82 Ebooks door Committee on Law and Justice
Committee on Community Supervision and Desistance from Crime & Committee on Law and Justice: Parole, Desistance from Crime, and Community Integration
Every day, about 1, 600 people are released from prisons in the United States. Of these 600, 000 new releasees every year, about 480, 000 are subject to parole or some other kind of postrelease …
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€34.57
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Surveying Victims
It is easy to underestimate how little was known about crimes and victims before the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) became common wisdom. In the late 1960s, knowledge of …
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€55.34
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Ballistic Imaging
Ballistic Imaging assesses the state of computer-based imaging technology in forensic firearms identification. The book evaluates the current law enforcement database of images of crime-related …
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€68.60
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists
All U.S. agencies with counterterrorism programs that collect or "mine" personal data — such as phone records or Web sites visited — should be required to evaluate the programs’ …
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€55.97
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Understanding Crime Trends: Understanding Crime Trends
Changes over time in the levels and patterns of crime have significant consequences that affect not only the criminal justice system but also other critical policy sectors. Yet compared with such …
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€62.63
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms: Firearms and Violence
For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most contentious issues in American politics. For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on these …
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€66.02
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Ballistic Imaging
Ballistic Imaging assesses the state of computer-based imaging technology in forensic firearms identification. The book evaluates the current law enforcement database of images of crime-related …
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€74.64
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists
All U.S. agencies with counterterrorism programs that collect or "mine" personal data — such as phone records or Web sites visited — should be required to evaluate the programs’ …
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€82.26
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Justice Statistics
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice is one of the smallest of the U.S. principal statistical agencies but shoulders one of the most expansive and detailed legal …
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€86.45
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Understanding Crime Trends: Understanding Crime Trends
Changes over time in the levels and patterns of crime have significant consequences that affect not only the criminal justice system but also other critical policy sectors. Yet compared with such …
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€89.55
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Justice Statistics
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice is one of the smallest of the U.S. principal statistical agencies but shoulders one of the most expansive and detailed legal …
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€96.89
Committee on Assessing the Research Program of the National Institute of Justice & Committee on Law and Justice: Strengthening the National Institute of Justice
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 …
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€78.15
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Understanding and Controlling the Demand for Illegal Drugs: Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs
Despite efforts to reduce drug consumption in the United States over the past 35 years, drugs are just as cheap and available as they have ever been. Cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines continue to …
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€36.83
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Understanding and Controlling the Demand for Illegal Drugs: Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs
Despite efforts to reduce drug consumption in the United States over the past 35 years, drugs are just as cheap and available as they have ever been. Cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines continue to …
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€52.24
Committee on Assessing the Research Program of the National Institute of Justice & Committee on Law and Justice: Strengthening the National Institute of Justice
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 …
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€113.23
Committee on Improving Evaluation of Anti-Crime Programs & Committee on Law and Justice: Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs
Although billions of dollars have been spent on crime prevention and control programs during the past decade, scientifically strong impact evaluations of these programs are uncommon in the context of …
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€44.98
Committee on Law and Justice & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Advancing the Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women
This report expands on the work of an earlier National Research Council panel whose report, Understanding Violence Against Women, was published in 1996. The report is based on the presentations and …
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€58.87
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research
Most major crime in this country emanates from two major data sources. The FBIs Uniform Crime Reports has collected information on crimes known to the police and arrests from local and state …
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€54.11
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee to Review Research on Police Policy and Practices: Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing
Because police are the most visible face of government power for most citizens, they are expected to deal effectively with crime and disorder and to be impartial. Producing justice through the fair, …
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€66.02
Committee on Law and Justice & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Deadly Lessons
The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nations schools. This dramatic example signaled an implicit and growing fear that these events would continue to …
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€53.75
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: What’s Changing in Prosecution?
