Department of Justice
Organization Overview
- Type: Federal Government
- Total datasets: 3300
Datasets (3300)
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Violence Prevention for Middle School Boys: A Dyadic Web-Based Intervention, Providence, Rhode Island, 2015-2018 Views: 0
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 except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a…
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Violent Incidents Among Selected Public School Students in Two Large Cities of the South and the Southern Midwest, 1995: [United States] Views: 0
This study of violent incidents among middle- and high-school students focused not only on the types and frequency of these incidents, but also on their dynamics -- the locations, the opening moves, the relationship between the disputants, the goals and justifications of the aggressor, the…
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Violent Offending by Drug Users: Longitudinal Arrest Histories of Adults Arrested in Washington, DC, 1985-1986 Views: 0
This data collection effort examined the influence of drug use on three key aspects of offenders' criminal careers in violence: participation, frequency of offending, and termination rate. A random sample of arrestees was taken from those arrested in Washington, DC, during the period July…
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Waiver of Attorney in Juvenile Court, Massachusetts and Virginia, 2014-2018 Views: 0
The goal of this study is to examine age-based differences in knowledge and beliefs regarding the role of counsel, presumptions about counsel, and maturity of judgement when making decisions about whether to waive the right to counsel or the right to trial in a plea context. The study extends…
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Weekly notice of activity under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Views: 0
This weekly report provides information about voting changes, submissions, notices, responses to/from the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
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White-Collar and Corporate Frauds: Understanding and Measuring Public Policy Preferences, United States, 2015 Views: 0
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 except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a…
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White-Collar Criminal Careers, 1976-1978: Federal Judicial Districts Views: 0
This study examined the criminal careers of 1,331 offenders convicted of white-collar crimes in the United States District Courts to assess the relative effectiveness of court-imposed prison sanctions in preventing or modifying future criminal behavior. The white-collar crime event that…
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Wisconsin School Violence and Bullying Prevention Study, 2015-2017 Views: 0
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 rates. This study focused on 24 middle schools (grades 6 to 8) in Wisconsin. To examine the…
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Women Coping in Prison at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Virginia, 1999-2000 Views: 0
This study contributed to the growing interest in mental illness and impairment among incarcerated individuals. It focused on the larger spectrum of psychopathology that characterized the general, nonhospitalized population at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Virginia. Part 1…
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Women Correctional Officers in California, 1979 Views: 0
This study examined women correctional officers working in the 11 institutions for men operated by the California Department of Corrections in 1979. For Part 1, Census, researchers conducted a census of all 386 female correctional officers working in these institutions to collect demographic…
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Women in Prison, 1800-1935: Tennessee, New York, and Ohio Views: 0
This data collection focused on problems in the women's correctional system over a 135-year period. More specifically, it examined the origins and development of prisoner and sentencing characteristics in three states. Demographic data on female inmates cover age, race, parents' place of…
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Work and Family Services for Law Enforcement Personnel in the United States, 1995 Views: 0
This study was undertaken to provide current information on work and family issues from the police officer's perspective, and to explore the existence and prevalence of work and family training and intervention programs offered nationally by law enforcement agencies. Three different…
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Work Release in the State of Washington, 1990-1993 Views: 0
Work release programs allow selected prisoners nearing the end of their terms to work in the community, returning to correctional facilities or community residential facilities in nonworking hours. This project was designed as both a randomized and quasi-experimental field study to assess…
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Xenon (New Jersey) Commercial Burglary Data, 1979-1981 Views: 0
This data collection is one of three quantitative databases comprising the Commercial Theft Studies component of the Study of the Causes of Crime for Gain, which focuses on patterns of commercial theft and characteristics of commercial thieves. This data collection contains information on…
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Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP) Longitudinal Follow-up Study, Central Virginia, 2013-2015 Views: 0
Although delinquency among adolescent girls is rising, little research exists on the long-term effects of prevention programs meant for them. This project is a long-term evaluation of a gender-specific program, the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP), a one-on-one and group-based mentoring program,…
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Youth Involvement in the Sex Trade, United States, 2008-2014 Views: 0
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 except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a…
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Youth Justice Policy Environments and Their Effects on Youth Confinement Rates, United States, 1996-2016 Views: 0
This study was conducted to address the dropping rates in residential placements of adjudicated youth after the 1990s. Policymakers, advocates, and reseraches began to attirbute the decline to reform measures and proposed that this was the cause of the drop seen in historic national crime. In…
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Youths and Deterrence: Columbia, South Carolina, 1979-1981 Views: 0
This is an investigation of a cohort of high school-aged youth in Columbia, South Carolina. Surveys were conducted in three consecutive years from 1979 to 1981 in nine high schools. Students were interviewed for the first time at the beginning of their sophomore year in high school. An…
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Youth Under 18 Years Old in Adult Prisons in the United States, 1997 Views: 0
This survey of departments of corrections in the United States was undertaken to provide correctional staff with design, implementation, and management strategies to meet the needs of prisoners under the age of 18. The study examined what happens when individuals under age 18 are placed in…
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Youth Violence and Victimization: Predicting Responses to Peer Aggression, South Carolina, 2017-2018 Views: 0
Youth violence is violence or aggression perpetuated by or targeted against youth and includes many forms such as violent crime, physical violence (e.g., fighting, use of firearms), and the numerous manifestations of bullying (e.g., overt, social/relational, and cyber bullying). New research is…
