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The Importance of a Holistic Safety, Health, and Wellness Research

WEBThe criminal justice system directly touches millions of people in our country every year — corrections staff, people who spend brief stints in community jails, people …

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Five Things to Know About Women and Reentry

WEBHere are five things we know about women and reentry based on available data and research. 1. One in 138 women was under correctional supervision — in …

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Investing in People: Improving Corrections Staff Health and Wellness

WEBThis prison reform series is a result of a collaboration between the National Institute of Justice and the National Institute of Corrections. Oregon’s investment in …

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Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community

WEBA 2000 NIJ-supported project looked at the high stress among corrections officers and noted that, in addition to understaffing, overtime, shiftwork, and a poor …

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Identifying Needs Related to Managing Seriously Mentally Ill

WEBAccording to a consensus of recently convened corrections experts, a confluence of concerning trends is exacerbating a mental health crisis in correctional …

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Correctional Officer Safety and Wellness — What We Learned …

WEBCorrectional officers play a pivotal role within the prison system. Yet, working as a correctional officer brings with it stressful and dangerous conditions that are unique …

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Addressing Trauma in Women's Prisons

WEBThe population of women behind bars is surging, and with it the need and opportunity for services addressing the traumatic past experiences that in many …

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Looking Beyond Recidivism: New Research on Well-Being in …

WEBA podcast of this discussion is available; access Meeting People Where They Are to Improve Institutional Culture.. National Institute of Justice funding award …

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What Are Predictors of School Violence

WEBOverall, delinquency, negative emotionality, and exposure to violence are strong predictors of school violence, while bullying, antisocial/aggressive behavior, …

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The Roles of Trauma and Mental Health in Preventing Domestic

WEBThe challenges involved in preventing domestic radicalization and violent extremism include the fact that people who are radicalized or engage in violent …

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Training for School Personnel to Prevent, Prepare, and Respond to

WEBSchool personnel, including school-based law enforcement, receive training on a variety of issues to help them prevent, prepare for, and respond to violence and …

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Interconnecting Mental Health and Behavioral Support Improves …

WEBWhen children experience violence at school, be it bullying or gun violence, the negative consequences of those interactions can follow them for years, often …

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Caring for Those In Custody National Institute of Justice

WEBThe joint RAND-DU study on mortality, “Caring for Those in Custody: Identifying High Priority Needs to Reduce Mortality in Correctional Facilities,” is part of a …

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Research on the Mounting Problem of Correctional Officer Stress

WEBThe average suicide rate for MADOC corrections officers over this period was approximately 105 per 100,000 — at least seven times higher than the national suicide …

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Law Enforcement Looks to Research to Help Fight the Opioid Crisis

WEBDEA’s 360 Strategy for combating heroin and opioid use is a three-pronged approach focused on: (1) coordinated law enforcement efforts against cartels and …

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The Daunting Task of Strengthening Medical Examiner and …

WEBPerhaps it started in 1976 when actor Jack Klugman first appeared on TV screens across the nation in “Quincy, M.E.,” a first-of-its kind show that critics described …

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Insights on Adverse Effects of Elder Abuse

WEBVictims of elder abuse who receive a high level of social support experience less depression and report less generalized anxiety and poor health. This finding comes …

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Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership

WEBIn Changing Course, however, three public health experts argue that looking at the issue solely through the public safety lens fails to leverage the extensive expertise …

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Awards: Listing of Funded Projects National Institute of Justice

WEBAwards: Listing of Funded Projects. Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical …

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NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation of Policing Practices

WEBThe total available is reduced by $500,000 from $3,500,000 to $3,000,000. With this solicitation, NIJ seeks rigorous, applied evaluative research on: (1) police …

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