Drug crime
Race and Rationality Revisited: An Empirical Examination of Differential Travel Patterns to Acquire Drugs Across Geographic Contexts
Offering Recovery Rather Than Punishment: Implementation of a Law Enforcement-led Pre-arrest Diversion-to-treatment Program for Adults with Substance Use Disorders
Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids
New Forensic Methods to Accurately Determine THC in Seized Cannabis
Fast On-site Screening of Seized Drugs by Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Tools: Identification of Fentanyl and Novel Psychoactive Substances
NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Money Laundering, Firearms, and Human Trafficking
Generating Highly Specific Spectra and Identifying Thermal Decomposition Products via Gas Chromatography / Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (GC/VUV): Application to Nitrate Ester Explosives
Drug Abuse, Treatment, and Probationer Recidivism
Coinciding crises: The effects of the police legitimacy and opioid crises on the culture of a specialized drug investigation unit
NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research
On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.
Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023
Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...
Optimizing Analytical Parameters for Detection of Chronic and Single Dose Drug Exposure in Forensic Hair Analysis
Developing a Portable and Fast Opioid Assessment Tool for Improved Field Decision-Making
Understanding the Scope and Nature of Forced Criminality in the United States
Opioid-stimulant trends in overdose toxicology by race, ethnicity, & gender: An analysis in Delaware, 2013-2019
Quantification of hordenine in a complex plant matrix by direct analysis in real time-high-resolution mass spectrometry: Application to the "plant of concern" Sceletium tortuosum
Impacts of Successive Drug Legislation Shifts: Qualitative Observations from Oregon Law Enforcement
The Intersection of Methamphetamine and Violence in the United States: A County-level Assessment of Methamphetamine Overdose Mortality and Violent Crime
Delaware Opioid Metric Intelligence Project, Final Report
Research and Development Using High-level Quantum Chemistry Calculations for the Creation of a Rapid Field Test for the Identification and Differentiation of Hemp and Marijuana
Non-contact detection of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids: Towards a generalized approach to the detection of dangerous drug clases
Origins and Development of the Policia Nacional Civil of El Salvador (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice, P 172-181, 2004, Gorazd Mesko, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-207973)
Keeping the Prison Clean: An Update on Pennsylvania's Drug Control Strategy
Modern Policing and the Control of Illegal Drugs: Testing New Strategies in Two American Cities
Learning from Doing Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program
Reauthorized in 2018, the Second Chance Act (SCA) aims to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people returning from state and federal prisons, local jails, and juvenile facilities through the provision of federal grants. During this panel, National Institute of Justice-funded researchers will detail two ongoing evaluations of the SCA grant program:
- An evaluation of the effectiveness of the SCA grant program per Title V of the First Step Act.
- A longitudinal examination of the long-term impacts of the SCA program.
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