31 datasets found
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The Impacts of Restrictive Housing on Inmate Behavior, Mental Health, and Recidivism, and Prison Systems and Personnel, Florida, 2007-2020
Department of Justice —
In partnership with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC), this study a) collected prison administrative data to create person-level cohort-analysis files of... -
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Relationship of Mental Disorder to Violent Behavior in the United States, 1983-1984
Department of Justice —
This study investigates the relationship between mental disorder and violent behavior. Detailed interviews were conducted with inmates in the North Carolina prison... -
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Mental Disorder and Violent Crime: A 20-Year Cohort Study in New York State, 1968-1988
Department of Justice —
The objectives of this study were (1) to compare long-term patterns of violent crime for mentally disordered patients and for prison inmates, and (2) to evaluate the... -
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Investigating the Role of Context, Meaning, and Method in Violence Against Women in Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2002
Department of Justice —
The study was conducted to determine the prevalance of physical and sexual victimization, and to develop a new model of victimization. A total of 600 women... -
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Survey of California Prison Inmates, 1976
Department of Justice —
This survey of inmates in five California prisons was conducted by the RAND Corporation with a grant from the National Institute of Justice. Researchers distributed... -
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Effects of Determinant Sentencing on Institutional Climate and Prison Administration: Connecticut, Minnesota, Illinois, 1981-1983
Department of Justice —
This data collection examines the effects of determinant sentencing on prison climate and administration. Three data collection periods are covered in the dataset.... -
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Crime Commission Rates Among Incarcerated Felons in Nebraska, 1986-1990
Department of Justice —
These data focus on rates of criminal offending obtained through the use of self-report surveys. Specifically, the study investigates whether two different types of... -
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Learning Deficiencies Among Adult Inmates, 1982: Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Washington
Department of Justice —
The National Institute of Justice sponsored this study of 1,065 prison inmates in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Washington. Respondents were administered an academic... -
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Situational Factors and the Victim-Offender Overlap, Pennsylvania, 2013-2014
Department of Justice —
This study examines explanations for the victim-offender overlap using data obtained from male prison inmates and a community sample. It employs two different... -
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Impact of Incarceration on Families, 2016, South Carolina
Department of Justice —
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,... -
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National Evaluation of Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP), 1996-2003 [United States]
Department of Justice —
The goal of this study was to conduct a national empirical assessment of post-release employment and recidivism effects based on legislative intent for inmates... -
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Evaluation of In-Prison Programming for Incarcerated Women: Addressing Trauma and Prior Victimization, United States, 2017-2020
Department of Justice —
The Urban Institute, in collaboration with the Correctional Leaders Association (CLA), the National Center on Victims of Crime (NCVC), and the Center for Effective... -
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Validating Prison Security Classification Instruments in Hawaii, 1984-1985
Department of Justice —
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a reliable and accurate method for measuring the effectiveness of offender classification systems to improve the... -
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Assessing Consistency and Fairness in Sentencing in Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia, 2001-2002, 2004
Department of Justice —
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the integrity of sentencing outcomes under alternative state guideline systems and to investigate how this variation in... -
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Optimizing Video Surveillance in Correctional Settings, Minnesota, 2015-2019
Department of Justice —
The Urban Institute and the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MnDOC) attempted to improve the surveillance system in two state correctional facilities: Stillwater... -
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Predicting Recidivism in North Carolina, 1978 and 1980
Department of Justice —
This data collection examines the relationship between individual characteristics and recidivism for two cohorts of inmates released from North Carolina prisons in... -
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Work Release in the State of Washington, 1990-1993
Department of Justice —
Work release programs allow selected prisoners nearing the end of their terms to work in the community, returning to correctional facilities or community residential... -
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Perceptual Deterrence and Desistance from Crime: A Study of Repetitive Serious Property Offenders in Tennessee, 1987-1988
Department of Justice —
For this data collection, offenders confined to prison were surveyed to examine the utility of deterrence theory variables as predictors of differential desistance... -
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Impact of Prisoner Litigation Reform, 1992-2000 [United States]
Department of Justice —
In 1996, the United States Congress enacted two policies to regulate the use of the legal system by state prisoners. They were the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act... -
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Inventory of Data Elements in State and Federal Corrections Information Systems, 1998
Department of Justice —
This survey summarizes the data elements maintained by state and federal corrections information systems that track adult, sentenced offenders, and assesses the...
31 datasets found