National Institute of Justice Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report
Date Published
January 2023
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
Examining the changing dynamics of homicide in Los Angeles: 1990 - present
15PNIJ-22-GG-01422-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$877,000
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
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2022
$1,392,265
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
Multilevel Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
November 2021
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a DOJ-sponsored initiative to reduce violent crime, particularly gun crime, by fostering cooperation by criminal justice agencies and local partners to develop and implement strategic approaches.
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The Fight Against Rampant Gun Violence: Data-Driven Scientific Research Will Light the Way
Date Published
December 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
2019-75-CX-0008
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$3,000,000
Multilevel Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required
Prelude to Project Safe Neighborhoods: The Richmond, Virginia, Experience
Date Published
January 2004
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Gun Prosecution Case Screening (Case Study 1)
Date Published
May 2006
Agencies
BJA
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Eastern District of Missouri (Case Study 7)
Date Published
February 2007
Agencies
BJA
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Offender Notification Meetings (Case Study 2)
Date Published
May 2006
Agencies
BJA
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Strategic Problem-Solving Responses to Gang Crime and Gang Problems (Case Study 8)
Date Published
February 2007
Agencies
BJA
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Crime Incident Reviews (Case Study 3)
Date Published
May 2006
Agencies
BJA
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Chronic Violent Offenders Lists (Case Study 4)
Date Published
May 2006
Agencies
BJA
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions-Middle District of Alabama (Case Study 5)
Date Published
February 2007
Agencies
BJA
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Lowell, District of Massachusetts (Case Study 6)
Date Published
February 2007
Agencies
BJA
Notes From the Field: Using Evidence-Based Policing to Combat Violent Crime
Date Published
February 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material (Programmed),
Case Study
Agencies
NIJ
Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
2019-75-CX-0008
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$2,997,410
Don't Jump the Shark: Understanding Deterrence and Legitimacy in the Architecture of Law Enforcement
November 2010
Series
Deterrence theory dominates the American understanding of how to regulate criminal behavior but social psychologists' research shows that people comply for reasons that have nothing to do with fear of punishment; they have to do with values, fair procedures and how people connect with one another. Professor Meares discussed the relevance of social psychologists' emerging theory to legal theory and practice and how deterrence and emerging social psychology theories intertwine.
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Gang Membership Prevention
June 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIJ collaborated on a book that focuses on promising principles for gang membership prevention. This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the risk and protective factors that influence gang membership as well as efforts to reduce such factors. Panelists also explored the direction of gang research for the future.