Research and development
Body Armor: Protecting Our Nation’s Officers From Ballistic Threats
NIJ creates standards for body armor, oversees compliance testing to performance standards, and funds innovative research to help safeguard law enforcement officers.
Value of Nonhuman Animal Models in Forensic Decomposition Research
Studying the Impact of Video Analytics for Pre, Live and Post Event Analysis on Outcomes of Criminal Justice
Study Finds Agencies Can React More Supportively Than Family and Friends to Victims' Disclosures of Sexual Assault
Study Finds Agencies Can React More Supportively Than Family and Friends to Victims’ Disclosures of Sexual Assault
Women victimized by sexual assault often are victimized again by negative reactions of others when they first share the news they have been assaulted.
Research in Forensic Radiology and Imaging; Identifying the Most Important Issues
Research in the Ranks: Empowering Law Enforcement to Drive Their Own Scientific Inquiry
NIJ seeks to advance the law enforcement profession through science with its innovative LEADS Scholars and LEADS Agencies programs.
Research, Science, and Policing
Potential Handheld Multispectral Camera for Crime Scene Investigations
Desistance from Crime over the Life Course
Improving Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Data Collection - Papers and Presentations From 2010 Planning Meetings
LEADS Scholar Spotlight - American Society of Evidence-Based Policing (Video)
Behavioral Study of American "Homegrown" Terrorist Offenders
A Behavioral Study of American “Homegrown” Terrorists
NIJ-sponsored research provides evidence that individuals in the process of becoming dangerously radicalized exhibit predictable and detectable behaviors.