Title Strengthening the National Institute of Justice / Committee on Assessing the Research Program of the National Institute of Justice ; Charles F. Wellford, Betty M. Chemers, and Julie A. Schuck, editors ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2010], ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 310 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- The federal role in research on crime and justice -- The research program offices -- Research operations and staffing resources -- Building a research infrastructure and guiding policy and practice -- Assessing research programs -- Recommendations Summary "The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the nation's primary resource for advancing scientific research, development, and evaluation on crime and crime control and the administration of justice in the United States. Headed by a presidentially appointed director, it is one of the major units in the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) of the U.S. Department of Justice. Under its authorizing legislation, NIJ awards grants and contracts to a variety of public and private organizations and individuals. At the request of NIJ, Strengthening the National Institute of Justice assesses the operations and quality of the full range of its programs. These include social science research, science and technology research and development, capacity building, and technology assistance The book concludes that a federal research institute such as NIJ is vital to the nation's continuing efforts to control crime and administer justice. No other federal, state, local, or private organization can do what NIJ was created to do. Forty years ago, Congress envisioned a science agency dedicated to building knowledge to support crime prevention and control by developing a wide range of techniques for dealing with individual offenders, identifying injustices and biases in the administration of justice, and supporting more basic and operational research on crime and the criminal justice system and the involvement of the community in crime control efforts. As the embodiment of that vision, NIJ has accomplished a great deal. It has succeeded in developing a body of knowledge on such important topics as hot spots policing, violence against women, the role of firearms and drugs in crime, drug courts, and forensic DNA analysis. It has helped build the crime and justice research infrastructure. It has also widely disseminated the results of its research programs to help guide practice and policy. But its efforts have been severely hampered by a lack of independence, authority, and discretionary resources to carry out its mission."--Publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject National Institute of Justice (U.S.) -- Evaluation SUBJECT National Institute of Justice (U.S.) fast Subject Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. Evaluation Criminal justice, Administration of United States Form Electronic book Author Wellford, Charles F., editor Chemers, Betty M., editor Schuck, Julie Anne, editor ISBN 9780309156363 030915636X 1282885685 9781282885684 9786612885686 6612885688 0309162947 9780309162944

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