Police research

Message from the Director on the Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Initiative Strategic Plan

Portrait of David B. Muhlhausen, NIJ Director, and Alan Hanson, Acting Assistant Attorney General

Through the Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Initiative, the National Institute of Justice supports law enforcement using data and research to inform effective policies and practices.

Police-led research has never been more important. Increasingly, law enforcement agencies are expected to implement evidence-based practices to improve policing in a safe and just manner. As budget constraints force departments to invest wisely in courses of...

From Crime Mapping to Crime Forecasting: The Evolution of Place-Based Policing

Date Published

July 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Issue Overview, Historical Overview, Grants and Funding

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NIDA-NIJ Joint Initiative for Research on Retail Drug Markets

Date Published

September 2010

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

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NIJ-Sponsored

Conducted Energy Devices: Policies on Use Evolve to Reflect Research and Field Deployment Experience

Police Officer Body-Worn Cameras: Assessing the Evidence

Date Published

August 2014

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Literature Review

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NIJ-Sponsored

Crime Mapping and Hot Spots Policing - NIJ Research for the Real World Seminar

Date Published

October 2009

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Issue Overview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

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Policing Research: If You Can't Find It, Do It

Date Published

April 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Case Study

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Is It Old Age, Abuse or Homicide? Using Forensic Markers and Technology To Detect Elder Abuse and Neglect - Panel discussion at the 2009 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2009

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Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Presentation (Multimedia), Conference Material

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NIJ

From the Academy to Retirement: A Journey Through the Policing Lifecycle - NIJ Research for the Real World Seminar

Date Published

December 2009

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Presentation (Multimedia), Conference Material

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Crime File: What Works - Research and the Police

Date Published

1986

Series

NIJ Crime Files

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Eyewitness Identification: Unfinished Discussion and Directions for Future Research - Expert Chat Webinar, NIJ and Harvard's Government Innovators Network

Date Published

February 2007

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

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NIJ-Sponsored

Video: Science at the National Institute of Justice

Date Published

April 2014

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ

NIJ's 50th Anniversary - Looking Back, Looking Forward

Date Published

July 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

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NIJ

LEADS Scholar Spotlight — Reducing Gun Violence

Date Published

May 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance)

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NIJ

Get to Know a LEADS Scholar — Q&A with Deputy Chief Christopher W. Ortiz

Research Summit on Women in Policing

Good morning and welcome to the National Institute of Justice and Washington, DC.

In particular, I would like to welcome all the sworn law enforcement in the room, including officers from four countries and more than 25 departments. Thank you for your service and the work you do to advance policing, in America and across the world.

LEADS Scholar Spotlight - Optimal Investigator Caseloads (Video)

Date Published

October 2018

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed)

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Community Acceptance Panel - Riot Control Agents

Date Published

November 2018

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ

Research on Offender Decision-Making Utilizing Geo-Narratives: Final Report

Date Published

June 2018

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Using Officer-Driven Research to Meet Policing Challenges

Research in the Ranks: Empowering Law Enforcement to Drive Their Own Scientific Inquiry

Research, Science, and Policing

Date Published

October 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Issue Overview, Instructional Material

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NIJ-Sponsored

LEADS Scholar Spotlight - American Society of Evidence-Based Policing (Video)

Date Published

October 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed)

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NIJ

LEADS Scholar Spotlight - Optimal Investigator Caseloads

October 2018

Series

Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight

Daniel Stewart, a captain in the Oklahoma City Police Department and Class of 2016 Scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, discusses research he has conducted on investigator caseloads as commander of a property crimes unit with his police department. He also speaks about the impact of the LEADS program and network on his research and professional career.

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LEADS Scholar Spotlight - American Society of Evidence-Based Policing

October 2018

Series

Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight

Joshua Young, a retired corporal of the Ventura Police Department in California and Class of 2015 Scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, discusses the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing, which encourages the use of data and research to inform policing. He also talks about a randomized control trial he conducted on body-worn cameras and the support he has received from the LEADS program.

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