Body armor
NIJ Body Armor Poster
New Standards Help Protect Jail Officers From Stabbings
Testing, Testing
NIJ Body Armor Follow-Up Inspection and Testing Program
Riot Helmets and Face Shields - NIJ Standard 0104.02
Surviving a Shooting; Your Guide to Personal Body Armor (Video)
Shock Absorbers
Technology '70s Style: NIJ in the Forefront of Body Armor Research and Development
Body Armor on Board
NIJ Sets Standards with Office of Law Enforcement Standards
You Just Can't Throw it Away
National Institute of Justice: Strengthening Science and Advancing Justice
National Institute of Justice: Strengthening Science and Advancing Justice
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Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium
The Next Revision of the NIJ Performance Standard for Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor
Ballistic Body Armor: A Closer Look at the Follow-Up Inspection and Testing Program
NIJ Journal Issue No. 280
Legitimacy and Community Cooperation With Law Enforcement
Tom R. Tyler, chair of the New York University psychology department, describes research on profiling and community policing. His research found that citizens of all races show greater respect for law enforcement when they believe officers are treating them fairly. Even citizens who experienced a negative outcome getting a traffic ticket, for example showed higher levels of respect for and cooperation with law enforcement as long as they believed they were not being singled out unfairly.
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The Evaluation of NIJ by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences: NIJ's Response
The National Academies conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the National Institute of Justice. This panel provides an overview of the evaluation and NIJ's response to it. NIJ has accepted many of the recommendations in the NRC report, and you will learn what the agency is doing to implement them. A few of the recommendations were challenging and created considerable debate within NIJ. Plans to address these thorny issues also are discussed.