Homicide

The Impact of State Firearm Laws on Homicide Rates in Suburban and Rural Areas Compared to Large Cities in the United States, 1991-2016

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Effect of Growth in Foreign Born Population Share on County Homicide Rates: A Spatial Panel Approach

Date Published

November 2014

Publication Type

Statistics, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Cold Cases and Serial Killers (Part 1)

September 2023

Series

Justice Today Podcast

In April 2018, the Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo was arrested. NIJ support helped lead to his arrest, and in the aftermath of the arrest, NIJ Social Science Analyst Eric Martin was among those tasked with finding other cases NIJ helped law enforcement solve. Eric joins the show to talk about some of those cases, and answer some broader questions about serial killers: What is a serial killer? Are they on the rise? How do we know how many serial killers are currently active?

The Mortal Tragedy: Analyzing Body Disposal Patterns in Homicide Cases

15PNIJ-23-GG-01947-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$166,500

Multiple Imputation for Missing Values in Homicide Incident Data: An Evaluation Using Unique Test Data

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Understanding the Pathology of Homicidal Pediatric Blunt Neurotrauma through Correlation of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Images with Histopathology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety (Part 2)

July 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Stacy Lee Reynolds and Christine (Tina) Crossland continue their discussion of tribal crime, justice, and safety, including how Native American persons experience crime victimization at higher rates than non-Native people and the jurisdictional complexities in responding to tribal crime, justice, and safety. Read the transcript.

Listen to the first half of Stacy and Tina’s discussion.

Police Response to Street Gang Violence: Improving the Investigative Process, Executive Summary

Date Published

1987

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

Tale of Two Countries: International Fraud-Detection Homicide

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ

Lull Before the Storm: Adult Children Who Kill Their Parents

Date Published

2008

Publication Type

Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

Death Investigation: A Guide for the Scene Investigator

Date Published

November 1999

Series

NIJ Research Report

Publication Type

Guideline

Agencies

NIJ

Characteristics and Trends of Youth Victims of Suicide and Homicide, 2020

Date Published

April 2022

Publication Type

Data Snapshot, Statistics

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Public cooperation and the police: Do calls-for-service increase after homicides?

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ-Funded Research on Mass Shootings to Advance Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

November 2021

Mass public shootings continue to threaten communities in the United States, yet research on this criminal phenomenon is limited. In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of research projects summarizing NIJ-funded research projects’ newest findings on public mass shootings. The discussion will focus on NIJ’s investment to address the phenomenon of mass shootings through innovative study approaches to advance our understanding of mass shootings and inform prevention efforts. The implications of this research to criminal justice will also be discussed.

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NIJ-Funded Research on Firearms Violence in Urban Cities Advancing Scientific Evidence to Inform Practice

December 2021

In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of papers summarizing the newest findings of NIJ-funded research projects on criminal offenses with firearms in urban areas. Researchers used various criminological and other theories, including routine activity theory, socio-ecological and socio-environmental perspectives, and advanced mixed-study methods, including surveys and spatio-temporal designs, to produce scientific evidence to inform practice.

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