Crime
Advancing Denver’s Handgun Intervention Program through Action Research
Responding to Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation Integrating Policy, Practice, and Rese
This webinar examines the problem of Intimate Partner Violence Strangulation and an innovative response policy. The presentation will include an overview of the nature and extent of strangulation, its dangers, and adverse medical consequences followed by a review of a Strangulation Ordinance in Burleson, Texas that mandates extensive training for first responders and a city-wide response protocol for strangulation detection and investigation, documentation of strangulation signs and symptoms, medical assistance, and service referrals for strangulation survivors.
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Evaluation of the Chattanooga United to Reduce Violence (CURV) Initiative
REFRAME: Research and Evaluation Framework for Reducing hArm and Measuring the Effectiveness of CVIPI Strategies
A Focused Deterrence Program for Juveniles with Firearm Offenses: a Randomized Controlled Trial and Process Evaluation
Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Victim Services
The COVID-19 pandemic had a detrimental impact on communities across the nation and significantly affected various aspects of individuals’ lives. One of the negative impacts was an increase in gender-based violence accompanied by shifting barriers to accessing services and support. Victims and victim service providers faced various challenges dealing with the increase in need for services, navigating barriers to help-seeking, and addressing logistical issues.
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Reducing Gun Violence Through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Sharing
Multi-pronged approach of data integration, collaboration, and intelligence-led policing has helped reduce gun violence in New Jersey.
NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply – Safe Transitions for Teens: Assessing the Impact of Intimate Partner Transitional Housing on Adolescent Residents Study
NIJ seeks an application for a study that will fill a gap in research on community level interventions to reduce risk and increase protective factors for intimate partner violence exposed teens.
NIJ FY24 Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism - Invited to Apply
NIJ seeks an application for funding of rigorous research targeted toward developing a better understanding of the domestic radicalization phenomenon amongst five far-right violent extremist groups and the development of an analytical framework related to risk and protective factors (and combinations thereof) to advance evidence-based strategies for effective intervention and prevention.
Closing Cases Using Gunshot Residue
Not every crime scene will have definitive evidence, such as DNA, to link an individual to a crime. In those cases, law enforcement relies on other evidence to build the burden of proof. NIJ graduate research fellow Dr. Shelby Khandasammy developed a tool to analyze organic gunshot residue and distinguish between different firearms calibers and manufacturers. She joins Marie Garcia, office director for the Office of Criminal Justice Systems at NIJ, to talk about her work and experience as a research fellow.
NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on School Safety
NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Money Laundering, Firearms, and Human Trafficking
Mass Shooting Database
NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence and Mass Shootings
NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
With this solicitation, NIJ, in collaboration with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), seeks to build upon its research and evaluation efforts to better understand, prevent, and respond to trafficking in persons in the United States. Applicants should propose research and evaluation projects that have clear implications for criminal justice policy and practice in the United States. This solicitation will seek applications for research and evaluation projects to address...