National Institute of Justice
This brief (PDF, 2 pages) explores findings on interventions and treatment programs that seek to prevent crime and reduce recidivism among youth. The following five statements are based on practices and programs rated by CrimeSolutions:
Juvenile awareness programs may be ineffective and potentially harmful.
Cognitive behavioral therapy can reduce aggression in children ...
This community-based, trauma-informed, gender-responsive advocacy intervention is designed for girls 11 to 17 years old who are at risk for or already involved in the juvenile justice system. The program is rated Promising in the Crime Solutions database. Intervention group girls were less likely to engage in physical fights and ...
This toolkit can be used by schools and community service providers, among others, to help reduce the likelihood of mass shootings and other public attacks, and reduce the casualties of completed attacks. After studying 600 mass attack events and plots, interviewing dozens of experts, and reviewing hundreds of references, researchers ...
This bulletin (PDF, 16 pages) presents findings based on the 2019 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement, a biennial survey detailing the characteristics of youth held for delinquency and status offenses in public and private residential facilities in every state. The data provide a detailed picture of these youth, including ...
This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) offers five statements on promising principles and practices of substance use disorder treatment and interventions. The statements are based on practices rated by CrimeSolutions. Learn more.
This article emphasizes the role that scientific research plays in reducing gun violence in the U.S., including how young people’s firearm involvement influences later criminal gun use and their own victimization in young adulthood. Learn more.
This resource produced by the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative, examines statistics about school safety and violence.
This report describes a study examining the developmental and familial pathways to intimate partner violence involvement in young adulthood and identified partner influences on intimate partner violence.
This report describes a study examining the long-term effects of child abuse and neglect to understand the pathways between child maltreatment and adult criminal behavior.
This report, developed by NIJ’s Comprehensive School Safety Initiative, draws on data collected by multiple federal agencies to examine common beliefs pertaining to school safety statistics and provides evidence to support or dispel each of them.
