Criminal justice systems
Five Things About Women and Reentry
Five Things About Youth and Delinquency
These five findings provide insights into the nature, scope, and context of youth and delinquency.
NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program
Attitudes Toward Police and Judges of Latina Immigrants With a Justice-Involved Child: Do Documentation Status and Family Deportations Matter?
Ethical Data Sharing in Forensic Research
BetaHub Support for Practitioner-Led Randomized Controlled Trials and Related Research in Correctional Facilities and Law Enforcement Agencies
Justice Today Podcast: Closing Cases Using Gunshot Residue
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.
Lessons Learned on the Methodological Challenges in Studying Rare Violent Incidents
To increase knowledge and aid prevention efforts, the research community must develop a strategy to source, code, check, and analyze the data surrounding rare violent incidents.
The Daunting Task of Strengthening Medical Examiner and Coroner Investigations Across Hundreds of Jurisdictions
After a five-year fact-finding mission, a multi-agency working group has identified a host of problems in the U.S. medical examiner/coroner system, but solutions remain elusive.
Offering Recovery Rather Than Punishment: Implementation of a Law Enforcement-led Pre-arrest Diversion-to-treatment Program for Adults with Substance Use Disorders
Webinar Transcript: NIJ FY 2024 Research and Evaluation on School Safety
This webinar provided information on the NIJ FY 2024 Research and Evaluation on School Safety solicitation. In collaboration with BJA, this solicitation will seek applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects to fill knowledge gaps in two topical areas:
- Studies on the root causes and consequences of school...
Five Things to Know About Women and Reentry
Sentinel Event Review for Successful Transition and Reentry Together (START) Program in the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Webinar Transcript: NIJ FY 24 Research and Evaluation on the Impact of Technologies for Forensic Science Applications
This webinar provided information about the "FY 24 Research and Evaluation on the Impact of Technologies for Forensic Science Applications" solicitation. NIJ seeks applications for funding for proposals to study how adopted technologies with a forensic science application impact criminal justice systems, how the implementation of forensic laboratory...