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Women in Policing: Breaking Barriers and Blazing a Path

To help assess the state of research on women in policing in America, we held a research summit at our headquarters. Based on this summit, our new report explores the current state of research across the areas of culture, performance, recruitment and retention, and promotion. It also sets out the agenda of research questions that attendees collectively prioritized.
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From Crime Mapping to Crime Forecasting: The Evolution of Place-Based Policing

Over the years, we have funded projects that explore, evaluate, and seed analytical techniques and technology to support law enforcement agencies that use place-based policing practices and strategies to help answer the question, “How do we best reduce crime and improve public safety?”
Learn more about our contributions in our new article.

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Making Schools Safe for Students

School shootings are frightening. However, today's students are less likely to be threatened or injured with a weapon at school, including a gun, than they were 10 years ago. Data suggest that school crime rates have dropped nationwide since the early 1990s and that the student victimization rate declined by 70% from 1992 to 2013.
Learn more in an NIJ Journal article.
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Gang Membership Prevention Programs

Designed to deter youth from joining gangs, these programs can be delivered either to a universal population (i.e., all youth regardless of risk level), or to youth identified as being at-risk or gang membership. It's rated Promising for reducing the likelihood that youth will join a gang.
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