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Strengthening the National Institute of Justice

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Research Council U.S.. Committee on Assessing the Research Program of the National Institute of Justice; National Research Council U.S.. Committee on Law and Justice
Group Author: Wellford Charles F; Chemers Betty M; Schuck Julie Anne
Published: National Academies Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
National Institute of Justice U.S
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
Carrier Form: xxiv, 310 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
Publication Frequency: Also available online.
ISBN: 9780309156356 (pbk.)
0309156351 (pbk.)
Index Number: D971
CLC: D971.26
Call Number: D971.26/N277
Contents: Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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 justic
"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

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