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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.
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Subtopic: Research into Immigration and Crime

Number of Awards: 20
Total Amount Awarded: $6,415,931

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Neighborhood Crime Survey: An Examination of the Relationship Between Immigration and Victimization Research on Immigration and Crime, FY 2019 SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION CA 2019-R2-CX-0055 $1,020,679 Closed
2019 New Directions in Research on Immigration and Crime Research on Immigration and Crime, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 2019-R2-CX-0056 $713,114 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Does the Detention and Deportation of Illegal Immigrants Reduce Crime? A Nationwide Examination of the Impact of 287(g) agreements on Violent and Property Crime ROWAN UNIVERSITY NJ 2018-R2-CX-0020 $248,077 Closed
2017 Longitudinal Examination of Victimization Experiences of Latinos (LEVEL): Extending the Bias Victimization Study NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2017-VF-GX-0005 $725,999 Closed
2016 Assessing the Role of Immigration in the Linkage between School Safety, Education, and Juvenile Justice Contact Comprehensive School Safety Initiative TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY TX 2016-CK-BX-0015 $776,949 Closed
2016 Impacts of Social Proximity to Bias Crime among Compact of Free Association (COFA)-migrants in Hawaii Research on Bias Crimes University of Hawaii HI 2016-VF-GX-0002 $382,782 Closed
2016 Moving to Collective Efficacy: How Inner-City Mobility Impacts Minority and Immigrant Youth Victimization and Violence Towson University MD 2016-R2-CX-0044 $99,993 Open
2015 Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program The University of Texas at San Antonio TX 2015-R2-CX-0041 $39,823 Closed
2015 The Changing Geography of American Immigration and its Effects on Violent Victimization: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications University of Maryland MD 2012-R2-CX-4017 $63,818 Closed
2013 Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2013-ZA-BX-0008 $793,783 Closed
2012 Crime in Metropolitan America: Patterns and Trends across the SouthernCalifornia Landscape NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Metropolitan Crime The Regents of the University of California CA 2012-R2-CX-0010 $560,620 Closed
2012 Out of home placement location and juvenile delinquency: the investigation of neighborhood impact on child welfare population''s juvenile justice involvement NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana IL 2012-IJ-CX-0027 $25,000 Closed
2012 Social Bonds Across Immigration Generations and the Immigrant School Enclave Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA 2012-IJ-CX-0003 $99,122 Closed
2012 The Changing Geography of American Immigration and its Effects on Violent Victimization: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey NIJ FY 12 Violent Victimization Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2012-R2-CX-0017 $231,203 Closed
2011 An Examination of the "Marriage Effect" on Desistance from Crime among U.S. Immigrants University of Massachusetts Boston MA 2011-IJ-CX-0002 $99,149 Closed
2010 Immigrant Concentration and Homicide Mortality: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Effects of Ethnic Enclaves NIJ FY 10 ORE Ph.D.Graduate Research Fellowship Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2010-IJ-CX-0003 $25,000 Closed
2010 Organizational Efficiency and Early Disposition Programs in Federal Courts NIJ FY 10 ORE Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data The Urban Institute DC 2010-IJ-CX-0013 $37,809 Closed
2008 Crime and Victimization Among Hispanic Adolescents: A Multilevel Longitudinal Study of Acculturation and Segmented Assimilation University of Florida FL 2008-IJ-CX-0003 $74,934 Closed
2006 Border Counties Criminal Justice Cost Study NIJ FY06 ORE Continuations United States Mexico Border Counties Foundation TX 2006-DD-BX-0004 $148,084 Closed
2003 Use & Outcomes of Protection Orders by Battered Immigrant CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION Cosmos Corporation MD 2003-WG-BX-1004 $249,993 Closed