Best practices
Director's Message: Making Progress on Understanding and Investigating Sexual Assault
While NIJ is proud of the progress we have made, we know there is still a great deal more to be done to improve sexual assault investigations, provide trauma-informed support to victims, and strengthen the efficiency of sexual assault kit testing.
–Nancy Rodriguez
Sexual assault is a traumatic crime with a wide range of impacts on both the victim and public safety. Over the last...
Stakeholder Statements Submitted in Response to NIJs First Step Act Listening Sessions
Date Published
July 2019
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Analysis
National Best Practices for Implementing and Sustaining a Cold Case Investigation Unit
Date Published
July 2019
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Reference Material,
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
First Step Act: Best Practices for Academic and Vocational Education for Offenders
Date Published
June 2019
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review,
Legislation/Policy Description,
Program/Project Evaluation
International Perspectives on Wrongful Convictions: Workshop Report, September 2010
Date Published
September 2010
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Measuring Rates of mtDNA Heteroplasmy in Different Population Groups
Date Published
September 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Evaluation
CrimeSolutions Can Be Used to Help Address Problems in Your Community
Date Published
September 2013
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-based Knowledge - NIJ Research for the Real World Seminar
Date Published
May 2010
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Presentation,
Issue Overview,
Program/Project Evaluation
What Works in Probation and Parole - Plenary Panel From the 2009 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2009
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Presentation
Crime File: What Works - Research and the Police
Date Published
1986
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Isotopic Taphonomy of Human Remains
Date Published
January 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description
Using Officer-Driven Research to Meet Policing Challenges
Date Published
October 30, 2018
Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab
2018-DU-BX-0216
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$198,000
Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices
2018-DU-BX-0226
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$171,041
Validation of Novel Statistical Approaches for the Interpretation of Trace Evidence
2018-DU-BX-0194
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$499,318
National Study of Family Treatment Court Best Practices, Outcomes, and Costs
2018-DC-BX-0056
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$856,308
DNA Analysis and the Postmortem Submersion Interval from the Microbiome of Waterlogged Skeletal Remains
2018-R2-CX-0016
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$49,981
Communications Technologies for Law Enforcement
2018-75-CX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$815,834
Notes From the Field: Learning, Intelligence Collection, and Accommodation as a Civil Disturbance Response
Date Published
August 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Notes From the Field - Prison Reform Investing in People: Improving Corrections Staff Health and Wellness
Date Published
August 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
New Perspectives in Policing: Papers from the Harvard Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety (Volume 1)
Date Published
December 2014
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview,
Collected Work
NIJ's Sentinel Events Initiative: Looking Back to Look Forward
Journal
NIJ Journal
Date Published
November 2013
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership - Executive Summary
Date Published
September 2013
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership
Date Published
September 2013
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview,
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Evaluation