• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2006-01-18T00:00:00

The purpose of this collection was to measure the extent to which the Prisoner Management Classification (PMC) system in Washington state improved overall operations of prison facilities and...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2020-03-30T09:28:56

The project's overarching goals are to improve the knowledge and understanding of school safety and violence, and to enhance school safety programs through rigorous social and behavioral science...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2017-03-21T10:27:16

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
• Updated: 2013-12-20T15:32:08

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 participated in the study, consisting of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2006-12-21T00:00:00

This study of prison rapes used an ethnographic, culturally relativistic methodology and was conducted between April 2004 and September 2005. The study was conducted in 30 correctional ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2022-03-30T15:12:16

The Urban Institute and the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MnDOC) attempted to improve the surveillance system in two state correctional facilities: Stillwater (STW) and Moose Lake (ML). The...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2005-11-04T00:00:00

This study provides a descriptive analysis of confinement facilities and state-operated community-based correctional facilities nationwide. Decision-makers, practitioners, and researchers may...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2000-03-21T00:00:00

The purpose of this data collection was to develop and test an interactive model for classifying prisoners. The model includes person variables, environmental or situation variables, and ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2005-11-04T00:00:00

This census, designed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, includes all state correctional facilities known to the Census Bureau in 1979. ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2001-12-21T00:00:00

This census is the fourth enumeration of state adult correctional institutions and the first of federal institutions sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and conducted by the Bureau of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2021-09-15T13:51:15

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics Conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this survey is part of a series of data gathering efforts undertaken to assist policymakers in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2012-05-25T10:26:37

Data for this study were collected as part of the 2007 National Inmate Survey (NIS), which is comprised of two questionnaires -- a survey of sexual victimization and a survey of past drug and...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2021-08-31T09:26:47

This study examines explanations for the victim-offender overlap using data obtained from male prison inmates and a community sample. It employs two different designs, both of which are based on...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 1992-02-16T00:00:00

The survey and census were part of a series of data collection efforts undertaken to assist policymakers in assessing and remedying deficiencies in the nation's correctional institutions....

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2014-01-15T15:51:29

The National Inmate Survey, 2008-2009 (NIS-2) was conducted in 167 state and federal prisons between October 13, 2008, and March 11, 2009; 286 jails between January 20, 2009, and August 13, 2009;...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2021-09-27T08:18:09

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) collects and analyzes data on the incidence and effects of sexual violence in prisons and jails. The data, in various datasets, are collected from...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2012-08-03T14:33:15

Under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Congress mandated that the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) investigate former prisoners' experiences in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2021-09-27T08:18:09

The National Inmate Survey, 2011-2012 (NIS-3) was conducted in 233 state and federal prisons between February 2011 and May 2012; 358 jails between February 2011 and May 2012; and 15 special...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2015-10-23T15:04:07

The National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC) is part of the BJS National Prison Rape Statistics Program to gather mandated data on the incidence of prevalence of sexual assault in juvenile...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2006-01-12T00:00:00

This study investigates the relationship between mental disorder and violent behavior. Detailed interviews were conducted with inmates in the North Carolina prison system. Each respondent was...

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