U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government, Department of Justice.

Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.
Description
Showing Results For:
Subtopic: Use of force

Number of Awards: 55
Total Amount Awarded: $24,337,383

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Sort descending Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI OH 2019-R2-CX-0065 $323,263 Past Project Period End Date
2006 Electronic Control Weapons Unexpected In-Custody Death Study NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations International Association of Chiefs of Police VA 2006-IJ-CX-K046 $257,638 Closed
2009 Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice and Technology - Evaluation of Low-Cost Aviation Options for Law Enforcement NIJ FY 09 Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice, and Technology Sheriffs Association of Texas TX 2009-IJ-CX-K017 $235,146 Closed
2008 Developing a Common Metric for Evaluating Police Performance in Deadly Force Situations NIJ FY 08 ORE Policing and Public Safety Interventions Washington State University Pullman WA 2008-IJ-CX-0015 $282,551 Closed
2010 Negotiated Justice: The Legal, Administrative and Policy Implications of "Pattern or Practice" Police Misconduct Reform NIJ FY 10 ORE Ph.D.Graduate Research Fellowship Program American University DC 2010-IJ-CX-0001 $25,000 Closed
2011 Less Lethal Interdisciplinary Panel NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Wayne State University MI 2011-IJ-CX-K007 $249,982 Closed
2011 Cold Case Team Project for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Jacksonville FL 2011-DN-BX-K521 $500,000 Closed
2012 Promoting Officer Integrity Through Early Engagements and Procedural Justice NIJ FY 12 Research on Policing Poice Foundation DC 2012-IJ-CX-0009 $341,469 Closed
2013 Research on the Impact of Technology on Policing Strategies NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Policing CNA Corporation VA 2013-IJ-CX-0016 $546,429 Closed
2013 LAPD''s TEAMS II: The Impact of a Police Integrity Early Intervention System NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Policing Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. MD 2013-IJ-CX-0015 $390,195 Closed
2008 Multi-jurisdictional task force comprised of all Ventura County law enforcement agencies to coordinate and conduct review of a minimum of 50 cold violent crime and homicide cases for presence of DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Ventura CA 2008-DN-BX-K311 $212,133 Closed
2013 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of National Data on Citizen Complaints about Police Use of Force NIJ FY 13 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data Seattle University WA 2013-R2-CX-0035 $36,167 Closed
2014 Testing and Evaluating Body Worn Video Technology in the Los Angeles Police Department NIJ FY 14 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes Los Angeles Police Foundation CA 2014-R2-CX-0101 $1,061,300 Closed
2009 Process Evaluation of Current Internet Child Safety Activities by ICAC Task Forces Recovery Act: Evaluation of Internet Child Safety Materials Used by ICAC Task Forces in School and Community Settings University of New Hampshire NH 2009-SN-B9-0004 $487,350 Closed
2007 Physiological Model of Excited Delirium NIJ FY 07 Less-Lethal Technologies: Invited Full Proposals Wayne State University MI 2007-IJ-CX-K003 $250,198 Closed
2006 Evaluation of Less Lethal Technologies on Police Use of Force Outcomes NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Technology Police Executive Research Forum DC 2006-IJ-CX-0028 $406,734 Closed
2006 One year continuation of "Injuries Produced by Law Enforcement Use of Less Lethal Weapons" (2004-IJ-CX-K047) to Ensure Enrollment of Target Goals and to Allow Additional Enrollment of Subjects. NIJ FY06 Less-Lethal Technology Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Wake Forest University Health Sciences NC 2004-IJ-CX-K047 $29,059 Closed
2016 An Evaluation of a Social Interaction Training Program to Reduce the Use of Force and BuildLegitimacy Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing University of South Carolina SC 2016-IJ-CX-0018 $799,454 Closed
2015 Building a Science of Adult Cranial Fracture NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-DN-BX-K013 $564,875 Closed
2015 Young Adults in Jails NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Vera Institute of Justice NY 2015-IJ-CX-0012 $500,407 Closed
2017 Improving officer decision-making: Can personality predict outcomes in use of force decisions? NIJ FY17 Research to Improve Officer Decision-making UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE NC 2017-R2-CX-0030 $432,159 Closed
2017 Officers' and Community Members' Evaluations of Police-Civilian Interactions NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Foundation CUNY o/b/o John Jay College NY 2017-IJ-CX-0013 $31,980 Closed
2009 Officer and Suspect Injuries Associated with Police Use of Force NIJ FY 09 Recovery Act: Law Enforcement Technology Research and Development Wake Forest University Health Sciences NC 2009-SQ-B9-K016 $168,448 Closed
2005 A Multi-Method Evaluation of Police Use of Force Outcomes Assessing the Outcomes of the Use of Force University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2005-IJ-CX-0056 $647,387 Closed
2005 Assessing Police Use of Force Policy and Outcomes Assessing the Outcomes of the Use of Force Michigan State University MI 2005-IJ-CX-0055 $376,255 Closed