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Healthy Communities May Make Safe Communities: Public Health …

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Identifying Needs Related to Managing Seriously Mentally Ill

WebAccording to a consensus of recently convened corrections experts, a confluence of concerning trends is exacerbating a mental health crisis in correctional …

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Safety, Health, and Wellness Strategic Research Plan

WebIntroduction. NIJ has developed the Safety, Health, and Wellness Strategic Research Plan to describe the current and projected efforts of NIJ to promote the safety, health, and wellness of individuals …

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Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community

WebThis emphasis on health and wellness builds on earlier NIJ studies, such as a 1996 project to develop a law enforcement stress program for officers and their families. …

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Five Things to Know About Women and Reentry

WebHere are five things we know about women and reentry based on available data and research. 1. One in 138 women was under correctional supervision — in prison, …

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Training for School Personnel to Prevent, Prepare, and Respond to

WebStudent Mental Health Issues and Exposure to Trauma. Students with mental health issues or who have experienced trauma may act out inappropriately at …

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Caring for Those In Custody National Institute of Justice

WebTo improve health outcomes, there is a need for stronger partnerships and “warm handoffs” between the various organizations that provide care. (Warm handoffs …

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Law Enforcement Looks to Research to Help Fight the Opioid Crisis

WebMental health intervention for law enforcement officers affected by stress from responding to the opioid crisis. New, effective agency partnerships and …

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Using Data and Science to Understand the Impact of COVID–19 on

WebFor mental health and substance abuse treatment, counseling sessions and medication distributions in some jurisdictions were moved outdoors. Promising Practices. …

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Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of a Half …

WebMental health issues were common among those who engaged in mass shootings, with psychosis playing a minor role in nearly one third of the cases, but a …

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Research on the Mounting Problem of Correctional Officer Stress

WebDiane Elliot, MD, FACP, FACSM, professor, Oregon Health & Science University and Oregon Health Workforce Center. According to a report on mindfulness …

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Correctional Officer Safety and Wellness — What We Learned …

WebCorrectional officers play a pivotal role within the prison system. Yet, working as a correctional officer brings with it stressful and dangerous conditions that are unique …

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What Are Predictors of School Violence

WebOverall, delinquency, negative emotionality, and exposure to violence are strong predictors of school violence, while bullying, antisocial/aggressive behavior, …

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Mental Illness and Violent Crime National Institute of Justice

WebDate Published. October 1996. Length. 4 pages. Publication Series. NIJ Research Preview. Annotation. This risk assessment study examined 1,000 mental patients released from …

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NIJ-Funded Research Examines What Works for Successful Reentry

WebSVORI was a collaborative federal effort implemented in 2002 to improve reentry outcomes in five areas: criminal justice, employment, education, health, and …

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Validation of the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen

WebThe BJMHS identified 11.3 percent of the total sample for further mental health screening. Given these findings and the fact that the BJMHS takes an average of 2.5 …

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Female Reentry and Gender-Responsive Programming

WebGender-responsive programming begins with an assessment of each person’s individual risks and needs and considers gender-specific variables particular to …

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Mentoring Programs for Youth: A Promising Intervention for …

WebMentoring programs are a prominent strategy in the United States for preventing negative outcomes and promoting resilience among at-risk youth. Although …

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Addressing Trauma in Women's Prisons

WebThe population of women behind bars is surging, and with it the need and opportunity for services addressing the traumatic past experiences that in many …

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Programs To Prevent and Counter …

WebA true public health framing emphasizes a whole-of-community approach, which may boost the longevity of program outcomes and overall community health …

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Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership

WebPublic health can contribute to the development of definitions, data elements and data systems that can help the nation understand the magnitude of gang-joining and …

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Reflections on Colorado's Administrative Segregation Study

WebAt the time of the study (2007–2010), long-term segregation in Colorado was known as administrative segregation (AS). Colorado inmates were placed in AS for one …

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