Whether it involves crime rates, the effectiveness of prevention and treatment programs, recidivism rates, or the value of deterrence, responsible criminal justice research is essential to the formulation of sound social policies. Since 1977, NCIA has provided some of the most significant and definitive research in the criminal justice field. Below is a sample of the studies and reports conducted by NCIA.

For information about NCIA’s public policy and research activities, please contact Herb Hoelter at 443.780.1311 or at HHoelter@ncianet.org.

Towards More Effective Sex Offender Legislation, NCIA Research Volunteers, February 2007.

Juvenile Suicide in Confinement: A National Survey, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, February 2004.

Two Million in 2000

Elderly Inmates: Public Safety or More Security Nursing Homes? (1998)

Juvenile Homicide: Keeping Perspective (1997)

Hobbling A Generation: Young African American Men in Washington, D.C.’s Criminal Justice System—Five Years Later (1997)

Sex Offenders: Does Treatment Work? (1996)

The Prison Industrial Complex (1996)

An Analysis of Juvenile Homicides: Where they Occur and the Effectiveness of Adult Court Intervention (1996)

An Analysis of Juvenile Homicides: Where They Occur and the Effectiveness of Adult Court Intervention (1996)

Prison Suicide: An Overview and Guide to Prevention (1995)

Training Curriculum on Suicide Detection and Prevention in Jails and Lockups, Second Edition (1995).

From Social Safety Net to Dragnet: African American Males in the Criminal Justice System (1994)

Hobbling A Generation: Young African American Males in D.C.’s Criminal Justice System (1992)

Hobbling A Generation: Young African American Males in the Criminal Justice System of America’s Cities: Baltimore, MD (1992)

An Evaluation of the Intensive Supervision Project — Hyattsville, MD

Trading Textbooks for Prison Cells (1991)

National Study of Jail Suicides: Seven Years Later (1988)

Sentenced Prisoners Under 18 Year of Age in Adult Correctional Facilities: A National Survey (1983)

And Darkness Closes In...A National Study of Jail Suicides (1981)

Scared Straight: A Second Look (1978)

Suicide Prevention in the Central Detention Facility: An Assessment and Corrective Action Plan (1994)

The Duval County (Florida) Jail Report (1993)

Suicide Prevention in YSA Facilities: A Status Report and Corrective Action Plan (1992)

Technical Assistance Report on the Blount County (Alabama) Jail System (1990)

Technical Assistance Report on the Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) Jail System (1990)

Population Assessment and Reduction Strategies to the Draper Correctional Center, Elmore, Alabama (1989)

Detainees in Delaware: An Inmate Profile and Assessment (1988)

The Female Offender in Delaware: Population Analysis and Assessment (1989)

Public Safety with Care: A Model System for Juvenile Justice in Hawaii (1988)

Technical Assistance Report on the Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) Prison System (1988)

Public Safety with Decency: The People, Process and Programs in Marin County Criminal Justice (1986)

Placement Options for Marin County Youth: Is There Room for Marin? (1985)

The Sentencing Advocate (1999 to Present)

Criminal Defense Update (1990 to 1999)

Jail Suicide/Mental Health Update 1986 to Present (online)