Strengthening Policing Science at the National Institute of Justice

• NCJ Number: 250145
• Journal: Police Chief Volume: 83 Dated: August 2016 Pages: 18-19
• Author(s): Nancy Rodriguez
• Date Published: August 2016
• Length: 2 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2010-IJ-CX-0025; 2011-IJ-CX-0007; 2013-IJ-CX-0018; 2010-IJ-CX-0026; 2007-IJ-CX-0023; 2010-IJ-CX-K008; 2012-IJ-CX-0009; 2005-FS-BX-0057; 2015-IJ-CX-K005; 2013-IJ-CX-0017; 2008-DN-BX-0001
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Technical Assistance; Research (Applied/Empirical); Report (Technical Assistance); Report (Grant Sponsored); Program/Project Description; Legislation/Policy Description
• Award: Can a Vitual Reality Social Network, Such as Seceond Life, Provide Realistic Training?; Early Intervention Systems: The State of the Art; Detection of Crime, Resource Deployment,and Predictors of Success: A Proposed Multi-Level Analysis of CCTV inNewark, NJ.; Promoting Officer Integrity Through Early Engagements and Procedural Justice; Assessing the Effects of Hot Spots Policing Strategies on Police Legitimacy, Fear of Crime, and Willingness to Participate in Building Collective Efficacy; A Randomized Experiment of License Plate Recognition Technology in Mesa, AZ; Street Stops and Police Legitimacy: Accountability and Legal Socialization in Everyday Policing of Young Adults; Evaluating the Crime Control and Cost-Benefit Effectiveness of License Plate Recognition (LPR) Technology in Patrol and Investigations; Valuating Law Enforcement Data in the 21st Century: An Adaptive Mixed Methods Approach; The Costs and Benefits of the DNA Field Experiment; The Impact of Law Enforcement Shift Practices and Extra-Duty Employment on Various Health, Safety, Performance, and Quality of Life Measures

Annotation

The director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) reviews NIJ's promotion and funding of police research, including examples of NIJ's key investments in each of the six "pillars" of the recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.

Abstract

NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Justice Department. NIJ has a long history of supporting high-quality, high-impact research in policing. NIJ's investments in policing are made under the principle that the successful implementation of evidence-based policing tactics and operations depends on the development of rigorous, tested evidence that meets law enforcement's needs and challenges. NIJ supports research that examines how community- and problem-oriented policing strategies can be used to assist communities in addressing crime and disorder issues and in improving relationships between police and the communities they serve. Most recently, NIJ published the first body-worn camera market survey and implementation guide, and is currently funding evaluations of this technology. NIJ is guided in its investments by the recommendations (six "pillars") of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing. The current report provides a few examples of NIJ's key investments under the following six pillars of the task force: building trust and legitimacy; policy and oversight; technology and social media; advancing policing; community policing and crime reduction; training and education; and officer wellness and safety.