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Safeguarding Forensic Science Professionals

Date Published

November 21, 2024

The field is just beginning to acknowledge the unique need for a better scientific understanding of the impact of trauma exposure on forensic professionals.

Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation: An Evaluability Assessment of the Love 146 Survivor Care Programs

Date Published

2024

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Advancing Situational and Developmental Approaches To Prevent Sexual Violence

Date Published

October 2024

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purposes of Labor in the United States

Date Published

2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A State-wide Analysis of Characteristics and Predictors of Dual System Involvement Among Child Victims of Human Trafficking

Date Published

January 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Webinar Transcript: NIJ FY 2024 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics

Deadline Notice

The deadline to complete and submit an application for the solicitation discussed below has passed. 

This webinar will provide an overview of the NIJ FY 2024 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics solicitation. In collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, NIJ seeks applications for research and evaluation projects that inform policy and practice in the field of...

Predictors of Non-offending Caregiver Support in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse

Date Published

March 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Assessing Childrens Credibility in Courtroom Investigations of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse Suggestibility, Plausibility, and Consistency

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Psychological Counseling and Accuracy of Memory for Child Sexual Abuse

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Suppression and Memory for Childhood Traumatic Events: Trauma Symptoms and Non-Disclosure

Date Published

June 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Longitudinal Study of Disclosures and Denials

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Shedding Light on Assault

Date Published

November 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Improving Outcomes for Child Sex Trafficking Victims, Phase 2: A Rigorous Outcome Evaluation of Love146’s Long-Term Services (LTS) Program

15PNIJ-22-GG-03291-NONF

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$1,244,466

FY 2021 Report to the Committees on the Judiciary on the Study of Investigative Factors Related to Online Child Exploitation Report

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ

In Their Own Words: The Impact of Indirect Trauma Exposure on Judges Presiding Over Cases Involving Minors Involved in Sex Trafficking

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Trafficking in Persons: Summary of Focus Group Discussion

Date Published

2007

Publication Type

Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Characteristics and Trends of Youth Victims of Suicide and Homicide, 2020

Date Published

April 2022

Publication Type

Data Snapshot, Statistics

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Fourth National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART‐4) Law Enforcement Survey – Stereotypical Kidnapping (LES-SK) Technical Report

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Psychopathy and Sexual Aggression: Management Implications

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Improving the Response to Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation Materials: A Multi-Method, Multi-Informant National Study

15PNIJ-21-GG-02983-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$1,491,313

Anxious Attachment, Social Isolation, and Indicators of Sex Drive and Compulsivity: Predictors of Child Sexual Abuse Perpetration in Adolescent Males?

Date Published

March 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

False Memories and True Memories of Childhood Trauma: Balancing the Risks

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Preventing Sexual Violence: Can Examination of Offense Location Inform

Date Published

June 2011

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Trauma and Long-Term Memory for Childhood Events: Impact Matters

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Long-Term Memory in Adults Exposed to Childhood Violence: Remembering Genital Contact Nearly 20 Years Later

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored