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Hate Crime Research Portfolio

NIJ’s Hate Crime Research Portfolio aims to inform efforts to prevent hate crimes, improve their identification and response, and enhance outcomes for victims.

Portfolio Description

Hate crimes are criminal offenses motivated in part or entirely by prejudice or bias against a defined group of people with specific characteristics. [1] Hate crimes — as widely codified in state and federal laws — are recognized as a...

The Effect of Bias Victimization on Mental Health Outcomes among a Sample of Latinx Adults

Journal

Journal of Correctional Health Care

Date Published

May 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Unveiling the Nexus: How Bias Victimization Experiences among Latinx Communities Impact Political Engagement

Journal

Social Science Quarterly

Date Published

August 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Structuring Justice: How Prosecutorial Offices Handle Hate Crime Detection and Prosecution

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

September 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Visualization of partial bloody fingerprints on nonporous substrates using columnar thin films

Journal

Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal

Date Published

2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

SNPs for Individual Identification

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Incapacitated, Forcible, and Drug/Alcohol-Facilitated Rape in Relation to Binge Drinking, Marijuana Use, and Illicit Drug Use: A National Survey

Journal

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Date Published

February 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Identification of smartphone-image source and manipulation

Journal

Advanced Research in Applied Artificial Intelligence

Date Published

2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A gonosomal marker multiplex to aid in mixture interpretation

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forcible, Drug-Facilitated, and Incapacitated Rape in Relation to Substance Use Problems: Results from a National Sample of College Women

Journal

Addictive Behaviors

Date Published

May 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An efficient clustering-based retrieval framework for real crime scene footwear marks

Journal

International Journal of Granular Computing Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems

Date Published

2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Application of the scientific method to skeletal biology

Date Published

2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Longitudinal Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors of Bias-Based Bullying Victimization Among Adolescents

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

February 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Constructing Hate Crimes: Does Respondent's Racial/Ethnic Identity Matter?

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

November 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

BIAS-MOTIVATED CRIMES: THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE

Date Published

1993

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding and Evaluating Police Bias Crime Unit Practice and Impact

15PNIJ-24-GG-01913-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$908,415

The Consequences and Impacts of Hate Crime and Post-Victimization Experiences: The Longitudinal Hate Crime Victimization Survey (LHCVS)

15PNIJ-24-GG-01917-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$942,512

Spatial analysis of social vulnerability and crime disparities through interpretable machine learning

15PNIJ-24-GG-01573-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$180,000

Understanding the Potential for Multidisciplinary Threat Assessment and Management Teams to Prevent Terrorism: Conducting a Formative Evaluation of the MassBay Threat Assessment Team, Executive Summary

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Multidisciplinary Threat Assessment and Management Teams in Practice: Common Elements and Operations of Community Based MTAMTs

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HATE CRIMES IN THE US: A FACTORIAL SURVEY EXPERIMENT

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluating and Assessing Terrorism Prevention Programs: What Research Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice Tells Us

Date Published

April 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Higher Bar: Institutional Impediments to Hate Crime Prosecution

Journal

Law & Society

Date Published

December 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Webinar Transcript: NIJ FY 2024 Research and Evaluation on School Safety

Deadline Notice

The deadline to complete and submit an application for the solicitation discussed below has passed.

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:

1. Studies on the root causes and consequences of school...

Research and Practitioner Perspectives on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremists

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

April 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)