Research and development
A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction
Action Research and the Community to Criminal Justice Feedback Loop
In this interview conducted at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Conference 2011, Edward Davis, Police Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, Massachusetts, discusses action research, including the successful use of violence reduction teams, and building trust between the community and the criminal justice field.
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Violence Prevention: An Invitation to Intersectoral Action
DNA Backlog Program Awards
In fiscal year 2020, all state and local forensic capacity enhancement programs previously administered by NIJ, including most of the programs listed on this page, moved to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
The table below provides links to award information and abstracts for the DNA backlog reduction programs funded by NIJ.
Note: Data are currently only available from 2008 to present.
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Action Research to Enhance Investigations and Prosecutions of Sexual Assaults in Houston
The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project
CrimeStat: Spatial Statistics Program for the Analysis of Crime Incident Locations
Forensic Toxicology Research and Development Evaluation of New and Novel Direct Sample Introduction, Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (AccuTOF-DART) Instrument for Postmortem Toxicology Screening, Final Report
In Brief: Expanding Research by Sharing Data
NIJ makes data available for future research.
Tailoring the Interview for Special Populations
Director's Message - NIJ Journal Issue No. 267
In Brief: Block by Block: Zeroing in on Crime Trends
Hot spot policing drills down to the micro-level.