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May 13, 2025: Removal of Ballistic Resistant Body Armor Models from Compliant Testing List and Program
The NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP) is taking action to remove armor models, listees, and individuals from further participation in the program in response to federal criminal enforcement actions. Read the full announcement. 

Addenda to the Standard - Updated December 1, 2025

NIJ has released three addenda...

Mechanisms of recruitment into sex trafficking operations: a systematic review

Journal

Global Crime

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Using machine learning to assess rape reports: "Signaling" words about victims' credibility that predict investigative and prosecutorial outcomes

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

September 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Using machine learning to assess rape reports: Sentiment analysis detection of officers' "signaling" about victims' credibility

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Geography of poly-substance drug mortality

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

New High Potency Synthetic Opioid N-Pyrrolidino Etonitazene (Etonitazepyne) Linked to Overdoses Across United States

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Singletons for Simpletons Revisiting Windowed Backoff with Chernoff Bounds

Journal

Theoretical Computer Science

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Associations between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Objectively and Subjectively Measured Sleep among Police Officers

Journal

Journal of Sleep Research

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Racial Disparities in the Wake of Cannabis Legalization: Documenting Persistence and Change

Journal

Race and Justice

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Neighborhood matters: the impact of community context on the cumulative case processing of firearm offenses

Journal

Journal of Crime & Justice

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

From School Halls to Shopping Malls: Multilevel Predictors of Police Contact In and Out of School

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Disentangled Dynamic Heterogeneous Graph Learning for Opioid Overdose Prediction

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Minority Victim Neglect and the Case Processing of Firearm Crimes

Journal

Victims & Offenders

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding Forensic Intelligence: The NIJ Framework

A national study of the availability of law enforcement agency wellness programming for officers: A latent class analysis

Journal

International Journal of Police Science & Management

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Rural decline and policing of cannabis legalisation in Washington

Journal

Policing & Society

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Detectives’ Descriptions of Their Responses to Sexual Assault Cases and Victims: Assessing the Overlap Between Rape Myths and Focal Concerns

Journal

Police Quarterly

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Support Activities under Section 13(d) of Executive Order 14074

Closing Date

September 8, 2023

Grants.gov Deadline

September 1, 2023

Application JustGrants Deadline

September 8, 2023

Exploring Officer Patrol Behaviors Using Automated Vehicle Locator and Body-Worn Camera Data in Kansas City, Missouri

15PNIJ-23-GG-05490-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$862,804

Exploring the Impact of Station Dog Programs on Agency Wellness and Community Relationships

15PNIJ-23-GG-05501-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$648,166

Can Law Enforcement Training Address Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality? An Experimental Evaluation of Effective Youth Interactions

15PNIJ-23-GG-05491-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$999,996

A longitudinal cohort mixed methods study of the impact of mental health on retention and turnover among early career police officers in South Carolina

15PNIJ-23-GG-05499-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$1,000,000

A Process, Adaptation, and Outcome Evaluation of San Gabriel Valley Crisis Assistance Response & Engagement (SGV CARE)

15PNIJ-23-GG-05494-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$573,536

A randomized controlled trial of Co-response for Mental Health Calls for Service to the Police in Fort Collins, CO

15PNIJ-23-GG-05502-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$649,464

Police Supervision Redux: Examining Police Supervision in the 21st Century

15PNIJ-23-GG-05488-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$1,000,000