Law enforcement
NIJ FY24 Research on Law Enforcement Responses to Opioid Overdoses
De-escalation: How Research Is Informing Training and Tactics
Exploring the Guardian Mindset as a Strategy for Improving Police-Community Relations
The Effects of Hot Spot Policing on Community Experiences and Perceptions in a Time of COVID-19 and Calls for Police Reform
Help-Seeking from websites and police in the aftermath of technology-facilitated victimization
A National Evaluation of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Training Final Report
Standards and Conformity Assessment for Criminal Justice Restraints
Restraints are critical pieces of equipment carried by law enforcement, corrections, and court officers. To help ensure that restraints meet minimal requirements, the National Institute of Justice published NIJ Standard 1001.00, Criminal Justice Restraints (pdf, 66 pages) in 2014 and Revision A in 2019 (pdf, 62 pages).[1]
Standard 1001.00 specifies the minimum requirements for form and fit, performance, testing, documentation, and labeling of...
Threat Assessment and Disparities in School Discipline
New Synthetic Opioid Protonitazene Increasing in Prevalence as “Nitazenes” Gain Traction Across the United States and Canada
The SECI model and darknet markets: Knowledge creation in criminal organizations and communities of practice
Webinar: NIJ Research Assistantship Program Informational Webinar
This recorded webinar, originally held September 28, 2023, provides information on NIJ’s Research Assistantship Program, which offers highly qualified doctoral students the opportunity to bring their expertise to NIJ to work across offices and program areas to obtain a practical and applied research experience. The program is a research focused professional development opportunity for doctoral students from all academic disciplines. NIJ...
Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor, NIJ Standard 0101.07
NIJ’s online workshop for body armor manufacturers has been postponed from its original date of March 19. The webinar will provide updates on standards and conformity assessment activities related to ballistic-resistant body armor and include opportunities to ask questions.
NIJ has released an addendum to the standard. The addendum is available in two versions...
Using machine learning to assess rape reports: “Signaling” words about victims' credibility that predict investigative and prosecutorial outcomes
New High Potency Synthetic Opioid N-Pyrrolidino Etonitazene (Etonitazepyne) Linked to Overdoses Across United States
Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Associations between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Objectively and Subjectively Measured Sleep among Police Officers
From School Halls to Shopping Malls: Multilevel Predictors of Police Contact In and Out of School
A national study of the availability of law enforcement agency wellness programming for officers: A latent class analysis
Rural decline and policing of cannabis legalisation in Washington
Detectives’ Descriptions of Their Responses to Sexual Assault Cases and Victims: Assessing the Overlap Between Rape Myths and Focal Concerns
NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Support Activities under Section 13(d) of Executive Order 14074
NIJ seeks applications for funding to study law enforcement use of probabilistic genotyping, forensic DNA phenotyping, and forensic investigative genetic genealogy technologies and law enforcement use of person-based predictive policing approaches as directed by Section 13(d) in Executive Order 14074 “Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety.” T