This workshop arose out of the efforts of the Committee on Law and Justice to assist the National Institute of Justice in identifying gaps in the overall research portfolio on crime and justice. It …
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€36.19
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities
Although violent crime in the United States has declined over the past five years, certain groups appear to remain at disproportionately high risk for violent victimization. In the United States, …
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€61.31
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs: Informing America’s Policy on Illegal Drugs
How should the war on drugs be fought? Everyone seems to agree that the United States ought to use a combination of several different approaches to combat the destructive effects of illegal drug use. …
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€97.04
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice
Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and other sensational incidents add to the …
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€59.78
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Surveying Victims
It is easy to underestimate how little was known about crimes and victims before the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) became common wisdom. In the late 1960s, knowledge of …
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€82.18
Committee on Community Supervision and Desistance from Crime & Committee on Law and Justice: Parole, Desistance from Crime, and Community Integration
Every day, about 1, 600 people are released from prisons in the United States. Of these 600, 000 new releasees every year, about 480, 000 are subject to parole or some other kind of postrelease …
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€49.49
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Elder Mistreatment
Since the late 1970s when Congressman Claude Pepper held widely publicized hearings on the mistreatment of the elderly, policy makers and practitioners have sought ways to protect older Americans …
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€97.22
Committee on Estimating Costs of Immigration Enforcement in the Department of Justice & Committee on Law and Justice: Budgeting for Immigration Enforcement
Immigration enforcement is carried out by a complex legal and administrative system, operating under frequently changing legislative mandates and policy guidance, with authority and funding spread …
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€3.75
Committee on Estimating Costs of Immigration Enforcement in the Department of Justice & Committee on Law and Justice: Budgeting for Immigration Enforcement
Immigration enforcement is carried out by a complex legal and administrative system, operating under frequently changing legislative mandates and policy guidance, with authority and funding spread …
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€54.33
Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty & Committee on Law and Justice: Deterrence and the Death Penalty
Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached widely varying, even contradictory, …
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€3.73
Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty & Committee on Law and Justice: Deterrence and the Death Penalty
Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached widely varying, even contradictory, …
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€50.74
Committee on Assessing Juvenile Justice Reform & Committee on Law and Justice: Reforming Juvenile Justice
Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to discount long-term …
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€82.26
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence: Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence
In 2010, more than 105, 000 people were injured or killed in the United States as the result of a firearm-related incident. Recent, highly publicized, tragic mass shootings in Newtown, CT; Aurora, …
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€3.73
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence: Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence
In 2010, more than 105, 000 people were injured or killed in the United States as the result of a firearm-related incident. Recent, highly publicized, tragic mass shootings in Newtown, CT; Aurora, …
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€46.41
Committee on Law and Justice & Institute of Medicine: New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research
Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human and fiscal consequences of child abuse …
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€3.72
Committee on Law and Justice & Institute of Medicine: New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research
Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human and fiscal consequences of child abuse …
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€90.49
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States: Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and long-term consequences for victims as well as their …
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€3.75
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States: Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and long-term consequences for victims as well as their …
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€96.89
Board on the Health of Select Populations & Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration: Health and Incarceration
Over the past four decades, the rate of incarceration in the United States has skyrocketed to unprecedented heights, both historically and in comparison to that of other developed nations. At far …
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€3.73
Board on the Health of Select Populations & Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration: Health and Incarceration
Over the past four decades, the rate of incarceration in the United States has skyrocketed to unprecedented heights, both historically and in comparison to that of other developed nations. At far …
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€41.75
Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration & Committee on Law and Justice: Growth of Incarceration in the United States
After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States more than quadrupled during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million …
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€3.75
Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration & Committee on Law and Justice: Growth of Incarceration in the United States
After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States more than quadrupled during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million …
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€89.08
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach in Juvenile Justice Reform: Implementing Juvenile Justice Reform
In the past decade, a number of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions have begun to take significant steps to overhaul their juvenile justice systems – for example, reducing the use of juvenile …
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€3.73
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach in Juvenile Justice Reform: Implementing Juvenile Justice Reform
In the past decade, a number of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions have begun to take significant steps to overhaul their juvenile justice systems – for example, reducing the use of juvenile …
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€47.51
Committee on Law and Justice & Institute of Medicine: Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying
Bullying – long tolerated as just a part of growing up – finally has been recognized as a substantial and preventable health problem. Bullying is associated with anxiety, depression, poor school …
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€3.76
Committee on Law and Justice & Institute of Medicine: Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying
Bullying – long tolerated as just a part of growing up – finally has been recognized as a substantial and preventable health problem. Bullying is associated with anxiety, depression, poor school …
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€59.71
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Scientific Approaches to Understanding and Maximizing the Validity and Reliability of Eyewitness Identification in Law Enforcement and the Courts: Identifying the Culprit
Eyewitnesses play an important role in criminal cases when they can identify culprits. Estimates suggest that tens of thousands of eyewitnesses make identifications in criminal investigations each …
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€3.73
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Scientific Approaches to Understanding and Maximizing the Validity and Reliability of Eyewitness Identification in Law Enforcement and the Courts: Identifying the Culprit
Eyewitnesses play an important role in criminal cases when they can identify culprits. Estimates suggest that tens of thousands of eyewitnesses make identifications in criminal investigations each …
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€53.87
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Strengthening Forensic Science at the National Institute of Justice: Support for Forensic Science Research
Reliable and valid forensic science analytic techniques are critical to a credible, fair, and evidence-based criminal justice system. There is widespread agreement that the scientific foundation of …
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€3.76
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Strengthening Forensic Science at the National Institute of Justice: Support for Forensic Science Research
Reliable and valid forensic science analytic techniques are critical to a credible, fair, and evidence-based criminal justice system. There is widespread agreement that the scientific foundation of …
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€55.51
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on the Biological and Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Bullying Prevention: Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice
Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must have "asked for" this type of treatment, …
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€3.76
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on the Biological and Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Bullying Prevention: Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice
Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must have "asked for" this type of treatment, …
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€97.03
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Modernizing Crime Statistics
To derive statistics about crime " to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approaches to prevent it " a conceptual …
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€3.76
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Modernizing Crime Statistics
To derive statistics about crime " to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approaches to prevent it " a conceptual …
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€97.24
Committee on Law and Justice & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Proactive Policing
Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in policing that …
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€3.72
Committee on Law and Justice & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Proactive Policing
Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in policing that …
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€73.97
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 2
To derive statistics about crime " to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approaches to prevent it – a conceptual framework for …
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€3.71
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 2
To derive statistics about crime " to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approaches to prevent it – a conceptual framework for …
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€82.27
Committee on Law and Justice & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Deadly Lessons
The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nations schools. This dramatic example signaled an implicit and growing fear that these events would continue to …
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€46.42
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Elder Mistreatment
Since the late 1970s when Congressman Claude Pepper held widely publicized hearings on the mistreatment of the elderly, policy makers and practitioners have sought ways to protect older Americans …
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Engels
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€67.19
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research
Most major crime in this country emanates from two major data sources. The FBIs Uniform Crime Reports has collected information on crimes known to the police and arrests from local and state …
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€38.15
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice
Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and other sensational incidents add to the …
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€46.78
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: What’s Changing in Prosecution?
