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NIJ FY 13 Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstrative Initiative

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Note: On Page 5 of this solicitation, under the "Amount and Length of Awards" section, the award amount has been changed from $1 million to $1.9 million. NIJ seeks proposals to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of the Office on Violence Against Women’s (OVW) Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative. Proposals submitted under this solicitation should:Detail research options for conducting both a process and outcome...

NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making

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NIJ seeks proposals for funding for research related to adult offender decision-making with respect to crime. NIJ is particularly interested in research to extend the rational choice models or expand into other theories and models (e.g., behavioral economics, business models, or cognitive models) in order to advance our understanding of adult offenders’ decision-making process. Proposed research also should consider issues such as social context, emotions...

NIJ FY 13 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Parterships

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NIJ seeks proposals for criminal justice research and evaluation that include a researcher-practitioner partnership component. Within the context of the proposed research or evaluation project, the partnerships can be new or ongoing. Results from these projects should lead to better criminal justice policy, practice, and research, including for the participating practitioner partner. NIJ intends to support criminal justice research in two areas related to new...

NIJ FY 13 Desistance From Crime Over the Life Course

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NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research that enhances knowledge of the process of desistance from crime. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals for bold, innovative approaches to enhancing understanding of the processes underlying desistance from crime.