Racial Change and Crime - The Traditional City
Date Published
1980
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Home environment
Gangs
There is no single definition of a gang, but there are a number of widely accepted criteria for classifying groups as gangs (Decker and Curry, 2003; Esbensen et al., 2001; Klein, 1995; Miller, 1992; Spergel, 1995). This review used the following criteria: (1) the group has three or more members, generally aged 12-24; (2) members share an identity, typically linked to a name and/or symbols...
Effects of Early Family/Parent Training Programs on Antisocial Behavior and Delinquency
Date Published
June 2009
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Domestic Violence in the Lives of Children: The Future of Research, Intervention, and Social Policy
Date Published
2001
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
An ethnographic adolescent life-course of social capital within urban communities, schools and families and the effects on serious youth violence among young at-risk African-American males
Date Published
2003
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Thesis/Dissertation
Parenting and Young Adult Crime: The Enduring Effects of Parental Attitudes and Behaviors
Date Published
February 2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Longitudinal Study of Social and Biological Factors in Crime Executive Summary
Date Published
1983
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Hitchcock Center for Women
Date Published
1994
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Nature and Prevalence of Learning Deficiencies Among Adult Inmates
Date Published
1983
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Survey
Parenting and Young Adult Crime: The Enduring Effects of Parental Attitudes and Behaviors
NCJ Number
310226
Journal
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Date Published
February 2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Results of the Chicago Inmate Survey of Gun Access and Use
Date Published
January 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Activity Analysis in Crowded Environments Using Social Cues for Group Discovery and Human Interaction Modeling
Journal
Date Published
July 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Activity Analysis in Crowded Environments Using Social Cues for Group Discovery and Human Interaction Modeling
NCJ Number
308340
Journal
Pattern Recognition Letter
Date Published
July 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Expert versus Youth Raters on Measuring Social and Therapeutic Climate in Secure Juvenile Placement
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Expert versus Youth Raters on Measuring Social and Therapeutic Climate in Secure Juvenile Placement
NCJ Number
307648
Journal
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Meeting People Where They Are to Improve Institutional Culture
August 2023
Series
Incarcerated individuals deserve opportunities for healing and growth, but they often lack the necessary resources for such opportunities. Additionally, organizational cultures that don’t support these outcomes often stand in the way. Researchers and practitioners gathered at NIJ’s 2023 National Research Conference to share ideas and projects that will increase opportunities for incarcerated populations around the country. This show continues their conversation.
Classifying Crime Places by Neighborhood Visual Appearance and Police Geonarratives: A Machine Learning Approach
Date Published
November 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Classifying Crime Places by Neighborhood Visual Appearance and Police Geonarratives: A Machine Learning Approach
NCJ Number
307144
Journal
Journal of Computational Social Science
Date Published
November 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
The Perry Preschoolers at Late Midlife: A Study in Design-Specific Inference
Date Published
May 2019
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
The Formation of Prosociality: Causal Evidence on the Role of Social Environment - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Discussion Paper (No. 9861)
Date Published
April 2016
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Intergenerational and Intragenerational Externalities of the Perry Preschool Project
Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation