Officer safety
Prevalence and determinants of safety equipment use: Analysis from a national dataset of law enforcement officers in the US
The role of sleep and heart rate variability in metabolic syndrome: Evidence from the Midlife in the United States study
The Role of Coping Styles in US Law Enforcement Officer Health and Wellness
Occupational prestige and job satisfaction in high-stress public safety work
Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor, NIJ Standard-0115.00
The purpose of this standard is to establish minimum performance requirements and methods of test for the stab resistance of personal body armor intended to protect the torso against slash and stab threats. This standard is based on technical work performed by many organizations: in the United Kingdom by the Police Scientific Development Branch, and...
Stress doesn't kill us, it's our reaction: exploring the relationship between coping mechanisms and correctional officer PTSD
A national study of the availability of law enforcement agency wellness programming for officers: A latent class analysis
De-escalation Training: What Works, Implementation Lessons, and Taking It to Scale; Plenary at the 2023 NIJ Research Conference
Police use of force, while infrequently used, is a tremendous concern to public safety in the United States when officers employ it excessively or inappropriately, causing injury or death and eroding public trust in law enforcement. This plenary from the 2023 NIJ Research Conference describes the Integrating, Communications, Assessment, and Tactics (ICAT) de-escalation training program developed by the Police Executive Research Forum to guide officers in defusing critical incidents.
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Embodying Evidence to Action: Tracking the Impact of Three Key NIJ Research Investments; Opening Plenary of the 2023 NIJ Research Conference
This plenary featured three significant areas of NIJ research investment that have had a tremendous impact on both the research community and the field of practice: advances in forensic DNA, police body armor standards, and place-based analyses of public safety. Each topic was explored by a collection of people representing the researcher, practitioner, policymaker, and advocacy perspectives, exploring how evidence generation resulted in changes that improved public safety and yielded more equitable criminal justice outcomes.
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2023 NIJ Research Conference Opening Ceremony
The theme of NIJ’s 2023 Research Conference was “evidence to action,” and our goal was to bring researchers and practitioners together to learn about the latest research evidence and how it can be implemented to promote safety, equity, and justice.
The opening ceremony included remarks from U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Amy Solomon, and NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne.
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Training School Resource Officers to Improve School Climate and Student Safety Outcomes
Information integration for public safety officers
Impact of Agency Context, Policies, and Practices on Violence Against Police
Ballistic Resistant Body Armor and the NIJ Mark
The NIJ Compliance Testing Program’s (NIJ CTP) goal is to improve criminal justice practitioners’ confidence about the products they own and about how those products meet applicable requirements and perform as expected. To achieve this goal, the NIJ CTP must evaluate products independently and communicate the evaluation results to practitioners.
Although the NIJ CTP maintains a list of compliant products for practitioners to reference, additional...
Corrections Technology Options Are Expanding
Leaders Convene To Assess Correctional Technology Needs: Information-sharing, Officer Safety Stressed During Charleston Technology Conference
Evaluating Impacts of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: An Alternative to Arrest Policing Strategy
Resource Sampler: Officer Traffic Safety
Root Cause Analysis: A Tool To Promote Officer Safety and Reduce Officer Involved Shootings Over Time
Correctional Officer Fatalities in Line of Duty During 2005 to 2015: A Survival Analysis
Teaching Procedural Justice and Communication Skills During Police-Community Encounters: Results of a Randomized Control Trial With Police Recruits
Virtual Conference on School Safety - Closing Message
On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. The conference offered a lot of opportunities to learn and discuss various topics related to school safety. This session will highlight key points of discussion throughout the conference. Thank you for joining us.
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