Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
How Can We Prevent Girls From Joining Gangs?
Changing Course: Preventing Youth From Joining Gangs
Gun Violence Prevention Strategy: Focused Deterrence
Targeting High-Risk Areas and Offenders
Using Trace Data to Police Illicitly Obtained Firearms
The Economist's Guide to Crime Busting
The old divide between hard and soft strategies is breaking down under a wave of new thinking about how to control crime.
Preventing Children's Exposure to Violence: The Defending Childhood Initiative
An NIJ-funded evaluation takes a close look at communities developing strategies to address childhood exposure to violence.
Anti-Gang Strategies
Domestic Violence Courts: Batterer Programs, Monitoring, and Assessments
In Brief: Hawaii HOPE
Preventing, Preparing for Critical Incidents in Schools
Preventing Future Crime With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
One form of psychotherapy stands out in the criminal justice system.
Evaluating Gun Violence as an Illicit Supply-and-Demand Marketplace
Research in Practice: When a Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Works
Sidebar to the article Perspectives on Civil Protective Orders in Domestic Violence Cases: The Rural and Urban Divide
Gun Violence Prevention Strategies: Action Research
Who Are the Violence Interrupters?
A unique approach in the criminal justice field
CeaseFire: A Public Health Approach to Reduce Shootings and Killings
Strategies that address serious health threats can also reduce violent crime.
Prostitution: Pathways, Problems and Prevention
What is Neighborhood Watch?
NIJ Journal Issue 263, June 2009
Research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
Illegal Gun Markets
Strategies for Disrupting Illegal Firearms Markets: A Case Study of Los Angeles