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Attitudes of Reporting Officers Extracted From Incident Reports Can Affect Rape Case Outcomes

Date Published

March 1, 2024

Social scientists and data scientists use a powerful machine learning algorithm to conduct a novel criminal justice process study.

What’s Known and Unknown About Marijuana (Part Two)

Date Published

February 2024

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation of Policing Practices

Closing Date

June 3, 2024

Grants.gov Deadline

May 23, 2024

Application JustGrants Deadline

June 3, 2024

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks rigorous, applied evaluative research on: (1) police training; (2) police accountability policies and practices; (3) investigative practices to enhance clearance rates; and (4) police officer health and wellness programs.

Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids

Date Published

2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Advances in Detecting and Identifying Explosives After an Attack

Enhancing Response to Victims: A Formative Evaluation of OVC’s Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services (LEV) Program

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Investigating Root Causes of School Violence: A Case-Control Study of School Violence Offenders, Non-School Youth Violence Offenders, and Non-Offending Youths

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Policies and practices in cold cases: an exploratory study

Date Published

2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

New Forensic Methods to Accurately Determine THC in Seized Cannabis

Date Published

February 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Research Project

Date Published

2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

DNA 101

Event Dates

August 9, 2023

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Technological Solutions for Rural Medical Examiner Facilities

Event Dates

August 8, 2023

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Discovery, Disclosure and Ethical Considerations

Event Dates

August 9, 2023

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Money Laundering, Firearms, and Human Trafficking

Closing Date

May 15, 2024

Grants.gov Deadline

May 1, 2024

Application JustGrants Deadline

May 15, 2024

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding rigorous applied research on drugs and crime to inform the development of evidence-based tools, practices, and policies for state, tribal, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies that address drug trafficking, drug markets, and drug-related violence. The goals of this solicitation are to better understand drug crime organizations and networks and to develop effective approaches...

Investigative Decision-making in Public Corruption Cases: Factors Influencing Case Outcomes

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Examining Officer Support for and Perceived Effects of Police Consolidation

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Survey, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Victim Cooperation in Intimate Partner Sexual Assault Cases: A Mixed Methods Examination

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Balancing the Utility and Legality of Implementing Portable Mass Spectrometers Coupled With Ambient Ionization in Routine Law Enforcement Activities

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Effectiveness of License Plate Readers for Patrol and Investigations

Date Published

September 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Rapid Diffusion of License Plate Readers in US Law Enforcement Agencies

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Survey, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

INSiGHT: A System To Detect Violent Extremist Radicalization Trajectories in Dynamic Graphs

Date Published

November 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Preservation of Hair Stable Isotope Signatures During Freezing and Law Enforcement Evidence Packaging

Date Published

December 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic Medical Results and Law Enforcement Actions Following Sexual Assault: A Comparison of Child, Adolescent and Adult Cases

Date Published

July 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Validating the National Violent Death Reporting System as a Source of Data on Fatal Shootings of Civilians by Law Enforcement Officers

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Efficacy of DNA Mixture to Mixture Matching

Date Published

July 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored