Police careers
Celebrating 10 Years of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars Program - 2024 NIJ Research Conference
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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From Research to Reality: Recruiting More Women into the Policing Profession: Preliminary Results of an NIJ-funded Applied Research Project
This webinar features the work of Dr. Jen Ranier, a research psychologist who studies workplace and workforce issues at RTI International. The project presented in this webinar had the goal of identifying ways to help law enforcement agencies recruit more women.
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A longitudinal cohort mixed methods study of the impact of mental health on retention and turnover among early career police officers in South Carolina
Motivations for a career in policing: social group differences and occupational satisfaction
Stress Patterns in Police Work - A Longitudinal Study
Layoffs
Policing Career Criminals - An Examination of an Innovative Crime Control Program
Video: Promising Practices in Police Recruitment, Selection, Training, and Retention
Video: Women in Policing
From Research to Reality: Recruiting More Women into the Policing Profession
NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program
This video, featuring NIJ Director Nancy Rodriguez, Hassan Aden of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and two scholars from the 2014 Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) program, describes the LEADS program, how NIJ and IACP are building the next generation of law enforcement leadership, and how the program has benefited the scholars.
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From the Academy to Retirement: A Journey Through the Policing Lifecycle - NIJ Research for the Real World Seminar
Preventing Gun Violence: Understanding Law Enforcement Response and Improving Multi-disciplinary Partnerships for Peace
This Research for the Real World seminar explores common police practices for responding to gun violence and the extent to which they are contributing to reductions in violent incidents. The panel will also explore the role of multi-disciplinary partners such as the public health sector in reducing gun violence, and discuss promising practices for law enforcement partnerships to leverage complimentary violence reduction efforts.
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