Gun violence

NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings

Closing Date

May 4, 2023

Grants.gov Deadline

April 20, 2023

Application JustGrants Deadline

May 4, 2023

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding of research and program evaluation projects that inform efforts to prevent and reduce intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and mass shootings in the United States in two categories: (1) research or evaluation of Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws, otherwise known as "Red Flag Laws" and (2) research on the sources of the firearm used in the commission...

National Institute of Justice Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report

Date Published

January 2023

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

Agencies

NIJ

Improving the Understanding of Mass Shooting Plots

Date Published

June 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Firearm Involvement of Parents and Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Intergenerational Study of High-Risk Youth

Date Published

July 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Fast Screening of Gunshot Residue Aims to Modernize Practice

Date Published

November 2022

Agencies

NIJ

The Safe Communities Safe Schools Model: An Assessment of Model Implementation and Outcomes

Date Published

November 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Ballistic Imaging

Date Published

2008

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of the Bronx-Osborne Gun Avoidance Program (BOGAP)

15PNIJ-22-GK-03017-CVIP

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$785,819

What works to reduce violent gun crime in focused deterrence initiatives? Estimating the effect of services and enforcement in facilitating desistence among prolific violent offenders in Tampa

15PNIJ-22-GK-01421-RESS

Declined

Funding First Awarded

2022

$1,392,265

Centering Youth Experiences to Address Community Violence: A Youth Participatory Action Research Project

15PNIJ-22-GG-01420-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$1,029,558

Examining the changing dynamics of homicide in Los Angeles: 1990 - present

15PNIJ-22-GG-01422-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$877,000

Situational Role of Firearms in Violent Encounters, Final Report

Date Published

2001

Publication Type

Research (Theoretical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Added Value Through a Partnership Model of Action Research: A Case Example From a Project Safe Neighborhoods Research Partner (From New Criminal Justice: American Communities and the Changing World of Crime Control, P 103-113, 2010, John Klofas, Natalie Kroovand Hipple, and Edmund McGarrell, eds. - See NCJ-230360)

Date Published

2010

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Case Study

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A New Vision for NIJ with Director Nancy La Vigne

September 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

NIJ Director Dr. Nancy La Vigne shares how her extensive experience in criminal justice research shapes her vision for NIJ under her tenure. Beth Pearsall, Managing Editor of the NIJ Journal, hosts the conversation.

Using Open-source Data to Better Understand and Respond to American School Shootings: Introducing and Exploring the American School Shooting Study (TASSS)

Date Published

December 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Averting Tragedy: An Exploration of Thwarted Mass Public Shootings Relative to Completed Attacks

Date Published

July 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Science of School Safety

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ

The Science of School Safety

August 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Gun violence may be the most discussed topic surrounding school safety, but it is by no means the only one. Bullying, school climate, and mental health affect students across the country, and are some of the many other issues that NIJ researches. Mary Poulin Carlton, an NIJ social science analyst, joins host Paul Haskins to discuss these and other important school safety issues.

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