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RAND and Safe Horizon worked together to conduct a clarificative evaluation to identify the core components and processes of the Family Courts Program, which include development of a program logic model and an evaluability assessment (EA) of the program. An implementation guide was also created that provides the necessary information to understand the program operations and provide program staff, the research field and other jurisdictions interested in replication the necessary tools to support program implementation as intended.

Specifically, the aims of the project are to:

• Identify the core components, understand and improve program processes, and overcome barriers to effective service delivery;
• Assess the readiness of the Family Courts program to participate in an evaluation of program impact.

To address the research aims listed above, the researchers conducted a comprehensive literature review to explore research and evaluations on family court services to survivors of domestic violence; developed a logic model; collected data from a variety of sources, including site visits, stakeholder interviews, document review, administrative data; analyzed current program data and qualitative data to understand how the program operates in the real-world setting.

This study only includes the quantitative program data that was collected for analysis during this evaluation.

In 2015, the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) selected the team of National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and APCO Worldwide to distribute firearm locks and conduct safety education activities under its Firearm Locks Distribution and Safe Storage Program (FLD/SSP). The National Institute of Justice funded the RAND Corporation to conduct an process and implementation evaluation of the FLD/SSP. NSSF titled their effort Project ChildSafe (PCS) Communities, a community-focused effort that was developed using the framework of their national Project ChildSafe initiative. The main research objectives were to monitor and document the PCS Communities program's design; assess areas of success and strengths in the implementation process, including the effectiveness of partnerships; identify challenges to implementation of the program with fidelity to the planned design.

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they there received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except of the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompany readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collections and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

The purpose of this study was to answer the following research questions:

• Do domestic violence courts reduce recidivism?
• Do domestic violence courts hold defendants accountable through the use of more severe case outcomes and sentences?
• What, if any, court-level policies make these courts more or less effective (e.g., related to eligibility, program mandates, compliance monitoring, or victim service)?
• What, if any community characteristics make these courts more or less effective (e.g., related to population size, racial composition, or socioeconomic characteristics)?
• Based on individual characteristics (e.g., age, criminal history, or current charges), which categories of defendants are at a high risk of re-offending; and are certain categories particularly responsive to the domestic violence court intervention?

Outcome were compared between matched samples of defendants (Full File Data, n=17,718 and Convicted File Data, n=7,306) processed in the 24 domestic violence courts and in conventional courts operating in the same 24 jurisdictions in New York state prior to the opening of the specialized court. Cases processed in each domestic violence court during its first two full calendar years of operations comprised the domestic violence court sample. Cases processed in conventional courts during the two full calendar years preceding the opening of the specialized court comprised the comparison sample. Data on court policies and practices was drawn from two survey instruments administered to each of the 24 courts (Court and Community Characteristics Data, n=48). The first survey was administered statewide in 2008; the second was a supplemental survey administered in 2010.

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of intensive judicial monitoring on offender compliance with court orders and perpetration of future violence. Offenders were processed in either of two specialized domestic violence courts based in Rochester, New York between October 2006 and December 2009. Study-eligible defendants had to be either (1) convicted and sentenced to a conditional discharge or probation or (2) disposed with an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal. Eligible defendants also had to be ordered to participate in a program (e.g., batterer program, substance abuse treatment). Once an eligible plea/disposition was entered, court staff randomly assigned defendants to either Group 1 (monitoring plus program, n = 77) or Group 2 (program only/no monitoring, n = 70). All of the offenders included in the sample were male. Offender interviews (n = 39) were completed between March 2008 and July 2010. The research intern present in court for compliance calendars approached offenders assigned to one of the two study groups to ask them to participate in the research interview on their last court appearance on the instant case (i.e., at successful dismissal from on-going monitoring or at re-sentencing). Victim interviews (n = 10) were conducted six months and one year post-offender disposition. Victims were contacted by staff from Alternatives for Battered Women (ABW), a local victim advocacy agency that was already in contact with many of the women coming through the domestic violence court.

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

This multi-method, multi-site study aimed to increase scientific knowledge on the population size, needs, characteristics, and criminal justice experiences of youth who are involved in exchanging sex for money, food, housing, drugs, or other goods. Youth interviews were conducted in each of six geographically diverse research sites, as well as interviews with social service and law enforcement agency staff in four of the sites. In addition, state-level data on prostitution arrests of youth under the age of 18 and case-level data on prostitution arrests of youth under the age of 24 in the six research sites were obtained, but are not included in this collection.

The collection includes one SPSS data file, Youth_in_the_Sex_Trade_Final_Quantitative_Dataset.sav (n=949, vars= 88).

The qualitative data are not available as part of this collection at this time.