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Faith-Based Corrections and Reentry Programs: Advancing a Conceptual Framework for Research and Evaluation

Date Published

March 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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. 

See also an overview...

Report of the International Association for Identification, Standardization II Committee

Date Published

March 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Analysis of Footwear Impression Evidence

Date Published

March 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project

2011-DN-BX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$200,000

Action Research to Enhance Investigations and Prosecutions of Sexual Assaults in Houston

2011-DN-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$178,076

Prevalence of Co-occurrence in Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence

Date Published

March 10, 2011

Child Interviews and the Prosecution of Child Abuse

Date Published

March 10, 2011

Evaluating a Program to Reduce Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence

CrimeStat: Spatial Statistics Program for the Analysis of Crime Incident Locations

Drug Courts and State Mandated Drug Treatment Programs: Outcomes, Costs and Consequences

Date Published

March 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

From Policy to Practice: State Methamphetamine Precursor Control Policies

Date Published

March 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Controlling Methamphetamine Precursors: The View from the Trenches

Date Published

October 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Development of Microfluidic Devices for the Rapid Isolation and Detection of Drugs of Abuse

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Test/Measurement

Relationship between State Methamphetamine Precursor Laws and Trends in Small Toxic Lab (STL) Seizures

Date Published

May 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Controlling Methamphetamine Precursors: The View from the Trenches (Executive Summary)

Date Published

October 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Relationship between State Methamphetamine Precursor Laws and Trends in Small Toxic Lab (STL) Seizures, Executive Summary

Date Published

March 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Final Report: Participatory Evaluation of the Sisseton Wahepton Oyate IASAP Demonstration Project

Date Published

October 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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

Date Published

August 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Exploring the Key Components of Drug Courts: A Comparative Study of 18 Adult Drug Courts on Practices, Outcomes, and Costs

Date Published

March 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Gender, Mental Illness, and Crime

Date Published

September 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

To Treat or Not To Treat: Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders

Date Published

April 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The 40th Anniversary of the Crime Report

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

June 2007

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

New Technologies Promise Better Future Results

Date Published

March 2, 2011

Sidebar to the article Extending the Time to Collect DNA in Sexual Assault Cases by Terry Taylor.

Police Use of Force: The Impact of Less-Lethal Weapons and Tactics