Effects of Marijuana Legalization on Law Enforcement and Crime: Final Report
Date Published
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NIJ-Sponsored
Policing strategies
Effects of Marijuana Legalization on Law Enforcement and Crime: Executive Summary
Date Published
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evidence-Based Practices and Strategies: Risk Terrain Modeling
March 2020
Captain Baughman of the Kansas City (MO) Police Department answers the question “What is risk terrain modeling?” and explains how it differs from crime mapping, what resources his agency deploys at high risk areas, and the results he has seen form using risk terrain models.
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Reducing Traffic Fatalities – NIJ LEADS Scholar Spotlight
March 2020
Sergeant James Williams of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, and NIJ LEADS Scholar, discusses traffic fatalities, the focus of his research while participating in the NIJ LEADS program. Sergeant Williams also addresses how the LEADS Program has benefited his career growth.
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NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Scholars Program for Law Enforcement Officers, Fiscal Year 2020
Closing Date
The Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars program supports the professional development and research capacity of mid-career, sworn law enforcement officers dedicated to advancing the police profession through science.
The most critical element of this program is that LEADS participants have the option of receiving technical assistance on projects (e.g., improving data collection and analysis, integrating existing research into policies and practices, designing research projects) of their own choosing. Participants are encouraged to pursue projects that directly respond to the priority needs of their agency. While in the program (a three-year commitment) LEADS participants will have access to researchers and program staff to support these efforts.
National Institute of Justice, Annual Report 2017
Date Published
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NIJ
NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Civilians Program
New Civilian recipients selected!
The 2020 application period has closed and we have notified successful applicants. Meet the latest class.
National Institute of Justice's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Programs
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NIJ LEADS Program Increases Research Capabilities of Law Enforcement Officers
October 2019
This video, produced for IACPTV, provides an overview of the NIJ Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) program. NIJ LEADS Scholars from Dayton and Newark police departments provide an overview of the LEADS program as they describe their projects and experiences working in the program.
Hear from LEADS scholars Major Wendy Stiver, Dayton Police Department, and Captain Ivonne Roman, Newark Police Department.
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Research Will Shape the Future of Proactive Policing
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Infusing Community Policing Strategies into Hot Spots Policing Practices: The Impacts on Police-Community Relations in a Mid-Sized City
2017-R2-CX-0012
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$737,561
Using Social Network and Spatial Analysis to Understand and Address Fentanyl Distribution Networks in Americas Largest Port City
2019-R2-CX-0020
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$995,490
Police Stops, Crime Prevention, and Community Reaction: A Randomized Field Experiment at Violent Crime Hot Spots
2019-R2-CX-0025
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$787,450
Ashley Covarrubias
Title
Police Officer
Legitimacy and Community Cooperation With Law Enforcement
August 2009
Series
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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Report on Reducing Gun Violence
Date Published
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Looking at the Impact on Policing of Body Worn Cameras
January 2017
Dr. Craig Uchida, Justice & Security Strategies, Inc., discusses the importance of using research to examine the impact of body-worn cameras. He leads an NIJ-supported project to evaluate the use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement to determine if they improve police behavior and relationships with the community.
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The NIJ/IACP Partnership
January 2016
This video, featuring NIJ Director Nancy Rodriguez and Hassan Aden of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), describes the partnership between NIJ and IACP and how the two organizations are linking what we know about what works in policing to the field.
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NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program
March 2016
This video, featuring NIJ Director Nancy Rodriguez, Hassan Aden of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and two scholars from the 2014 Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) program, describes the LEADS program, how NIJ and IACP are building the next generation of law enforcement leadership, and how the program has benefited the scholars.
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