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Celebrating 10 Years of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars Program - 2024 NIJ Research Conference

September 2024

In 2014, NIJ established the Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars Program to support research-minded, mid-career sworn law enforcement officers working to integrate research into agency policy and practice. The LEADS Scholars Program helps participants develop independent research and provides support to identify current evidence on priority issues.

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Comparing Violent Extremism and Terrorism to Other Forms of Targeted Violence

Date Published

March 25, 2024

NIJ-supported research indicates that although there is no single, clear-cut overlap between individuals who engage in these types of violence, there are important and sometimes unexpected similarities.

Five Things About the Role of the Internet and Social Media in Domestic Radicalization

Date Published

December 18, 2023

Utilizing criminological theories to predict involvement in cyberviolence among the iGeneration

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Who Are the Online Extremists Among Us? Sociodemographic Characteristics, Social Networking, and Online Experiences of Those Who Produce Online Hate Materials

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Identifying online risk markers of hard-to-observe crimes through semi-inductive triangulation: The case of human trafficking in the United States

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Social Media and Domestic Radicalization

October 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Social media has become a potent tool for spreading extremist beliefs and promoting violent extremism. NIJ Social Science analyst Aisha Javed Qureshi joins writer-editor Paul Haskins for a conversation about how scientific research is helping law enforcement and other agencies understand and address this growing concern.

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Social Media and Domestic Radicalization

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Social Media and Domestic Radicalization