Cases Associated with Violence in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs): The Examination of Circumstances & Characteristics Project
Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
American Indians
Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Jurisdictions (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Includes data on the number of law enforcement agencies and officers; characteristics of tribal courts and their caseloads; types of available criminal sanctions; and criminal justice statistics data collection and sharing capacity. The census collected data from nearly 350 tribes in the continental U.S. and is the first comprehensive effort to identify the range of justice agencies operating in tribal jurisdictions, the services those agencies...
Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Reporting and Investigating Missing Persons: A Background Paper On How To Frame The Issue
Date Published
August 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021
Closing Date
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to support the development of objective and independent knowledge and validated tools to reduce violence against women (VAW) (including violence against elderly women and American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls), promote justice for victims of crime, and enhance criminal justice responses. For that reason, this solicitation seeks applications for grant funding...
Oklahoma Methamphetamine Data Initiative
2020-R2-CX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$587,219
OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2018
Date Published
August 2018
Series
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Description,
Newsletter,
Instructional Material
Agencies
OJJDP
Violence Against American Indian Women and the Services-Training-Officers-Prosecutors Violence Against Indian Women (STOP VAIW) Program
Date Published
February 2006
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Genetic Analysis of the Yavapai Native Americans From West-Central Arizona Using the Illumina MiSeq FGx (TM) Forensic Genomics System
Date Published
September 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Genetic Structure Among 38 Populations From the United States Based on 11 U.S. Core Y Chromosome STRs
Date Published
May 2006
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Interviews with NIJ’s American Indian and Alaska Native Travel Scholars
April 2020
NIJ’s American Indian and Alaska Native Travel Scholarship Program Scholars discuss:
- Why they applied to the program.
- Which conference they chose to attend and why.
- Why representation of American Indian and Alaska Native is important in the field of criminal justice.
- What conference sessions they chose to attend and which they found most interesting.
- How they want to contribute to the fields of tribal and criminal justice.
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Providing Forensic Healthcare and Support to Native Communities
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020
Closing Date
NIJ strives to support objective and independent knowledge and validated tools to reduce violence against women (VAW) (including violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls), promote justice for victims of crime, and enhance criminal justice responses. For that reason, this solicitation seeks applications for grant funding to conduct research and evaluation projects examining a broad range of topics including the crimes of...
American Indian & Alaska Native Student Travel Scholarship: Connecting Science to Crime and Justice, Academic Year 2021-2022
Closing Date
To enhance diversity in the field of criminal justice, NIJ will support 15 American Indian and Alaska Native students to attend criminal justice-related conferences. Students will explore how their educational backgrounds apply to issues of crime and justice. They will meet researchers and practitioners engaged in similar work. Conferences will expose students to innovative and evidence-based scientific and technological solutions to justice issues.
A Descriptive Analysis of Missing and Murdered Native Women and Children in Nebraska, Barriers to Reporting and Investigation, and Recommendations for Improving Access to Justice
2019-75-CX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$169,264
NIJ Journal Issue No. 246
Date Published
January 2001
Series
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men - 2010 Findings From the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
Date Published
June 2016
Publication Type
Survey,
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Presentation (Multimedia),
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men (Video)
Date Published
October 2016
Publication Type
Statistics,
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ
Juvenile Arrests, 2017
Date Published
August 2019
Series
Publication Type
Statistics,
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ,
OJJDP
Tribal Crime and Justice: Public Law 280
Date Published
May 19, 2008
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