This workshop arose out of the efforts of the Committee on Law and Justice to assist the National Institute of Justice in identifying gaps in the overall research portfolio on crime and justice. It …
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€24.72
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs: Informing America’s Policy on Illegal Drugs
How should the war on drugs be fought? Everyone seems to agree that the United States ought to use a combination of several different approaches to combat the destructive effects of illegal drug use. …
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€68.82
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities
Although violent crime in the United States has declined over the past five years, certain groups appear to remain at disproportionately high risk for violent victimization. In the United States, …
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€43.35
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee to Review Research on Police Policy and Practices: Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing
Because police are the most visible face of government power for most citizens, they are expected to deal effectively with crime and disorder and to be impartial. Producing justice through the fair, …
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€57.88
Committee on Law and Justice & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Advancing the Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women
This report expands on the work of an earlier National Research Council panel whose report, Understanding Violence Against Women, was published in 1996. The report is based on the presentations and …
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€40.59
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms: Firearms and Violence
For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most contentious issues in American politics. For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on these …
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€55.38
Committee on Improving Evaluation of Anti-Crime Programs & Committee on Law and Justice: Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs
Although billions of dollars have been spent on crime prevention and control programs during the past decade, scientifically strong impact evaluations of these programs are uncommon in the context of …
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€31.57
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Law and Justice: Violence in Urban America
In this summary of a unique conference on urban violence, mayors, police chiefs, local, state, and federal agency experts, and researchers provide a wealth of practical ideas to combat violence in …
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€15.09
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on the Best Practices for Implementing Decarceration as a Strategy to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities: Decarcerating Correctional Facilities during COVID-19
The conditions and characteristics of correctional facilities – overcrowded with rapid population turnover, often in old and poorly ventilated structures, a spatially concentrated pattern of releases …
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€68.89
Committee on Evaluating Success Among People Released from Prison & Committee on Law and Justice: Limits of Recidivism
Nearly 600, 000 people are released from state and federal prisons annually. Whether these individuals will successfully reintegrate into their communities has been identified as a critical measure …
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€31.23
Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors & Committee on Law and Justice: Policing to Promote the Rule of Law and Protect the Population
The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), provides foreign assistance and supports capacity building for criminal justice systems …
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€21.15
Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors & Committee on Law and Justice: Police Training to Promote the Rule of Law and Protect the Population
Training police in the knowledge and skills necessary to support the rule of law and protect the public is a substantial component of the activities of international organizations that provide …
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€36.06
Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors & Committee on Law and Justice: Policies and Practices to Minimize Police Use of Force Internationally
Injury and death from use of excessive force by police officers remain a common concern in countries across the globe. Despite local, national, and international attempts to legislate and provide …
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€16.20
Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors & Committee on Law and Justice: Developing Policing Practices that Build Legitimacy
Scholars, policymakers, and the public view police legitimacy and community trust in the police alike as essential components of an effective police organization. An extensive network of …
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€22.41
Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors & Committee on Law and Justice: Police Strategies to Control High-Level Corruption
The US Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) provides assistance and supports capacity building for criminal justice systems and police organizations in …
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€22.61
Committee on Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors & Committee on Law and Justice: Evidence to Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors
The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), provides foreign assistance and supports capacity building for criminal justice systems …
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€52.40
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on Reducing Racial Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System: Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice
The history of the U.S. criminal justice system is marked by racial inequality and sustained by present day policy. Large racial and ethnic disparities exist across the several stages of criminal …
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€51.10
Committee on Law and Justice & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Facial Recognition Technology
Facial recognition technology is increasingly used for identity verification and identification, from aiding law enforcement investigations to identifying potential security threats at large venues. …
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€41.43
