Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
Practitioner and Researcher Concerns About RCTs
The Science Behind Firearm and Tool Mark Examination
Study finds less than 1.2 percent error rate in matching bullets fired from Glock semiautomatic pistol barrels to the actual firearm.
Homeland Security in Small Law Enforcement Agencies: Preparedness and Proximity to Big-City Peers
Study finds that increased interaction with nearby large-town agencies improves preparedness of smaller jurisdictions.
Mending Justice: Sentinel Event Reviews
Addressing the Impact of Wrongful Convictions on Crime Victims
We need to better understand how wrongful convictions affect the original crime victims and improve systemic support available to them.
Building Young Researchers in the Trenches
How ATF Is Working to Improve NIBIN
Services for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Encouraging Stronger Research Methods to Produce More Valid Results
Using rigorous research methods like randomized controlled trials can help increase confidence in evaluation findings.
Study Identifies Ways to Improve ATF Ballistic Evidence Program
An NIJ-funded examination of NIBIN offers recommendations for improving the program's tactical and strategic value.
Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessment
Registration, Notification, and Residency Restrictions of Those Committing Sex Offenses
International Market for Stolen Credit Card Data
Overview of Predictive Policing
Research on Offender Decision-Making Using Geo-Narratives
Translating “Near Repeat” Theory into a Geospatial Police Strategy
Teen Dating Violence Outcomes and Help-Seeking
NIJ's Investment in Public Safety and Public Health Partnerships
Healthy Communities May Make Safe Communities: Public Health Approaches to Violence Prevention
Police chiefs, public health directors and researchers are establishing innovative public health/public safety collaborations to fight crime.
Through Their Eyes: How Prisoners Make Sense of Their Incarceration
The penal consciousness framework offers a new way to understand the experiences of punishment.
Perceptions of Treatment by Police: Impacts of Personal Interactions and the Media
Evaluating the Use of GPS Technology in the Community
National Study of Prison Closings
From Youth Justice Involvement to Young Adult Offending
Prison Rape Elimination Act
Solving Cold Cases with DNA: The Boston Strangler Case
NIJ funding helped the Boston Police Department solve a rape and murder case almost 50 years after the crime.