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Fiscal Year 2015 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Evaluation, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

Progress on Testing Sexual Assault Kits

September 2016

Members from the Nevada Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Working Group describe the importance of using a multidisciplinary, victim-centered approach in addressing complex issues that arise while responding to sexual assault. The team also describes the importance of utilizing available resources, including research and federal support from the National Institute of Justice, in making progress towards processing untested sexual assault kits.

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Fiscal Year 2014 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities

Date Published

December 2015

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

Developing additional tools, features, and documentation to facilitate practioner adoption

2012-IJ-CX-0039

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$105,000

A Conversation With Natasha Alexenko, Founder of Natasha's Justice Project

September 2016

Natasha Alexenko tells her story as a sexual assault survivor and advocate. Building from her presentation at the National Sexual Assault Policy Symposium in September 2016, she also speaks about the need for a multidisciplinary approach to improve sexual assault response and highlights NIJ’s role in supporting these efforts.

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Safety, Health, and Wellness Strategic Research Plan - 2016-2021

Date Published

August 2016

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Policy

Agencies

NIJ

TECHBeat, July-August 2016

Date Published

August 2016

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Pathways to Violent Extremism - Interview With John Horgan

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview, Interview

Agencies

NIJ

Using Research-Based Evidence in Your Jurisdiction - Interview With Hank Stawinski

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview, Interview

Agencies

NIJ

Using Technology to Work Smarter, Faster and Cheaper - Interview With Jim Bueermann

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ

Using Research-Based Evidence in Your Jurisdiction

August 2016

Hank Stawinski, Chief at Prince George’s County Police Department, discusses how research can help law enforcement solve crime through evidence-based decision making and how partnerships between researchers and law enforcement can lead to innovative solutions. Learn more about researcher practitioner partnerships.

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Pathways to Violent Extremism

August 2016

John Horgan, Professor at Georgia State University, discusses the types and ideologies of lone-actor terrorists and how the bystander effect creates challenges to preventing and intervening on possible domestic radicalization situations early.

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Using Technology to Work Smarter, Faster and Cheaper

August 2016

Jim Bueerman, President of the Police Foundation, discusses how law enforcement can use technology in their work and how NIJ research helps law enforcement make better decisions about the consequences and impact of new technology.

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Understanding NIJ 0101.06 Armor Protection Levels

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Standard, Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Reference Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Strengthening Policing Science at the National Institute of Justice

Date Published

August 2016

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Law Enforcement Perspectives on Sex Offender Registration and Notification: Supplemental Report on Open-Ended Responses on Policy Recommendations

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Survey, Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Radicalization and Violent Extremism - Lessons Learned From Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. Meeting Summary, July 28-30, 2015

Date Published

July 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Issue Overview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Genomic Tools To Reduce Error in PMI Estimates Derived From Entomological Evidence

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Trends in Shift Length: Results of a Random National Survey of Police Agencies

Date Published

December 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic Science Research and Evaluation Workshop - A Discussion on the Fundamentals of Research Design and an Evaluation of Available Literature

Date Published

May 2015

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

Furthering Understanding of Forensic Units: A Detailed Examination of Louisville Metro Police Dept.'s CSU

2016-R2-CX-0006

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$32,000

TECHBeat, June 2016

Date Published

June 2016

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description, Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Point process modeling with spatiotemporal covariates for predicting crime

2016-R2-CX-0021

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$49,548

The NIJ/IACP Partnership

Date Published

January 2016

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Presentation (Multimedia), Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program

Date Published

January 2016

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Presentation (Multimedia), Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