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Connecting the Dots: Identifying Suspected Serial Sexual Offenders Through Forensic DNA Evidence.

Journal

Psychology of Violence

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

They said they were going to help us get through this...: documenting interactions between police and commercially sexually exploited youth

Journal

Journal of Crime & Justice

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Webinar Transcript

Challenge has closed

Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry. Winners will be notified by August 16, 2021,  and posted online.

Winners are to submit paper outlining the variables that were tested, indicating which were of statistical significance and which were not, by September 17, 2021.

Review the Challenge.

DARYL FOX: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to today's webinar. NIJ's Recidivism Forecasting Challenge, hosted...

Promising Practices from Victims Services Providers' COVID-19 Response: Protecting Victims and Those Who Serve Them

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Promising Practices from Community Corrections Organizations' COVID-19 Response: Ensuring Safety During Community Supervision

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Promising Practices from the Institutional Corrections System's COVID-19 Response: Managing Safety and Security on the Inside

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Promising Practices from Law Enforcement's COVID-19 Response: Protecting the Public

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The U.S. Criminal Justice System in the Pandemic Era and Beyond: Taking Stock of Efforts to Maintain Safety and Justice Through the COVID-19 Pandemic and Prepare for Future Challenges

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Drug-Impaired Driving: NIJ-Sponsored Panel Points to Priority Needs for Addressing Complex Enforcement Challenges

Date Published

April 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Responding to Sexual Assault Victims of Color

Event Dates

November 29, 2018

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Improving Sexual Assault Response within Special Populations Webinar Series

Recidivism Forecasting Challenge

Learn about the winners and challenge results -

• A Synthesis of the 2021 NIJ Forecasting Challenge Winning Reports: published in January 2024, this paper aims to add to the knowledge of risk assessment creation by synthesizing the 25 winning, nonstudent papers.
• NIJ 2021 Forecasting Challenge: Filtering Winners by Year, Variables, and Methods: a dashboard below allows you to filter down the winning submissions...

Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool

GS-00F-219CA DJO-NIJ-16-G-0127 FSA2

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$48,100

Instilling a Culture of Continuous Learning from Criminal Justice Systems Errors: A Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review Process in Philadelphia

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Law Enforcement: An Overview of Artificial Intelligence Applications and Considerations for State and Local Law Enforcement

Date Published

August 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Artificial Intelligence in the Criminal Justice System: Demystifying Artificial Intelligence, its Applications, and Potential Risks

Date Published

August 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Improving Evidence Management: Best Practices for Handling, Preservation, Retention, and Tracking

DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0175-1

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$207,700

Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 1

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Chemical Foundations of a Cannabis Breathalyzer

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0008

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$481,103

Expanding Social Science Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System

Event Dates

November 10, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Body mass estimation using bone micro- and macro-structure: a practical approach using CT imaging and computer analysis

2020-R2-CX-0048

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$683,542

Evaluation of Digital Evidence Processing Efficiencies in Publicly Funded Crime Laboratories

2020-DQ-BX-0016

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$348,052

A Black Box Study of the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Tire Evidence Examiners' Conclusions

2020-DQ-BX-0026

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$720,610

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

An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation

2020-DQ-BX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$205,963

Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2

Event Dates

November 18, 2020, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required