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Replicating HOPE: Can Others Do It As Well As Hawaii?, NIJ, March 2014, NCJ 244148.
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Young Offenders: What Happens and What Should Happen, NIJ, OJJDP, February 2014, NCJ 242653. (3 pages).
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Impact of Differential Sentencing Severity for Domestic Violence Offenses and All Other Offenses Over Abusers' Life Spans, NIJ-Sponsored, September 2013, NCJ 244757. (43 pages).
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Wrongful Convictions: Causes, Prevention, Impact and Outlook for Corrections, NIJ-Sponsored, December 2013, NCJ 244915.
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Federal Justice Statistics, 2010, BJS, December 2013, NCJ 239913. (34 pages).
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Federal Justice Statistics, 2010 - Statistical Tables, BJS, December 2013, NCJ 239914. (57 pages).
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