Justice Information Center

The Justice Information Center (JIC) is a searchable database of the research and evaluation work of the Justice Information Resource Network's staff, members, and partners. The JIC also includes other open-access and public-domain research-based materials. The JIC's contents are from the national, state, and local levels covering a range of crime and justice topics grouped into several Communities and Collections based on our projects.

 

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Power BI Training
(JIRN, 2024-12) Giberti, Charley
Corresponding Power BI Course Materials to the webinar series hosted by JIRN and presented by Charley Giberti.
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Conducting research on and with hard-to-reach victim populations
(JIRN, 2025-01) Center for Victim Research
On October 30, 2024, with support from the Office for Victims of Crime, the Center for Victim Research (CVR) hosted a virtual convening that brought together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers focused on victim issues. The event centered on strategies and challenges in conducting research on and with hard-to-reach victim populations. This infographic provides an overview and summarizes the key takeaways, recommendations and resources from the convening.
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Research on victimization among youth
(JIRN, 2025-01) Center for Victim Research
This resource identifies a selection of research about violence and victimization among youth and young adults. Youth victims are considered a “hard-to-reach” research population due in part to ethical challenges securing their participation in research studies, particularly those focused on victimization. This recommended reading list is not a comprehensive scan of all literature; rather, it should serve as a starting point to understand the types of approaches researchers have used to engage with this population and the common topics explored. The open access research articles below consist of qualitative and quantitative studies published between 2014 and 2024 in the United States examining topics such as childhood victimization, online victimization, and dating violence. Each overview also identifies whether the study employed community-engaged methods. Follow the links to the journal page for full texts.
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Research on victimization among Tribal and Native American populations
(Justice Information Resource Network, 2025-01) Center for Victim Research
This resource identifies a selection of research about violence and victimization among American Indian or Alaska Native communities. Native victims are considered a “hard-to-reach” research population due in part to histories of research without consent and distrust of outside researchers, rural isolation, and challenges with access to technology. This recommended reading list is not a comprehensive scan of all literature; rather, it should serve as a starting point to understand the types of approaches researchers have used to engage with this population and common topics explored. With a priority for open access, the research articles below consist of qualitative and quantitative studies published between 2016 and 2024 in the United States examining topics such as sexual violence, historical oppression, and poly-victimization. Each overview identifies whether the study employed community-engaged methods and whether the article is not available open access.
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New Mexico Crime Victimization Report
(Catherine Cutler Institute, 2024-09) Dumont, Robyn; Shaler, George
The purpose of the New Mexico Crime Victimization Survey was to understand the extent of criminal victimization, crime reporting, and assistance seeking for four types of crime (stalking, rape, sexual assault, and domestic violence) and to identify differences in rates between demographic groups. This survey was patterned after the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Data were collected from September 2023 through June 2024, and a total of 1,272 completed surveys were obtained. The following is a summary of key findings from the New Mexico Crime Victimization Survey.