification on Wisconsin Communities, 1998
State of Washington —
In response to widespread public concern about convicted sex offenders being returned from prison, federal and state laws have been passed authorizing or requiring the... -
Evaluation of the Tribal Strategies Against Violence (TSAV) Initiative in Four Tribal Sites in the United States, 1995-1999
State of Washington —
This study evaluated the Tribal Strategies Against Violence (TSAV) Initiative. The TSAV was a federal-tribal partnership, lasting from 1995 to 1999, designed to... -
Attitudes Toward Crime and Punishment in Vermont: Public Opinion About an Experiment With Restorative Justice, 1999
State of Washington —
By the summer of 1998, the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) had completed three years of operational experience with "restorative justice," a concept that... -
Community Supervision of Drug-Involved Probationers in San Diego County, California, 1991-1993
State of Washington —
The Probationers in Recovery (PIR) program, developed by the San Diego County Probation Department, targeted high-risk, drug-abusing offenders with the goal of... -
Study of Race, Crime, and Social Policy in Oakland, California, 1976-1982
State of Washington —
In 1980, the National Institute of Justice awarded a grant to the Cornell University College of Human Ecology for the establishment of the Center for the Study of... -
Residential Neighborhood Crime Control Project: Hartford, Connecticut, 1973, 1975-1977, 1979
State of Washington —
This data collection contains responses to victimization surveys that were administered as part of both the planning and evaluation stages of the Hartford Project, a... -
Census of Problem-Solving Courts, 2012
State of Washington —
With the creation of the first drug court in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 1989, problem-solving courts emerged as an innovative effort to close the revolving door of... -
National Youth Gang Intervention and Suppression Survey, 1980-1987
State of Washington —
This survey was conducted by the National Youth Gang Intervention and Suppression Program. The primary goals of the program were to assess the national scope of the... -
Police Arrest Decisions in Intimate Partner Violence Cases in the United States, 2000 and 2003
State of Washington —
The purpose of the study was to better understand the factors associated with police decisions to make an arrest or not in cases of heterosexual partner violence and... -
School Culture, Climate, and Violence: Safety in Middle Schools of the Philadelphia Public School System, 1990-1994
State of Washington —
This study was designed to explore school culture and climate and their effects on school disorder, violence, and academic performance on two levels. At the macro... -
Reporting Sexual Assault to the Police in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987-1992
State of Washington —
This study was undertaken to investigate factors facilitating and hindering a victim's decision to report a sexual assault to the police. Further objectives were to... -
Community Crime Prevention and Intimate Violence in Chicago, 1995-1998
State of Washington —
This study sought to answer the question: If a woman is experiencing intimate partner violence, does the collective efficacy and community capacity of her neighborhood... -
Intensive Supervision for High-Risk Offenders in 14 Sites in the United States, 1987-1990
State of Washington —
In 1986, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) funded a demonstration project of intensive supervision programs (ISPs), alternatives to control sanctions that involve... -
Crime Control Effects of Prosecuting Intimate Partner Violence in Hamilton County, Ohio, 1993-1998
State of Washington —
The purpose of this research was to improve understanding of the conditions under which criminal sanctions do and do not reduce repeat violence between intimate... -
Unintended Impacts of Sentencing Reforms and Incarceration on Family Structure in the United States, 1984-1998
State of Washington —
This project sought to investigate a possible relationship between sentencing guidelines and family structure in the United States. The research team developed three... -
Anticipating and Combating Community Decay and Crime in Washington, DC, and Cleveland, Ohio, 1980-1990
State of Washington —
The Urban Institute undertook a comprehensive assessment of communities approaching decay to provide public officials with strategies for identifying communities in... -
National Evaluation of the Community Anti-Crime Program, 1979-1981
State of Washington —
The survey was designed to explore the thesis that effective prevention and control of crime requires a community-wide effort that involves law enforcement agencies,...
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