Publications and Multimedia

Biological Evidence Preservation Handbook: Best Practices for
Evidence Handlers

This handbook offers guidance for collecting, examining, tracking, packaging, storing and disposing of biological evidence.

Download the handbook (pdf, 73 pages).

Wrongful Convictions Seminar

In this NIJ Research for the Real World Seminar, Drs. Gould and Firman
discuss findings of a large-scale empirical study that has identified ten factors that distinguish a wrongful conviction from a "near miss."

Watch the seminar.

Read the transcript.

Watch an interview with Dr. Gould.

Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works

As part of NIJ’s Research for the Real World seminar series, Drs. Angela Hawken and Mark Kleiman presented on the effectiveness of "swift and certain" sanctions in probation.

Watch their presentation or read the transcript.