Assessing Implementation and Effects Associated with a Comprehensive Framework Designed to Reduce School Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Capacity enhancement
Implementing NAGPRA Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners
December 2021
This project is designed to connect tribal partners to ME/C offices to facilitate successful disposition protocols for non-forensically significant Native American remains that are compliant with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA).
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Formative Evaluation of a Medical-Legal Partnership on the Westside of Chicago
Date Published
September 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Addressing Violence towards Youth and Young Adults in Indigenous Communities
15PNIJ-21-GG-02808-RESS
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2021
$150,000
CSSI Comprehensive School Safety Projects - Breakout Session, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety
February 2021
On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. This video includes the following presentations:
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Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2021
Closing Date
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications to fund new tribal-researcher capacity-building planning grants involving scientists working with tribal nations and organizations to develop tangible and mutually beneficial criminal or juvenile justice research studies that are rigorous and culturally appropriate. Research proposals must be tribally driven and address the challenges of fighting crime and strengthening justice systems in Indian country and Alaska Native villages.
Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories
2013-DNR-5042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$492,500
Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories
2013-DNR-5042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$344,000
Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories
2013-DNR-5042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$625,000
Interagency Collaboration to Support Forensic Science Research
2014-DNR-4918
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$1,000,000
Expanding Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System
December 2020
In 2004, the National Institute of Justice created the social science research on forensic sciences (SSRFS) research program to explore the impact of forensic sciences on the criminal justice system and the administration of justice. Much of the early research from the SSRFS program focused on DNA processing and the use of DNA in investigations and prosecutions.
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2020 OVK Tribal-Research Capacity Building Grant
2020-R2-CX-0039
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$99,637
Comprehensive Assessment of Novel Reference Materials and Analytical Methods for the Analysis and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues
2020-DQ-BX-0010
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2020
$476,517
Community Justice and a Vision of Collective Efficacy: The Case of Restorative Conferencing
Date Published
2000
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
What Can We Learn From Public Health? - An Example of Sharing Law Enforcement Spatial Data With Community Partners
Date Published
August 2012
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ,
COPS
Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2020
Closing Date
NIJ actively supports research that involves federally recognized tribes (or tribally-based organizations) on issues of crime and justice in the United States. In doing so, NIJ is committed to ethical and engaged efforts in line with responsible research conduct and federal trust responsibilities. This solicitation seeks applications for funding for planning grants to develop new and innovative criminal and juvenile justice research or evaluation projects...
Just Science: Just So You Know: AAFS Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
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
Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners
2019-75-CX-0015
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$114,540
Tribal Justice, Tribal Court: Strengthening Tribal Justice Systems Using Restorative Approaches
2019-75-CX-0013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$99,969
Strengthening Our Nation's Crime Laboratories
April 2018
As technology improves, demand for analysis of DNA and other forensic evidence to help solve crimes grows. This video describes some of the challenges crime laboratories face in meeting this demand and how National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funding has strengthened crime labs and encouraged innovation in forensic techniques.
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The Evaluation of NIJ by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences: NIJ's Response
June 2011
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.
Director’s Corner: Improved Officer Safety in 2017 — and Beyond
American law enforcement officers put their lives on the line to keep their communities safe, and sometimes they pay the ultimate price. Every year, officers are killed in the line of duty. 2017 saw a decrease of more than 10 percent in line-of-duty deaths, from 143 in 2016 to 128 last year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Although the year-to-year...