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.
Communities
Select a community to browse its collections.
- This community contains open access and public domain research-based resources about victims of crime.
- This community contains resources related to the Death in Custody Reporting Act Program.
- This community contains state Incident-Based Reporting Systems (IBRS) and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) resources.
- Resources in this collection provide supplemental information to course offerings featured in Justice Information Resource Network's Justice Research Academy.
- This community contains research publications, projects, and activities conducted by state Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs).
Recent Submissions
Framing adversity, trauma, and resilience
(FrameWorks UK, 2024-03-26) Sweetland, Julie
How can advocates talk about trauma-informed approaches in ways that resonate beyond “the choir?” And how can proponents highlight the potential of trauma-informed approaches for organizations and systems, given its roots in clinical care? This brief offers framing guidance for researchers, advocates, and practitioners advancing systems change on child abuse and neglect, family violence, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), early trauma and trauma informed care, and toxic stress.
Criminal history record checks for federally assisted housing applications: 2023 report
(Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 2024-03-27) Maranville, Ryan; Reichert, Jessica
The Housing Authorities Act (310 ILCS 10/8.10a) requires all Illinois public housing authorities to collect and report annually to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA). Housing authorities are to report on applications for federally assisted housing, applicants with criminal records, denials based on criminal records, and hearings requested by those denied housing based on criminal records. This 2023 report for provides information shared by the housing authorities to ICJIA in fulfillment of the Act.
InfoNet: State fiscal year 2023 highlights
(Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 2024) Gonzalez, Lucia F.; Hiselman, Jennifer
ICJIA researchers created an infographic demonstrating work completed using the InfoNet System in State Fiscal Year 2023. The infographic summarizes client data collected by 103 Illinois domestic and sexual violence agencies and the total number of data and technical assistance requests fulfilled by InfoNet staff, and progress on system upgrades. Lastly, the infographic lists articles, presentations, and funding opportunities disseminated that used InfoNet data.
Sexual victimization in early childhood: A narrative review of clinical aspects
(Papeles Del Psicologo, 2023) Pereda, N.
There is a significant lack of research and knowledge regarding sexual victimization in the early childhood or preschool developmental stage. The present review aims to offer a solid theoretical framework for professionals in the victimology field on the experiences of sexual victimization of boys and girls up to 6 years of age. The topics covered include the epidemiology of the problem, the characteristics of victimization, the consequences that the experience of victimization in the preschool stage implies for the victim, and intervention in early childhood. The studies included in the review allow us to conclude that sexual victimization of preschoolers is a more frequent problem than it is generally assumed, but one hose magnitude is truly unknown, with serious consequences for the victims. Intervention should concentrate on trauma focused cognitive-behavioral therapy since it has the most empirical evidence for this age group. [Author Abstract]
Adverse childhood experience trajectories and individual high risk-behaviors of sexual offenders: A developmental victimology perspective
(PubMed, Elsevier, 2023-09-17) Chopin, Julien; Beauregard, Eric; DeLisi, Matt
Background: Developmental victimology theory suggests that developmental features of risk and impact stemming from various types of victimization depend on the age of the child or adolescent.
Objective: A next step is studying the developmental victimization trajectories of individuals involved in sexual crimes by focusing on traumatic events occurring during childhood and adolescence respectively. Building on the developmental victimology perspective, the study's specific aims encompass two key objectives: 1) exploring the diverse trajectories of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) within a sample of individuals involved in sexual crimes, and 2) assessing whether these ACEs trajectories influence the emergence of distinct high-risk behaviors.
Participants and setting: 252 individuals convicted of sexual crimes were selected from a federal penitentiary in Quebec, Canada.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews with a computerized questionnaire produced data on numerous aspects of the participant's life history, criminal career, and victimization experiences that were analyzed via latent class modeling.
Results: Four classes (no ACEs trajectory, poly exposure and victimization trajectory, childhood exposure trajectory, and poly victimization trajectory) were identified.
Conclusions: Consistent with hypotheses, developmental ACEs trajectories are heterogeneous and associated with the criminal careers, adolescent problematic behaviors, substance use disorders, and violence history among individuals involved in sexual offending. [Author Abstract]