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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The Children at Risk (CAR) Program was a comprehensive, neighborhood-based strategy for preventing drug use, delinquency, and other problem behaviors among high-risk youth living in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study evaluated the Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing (VOI/TIS) incentive grant program enacted in 1994. The program provided grants to states to be used to increase the...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

These data were collected in Oakland, California, and Birmingham, Alabama, to examine the effectiveness of alternative drug enforcement strategies. A further objective was to compare the ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Boot camps, a popular alternative to standard correctional facilities, are characterized by a strong emphasis on military structure, drill, and discipline and by an abbreviated period of ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 26, 2021 at 12:16 PM

The Wisconsin School Violence and Bullying Prevention Study sought to understand the impact of comprehensive bullying prevention programs on outcomes related to violence, safety, and bullying...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

These data describe the results of one component of an evaluation of the "shock incarceration" program in the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDPSC). This...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

This study gathered data on policies and procedures for identifying domestic violence issues among divorcing couples and examined divorce mediation practices and policies in cases with ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study was designed to clarify the status of stalking laws and their implementation needs. To accomplish this, the principal investigator conducted a survey of police and prosecutor...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 17, 2018 at 05:16 PM

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, but not checked or processed...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the Police Cadet Corps program in New York City had achieved its goal of improving the police force through additional training of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 15, 2002 at 12:00 AM

This study addressed the question of whether alternative correctional programs were more effective than traditional training schools in reducing recidivism among juvenile offenders....

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 17, 2018 at 05:16 PM

MDRC is committed to finding solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the nation — from reducing poverty and bolstering economic self-sufficiency to improving public education and...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this pilot project was to determine if preliminary investigation report (PIR) data filed by patrol officers could be collected via laptop computers to allow the direct input...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 11, 2003 at 12:00 AM

This study sought (1) to set up a system to evaluate the operations and effectiveness of The Other Way (TOW) residential substance abuse treatment program at the Clarinda Correctional...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this multisite program evaluation project was to provide detailed and systematic descriptions of participants and treatment program components for a sample of five drug...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Dataset Last Updated: July 26, 2023

The California Drug and Alcohol Treatment Assessment (CALDATA) was designed to study the costs, benefits, and effectiveness of the state's alcohol and drug treatment infrastructure...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

Boot camps, a popular alternative to incarceration, are characterized by a strong emphasis on military structure, drill, and discipline and by an abbreviated period of incarceration....

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

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, for 23 law enforcement ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 15, 2013 at 02:39 PM

In 1986, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) funded a demonstration project of intensive supervision programs (ISPs), alternatives to control sanctions that involve community sanctions...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study is an evaluation of Operation Drug TEST (ODT), a pretrial intervention program that was implemented in fiscal year 1997 in 25 of the 94 federal judicial districts in the United...

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