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Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men

Date Published

June 1, 2016

An NIJ-funded study shows that American Indian and Alaska Native women and men suffer violence at alarmingly high rates.

Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2010 Findings From the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

Date Published

May 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits in Houston, TX: Case Characteristics, Forensic Testing Results, and the Investigation of CODIS Hits, Executive Summary

Date Published

March 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative

Closing Date

June 10, 2016

Research and Evaluation on Identity Theft and Services to Victims of Identity Theft

Closing Date

June 1, 2016

Notifying Sexual Assault Victims After Testing Evidence

Date Published

January 2016

Agencies

NIJ, OVC

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Lessons Learned from Research on Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits — Four Brochures to Help You Address the Issues in Your Jurisdictions

Date Published

March 17, 2016

Untested Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases

Performing an Audit of Sexual Assault Evidence in Police Custody

Date Published

March 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Creating a Plan To Test a Large Number of Sexual Assault Kits

Date Published

March 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forming an Action-Research Team To Address Sexual Assault Cases

Date Published

January 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting

Closing Date

May 31, 2016

Longitudinal Cohort Study of Interpersonal Violence Among College-Aged Women and Men: Planning Phase

Closing Date

May 6, 2016

Violence Against Women Research Consortium

Closing Date

May 2, 2016

What Is a Sexual Assault Kit?

January 2016

NIJ Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Director Gerald LaPorte and Deputy Director Heather Waltke, along with Heather LaSalle, Forensic Examiner, DNA Casework Unit, from the FBI Laboratory explain what a sexual assault kit is and how it is used as part of a sexual assault investigation.

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How NIJ Is Building the Nation's Research Infrastructure

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

October 2014

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Issue Overview

Evaluating Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

July 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Longitudinal Data on Teen Dating Violence: Meeting Summary

Date Published

June 2011

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Automating the Differential Digestion Method in the Analysis of Sexual Assault Cases Using Selective Degradation

Date Published

April 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence Proceedings Meeting 7: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Polaris Conference Room Conference Center, Concourse Level Washington, DC September 26 & 27, 1999

Date Published

September 1999

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

New Orleans Sexual Assault Evidence Project: Results and Recommendations

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

June 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Partners in Research: Lessons Learned in Los Angeles

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

May 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Sex Offenders Monitored by GPS Found to Commit Fewer Crimes

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

February 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

A Sexual Assault Kit Partnership

November 2015

NIJ Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Director Gerald LaPorte and Deputy Director Heather Waltke, along with Heather LaSalle, Forensic Examiner, DNA Casework Unit, and Tina Delgado, Chief, Biometrics Division from the FBI Laboratory discuss why the NIJ-FBI Sexual Assault Kit Partnership was created and how the partnership plans to shed light on the complexities of sexual assault cases, particularly kits that

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Law Enforcement Perspectives on Sex Offender Registration and Notification Preliminary Survey Results

Date Published

May 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Research (Applied/Empirical)