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In June 2008, the National Institute of Corrections awarded the Center for Effective Public Policy, in partnership with the Pretrial Justice Institute...
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Both advocates and critics of decentralization assume that decentralization invariably increases the power of subnational governments. However, a clos...
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This brochure describes the OVC Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program, which provides federal funds to support crisis response, consequence m...
Like other U.S. cities, New York is gradually increasing its use of alternatives to incarceration (ATIs) for people who have committed felonies. This ...
This NIJ Report provides judges and probation officers with basic information about batterer treatment program goals and methods. It summarizes the ra...
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A Guidebook for Law Enforcement focuses on police call management strategies and how they affect community policing today. This guidebook looks at the...
This paper is a part of the U.S. Chapter of Transparency International’s ad hoc working group on judicial integrity. Hammergren was asked by Transpare...
In November 2003, the American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI) brought together over 200 prosecutors, law enforcement officers, DNA analysts, Se...
This publication provides insight into the crime of family abduction from the perspective of both the child and the parent searching for their missing...
Since the signing of peace treaties in El Salvador and Guatemala in 1992 and 1996 respectively, both countries have experienced exploding levels of cr...
The science of firearm identification – The production of firearm toolmarks on the fired cartridge – The examination process and trial preparation. (...
As Bolivia has restructured its economic and political sectors accord- ing to a neoliberal model, citizens have been required to become more ‘flexible...
This publication serves as a primer for prosecutors on the basics of DNA. The application of the science and the math, trial issues and potential defe...
This document describes the Framework for High Performance Prosecutorial Services as articulated by these leading prosecutors across the country, the ...