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Body Armor: Protecting Our Nation’s Officers From Ballistic Threats

Date Published

November 14, 2018

NIJ creates standards for body armor, oversees compliance testing to performance standards, and funds innovative research to help safeguard law enforcement officers.

Research, Science, and Policing

A place-based approach to address youth-police officer interactions in crime hotspots: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2018-JX-FX-0093

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2018

$999,396

Formative Evaluation of a Medical-Legal Partnership on the Westside of Chicago

2018-V3-GX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$294,839

Rigorous Evaluation of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Reform

2018-CZ-BX-0026

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2018

$985,433

Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab

2018-DU-BX-0216

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$198,000

Evaluation of Terrestrial and Aerial Remote Sensing with Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) for Forensic Crime-Scene Reconstruction

2018-R2-CX-0031

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$91,416

Assessing Perceived Effects of I-502: A Survey on Recreational Cannabis in Washington State

2018-R2-CX-0003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$32,000

Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices

2018-DU-BX-0226

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$171,041

Legal Responses to Human Trafficking:Evaluability Assessments and Future Evaluation Designs

2018-VT-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$428,073

Assessing for Impact: Key Elements to Successful Group Mentoring at the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta

2018-JU-FX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$289,512

Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago

2016-JU-FX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$749,411

Improving the Accuracy and Fairness of Pretrial Release Decisions: A Multi-Site Study of Risk Assessments Implemented in Four Counties

2018-R2-CX-0023

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$77,768

Black Box Evaluation of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Conclusions

2018-DU-BX-0214

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$1,086,976

Physics and Statistical Models for Physical Match Analysis Utilizing 3D Microscopy of Fracture Surfaces

2018-R2-CX-0034

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$681,664

Using Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling in Assessing the Impact of Police Signaling on Investigative and Prosecutorial Outcomes in Sexual Assault Reports

2018-VA-CX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$714,199

The Impact of Individualized Focused Deterrence on Criminal and Pro-Social Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Study of the St. Louis Police Partnership

2018-75-CX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$635,300

Learning from Our Casework: The Forensic Anthropology Database for Assessing Methods Accuracy (FADAMA)

2018-DU-BX-0213

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$267,117

A National Evaluation of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Training

2018-MC-FX-K007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$750,000

Novel Quantitation Workflow for Improved Drug Surveillance

2018-75-CX-0006

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$624,989

Oklahoma Multi-Site Family Drug Court Model Standards Study (OKMSS)

2018-DC-BX-0007

Open

Funding First Awarded

2018

$1,000,000

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

A Study on the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Inmate Misconduct in the Loudoun County, VA Adult Detention Center

2018-75-CX-0019

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$714,164

Development and evaluation of miRNA panels for body fluid identification using capillary electrophoresis and massively parallel sequencing methods

2016-DN-BX-0001

Open

Funding First Awarded

2018

$49,988

Leaving gangs and desisting from crime using a multidisciplinary team approach: A randomized control trial evaluation of the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver

2018-75-CX-0028

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$600,797