Law enforcement
Officer Safety Corner: Body Armor Designed to Safeguard Officers' Lives
NIJ, UC Berkeley, and IntegenX-Bringing Short Tandem Repeat (STR) DNA Identification to Law Enforcement
Body Worn Cameras: Research Underway at NIJ
Body worn camera technology has been at the forefront of the national discussion on policing. NIJ Director Nancy Rodriguez discusses how there is currently little science-based guidance to help for law enforcement officials decide whether and how to use body worn cameras in their jurisdictions. Rodriguez highlights how NIJ is supporting research, including projects in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, to evaluate the use and impact of body worn cameras.
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Research on Illegal Prescription Drug Market Interventions
Toward a Profession of Police Leadership
Digital Evidence and the U.S. Criminal Justice System - Identifying Technology and Other Needs to More Effectively Acquire and Utilize Digital Evidence
Evaluation of the Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Program
Evaluation of the Shreveport Predictive Policing Experiment, Final Report
Accessing the Probative Value of Physical Evidence at Crime Scenes With Ambient Mass Spectrometry and Portable Instrumentation
2009 Evaluation of Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement (EIP) Program
TECHBeat, May/June 2015
Race and Policing: An Agenda for Action
Final Report to NIJ: American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) Data Collection on Forensic Service Providers
Helping At-Risk Youth Say "No" to Gangs
An NIJ-funded evaluation finds that a revised curriculum and greater attention to teacher training have resulted in an improved program for preventing gang membership and delinquency.