Alaska Natives
Director's Message: Violence Against American Indians and Alaska Natives
Violence against American Indians and Alaska Natives is more common than violence against others — far more common than previous research has indicated. One of NIJ’s core missions is understanding and preventing violence using scientific methods that help policymakers and practitioners understand the full nature and extent of the problem. I am very proud of a study...
The Enhancement of the Native American CODIS STR Database for Use in Forensic Casework
Date Published
July 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Solving the Missing Indigenous Person Data Crisis: NamUs 2.0
Date Published
July 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
An Innovative Response to an Intractable Problem -- Using Village Public Safety Officers To Enhance the Criminal Justice Response to Violence Committed Against Alaska Native and American Indian Women in Alaska's Tribal Communities
Date Published
June 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative: Awards Made in Fiscal Year 2017
Date Published
February 2018
Publication Type
Statistics,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ
Introducing Native American STEM Students to the World of Criminal Justice Research
Date Published
November 19, 2017
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men
October 2016
This video describes the findings of a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) supported study on the prevalence of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men. Specifically, the study provides estimates of sexual violence, physical violence by intimate partners, stalking, and psychological aggression by intimate partners over the lifetime of American Indian and Alaska Native women and men as well as victimization estimates over of the past year (based on 2010 data).
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Sex Trafficking in Indian Country: Community-Based Participatory Needs Assessments with AI/AN Communities
2016-VT-BX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$275,580
Effective Methods To Assess Exposure To Violence And Victimization Among American Indian And Alaska Native Youth: Phases 3 and 4
2014-MU-MU-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$367,798
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Seminar
Registration Status
Not Required
Series
Documentation for Analysis of Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men - 2010 Findings From the National Intimate Partner And Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) by the National Institute of Justice
Date Published
November 2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Five Things About Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Men and Women
Date Published
May 2023
Publication Type
Statistics,
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: Findings from a National Survey
June 2016
Series
This seminar provides the first set of estimates from a national large-scale survey of violence against women and men who identified themselves as American Indian or Alaska Native using detailed behaviorally specific questions on psychological aggression, coercive control and entrapment, physical violence, stalking, and sexual violence. These results are expected to raise awareness and understanding of violence experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native people.
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Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2010 Findings From the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
Date Published
May 2016
Series
Publication Type
Survey,
Statistics,
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ
Effective Methods to Assess Exposure to Violence and Victimization Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Phase II
2014-MU-MU-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$536,941
Supplement to NIJ's Violence Against Indian Women (VAIW) Visiting Executive Research Fellowship: NIJ Cooperative Agreement # 2012-PJ-BX-K001
2012-PJ-BX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$65,268
Effective Methods to Assess Exposure to Violence and Victimization Among American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth
2014-MU-MU-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$421,104
Native American Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship
2013-PJ-BX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$95,690
Turnover Among Alaska Village Public Safety Officers: An Examination of the Factors Associated With Attrition
Date Published
March 2000
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored