International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
Examining Intersections between Law Enforcement and Victims
Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium
Electro-Muscular Disruption Technology: A Nine-Step Strategy for Successful Deployment
Resource Sampler: Officer Traffic Safety
National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan, Executive Summary
Multilevel Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a DOJ-sponsored initiative to reduce violent crime, particularly gun crime, by fostering cooperation by criminal justice agencies and local partners to develop and implement strategic approaches.
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Present but not Prevalent: Identifying the Organizational Correlates of Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in U.S. Law Enforcement
Program for Improving Relations and Promoting Healing Between Communities and Police Not Yet Ready for Outcome Evaluation
Perspectives on Research and Evidence-Based Policing: Articles From NIJs LEADS Scholars
Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium
Enhancing Response to Victims: A Formative Evaluation of OVC's Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services Program
Policy Framework Focuses on Universal Principles
Info Sharing Comes in From the Cold
Perspectives on Research and Evidence-Based Policing
Every year, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) supports 30 midcareer, research-minded law enforcement professionals to take part in professional development and travel opportunities, network, and contribute to the policing and research communities through the Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars program. The LEADS scholars are both practitioners and researchers. They work in the field while simultaneously striving to evaluate and improve the...
Advances in Investigative Techniques: Drug Monitoring Programs
Lieutenant Piotrowski, New Jersey State Police, discusses drug monitoring programs. With this program, his agency collects multiple drug-related data sets to ultimately have an impact on mitigating the impact of drugs in his community. Topics include the benefits of implementing a drug monitoring program, some of the outcomes of the program, and how federal funding can help an agency start such a program.
Lieutenant Piotrowski participated in an NIJ Day panel at the 2019 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Expo.
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Reflecting on my Time as Director So Far — And Envisioning the Future
NIJ recently celebrated a milestone birthday — 50 years of scientific efforts to advance the field of criminal justice. Now is a great time for us to look back at all that we’ve accomplished. You can read about some of our most groundbreaking research and accomplishments in the 50th Anniversary Issue of the NIJ Journal.
Given all we know, and still don’t know, about...
NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Scholars Program for Civilians
Meet the 2023 Scholars!
The 2023 scholar have been selected. Meet our latest class.
For civilian government professionals working with law enforcement, the Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars program offers a unique opportunity to partner with other LEADS Scholars in an effort to use evidence-based strategies and locally-tailored research to advance their agency’s mission.
The LEADS program grew out of a...