Effects of Directed Patrol and Self-Initiated Enforcement on Firearm Violence: A Randomized Controlled Study of Hot Spot Policing
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Robbery
Problem-Oriented Policing in Public Housing: Identifying the Distribution of Problem Places
Date Published
1997
Publication Type
Survey
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Using Vulnerability and Exposure to Improve Robbery Prediction and Target Area Selection
Date Published
March 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Sex Ratio, Family Disruption, and Rates of Violent Crime: The Paradox of Demographic Structure
Date Published
1991
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Simulation for Theory Testing and Experimentation: An Example Using Routine Activity Theory and Street Robbery
Date Published
June 2007
Publication Type
Test/Measurement,
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Effects of the Police on Crime - A Second Look
Date Published
1981
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Juvenile Arrests, 2018
Date Published
June 2020
Series
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material,
Statistics,
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ,
OJJDP
Improving the Investigation, Clearance Rates, and Victim Restoration of Robberies: A Randomized Controlled Experiment
2019-R2-CX-0024
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$548,246
Opening the Black Box of NIBIN
July 2014
Series
Bill King discusses the operations of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), a program through which firearms examiners at state and local crime laboratories compare tool marks on fired bullets or cartridges found at a crime scene to digitized images of ballistic evidence in a nationwide database.
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Economical Crime Control: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Ledger
December 2011
Series
The surge in incarceration since 1980 has been fueled in part by the mistaken belief that the population can be divided neatly into "good guys" and "bad guys." In fact, crime rates are not determined by the number of at-large criminals, any more than farm production is determined by the number of farmers. Crime is a choice, a choice that is influenced by available opportunities as much as by character. This perspective, drawn from economic theory, supports a multi-faceted approach to crime control. Dr.
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Situational Approaches to Making Communities and Correction Institutions Safer
June 2010
NIJ Conference panelists will present the results of three studies that applied situational crime prevention (SCP) principles: (1) an evaluation of the Safe City initiative in Chula Vista, Calif., designed to combine the expertise and resources of local law enforcement, retailers and the community to increase the safety of designated retail areas; (2) a randomized controlled trial (in partnership with the Washington Metro Transit Police) that assessed the effectiveness of SCP to reduce car crime in Metro's parking facilities; and (3) an evaluation of the impact of SCP
Sex Offenders in the Community: Post-Release, Registration, Notification and Residency Restrictions
May 2010
The management of sexual offenders in the community post-release is an issue of increasing concern to law enforcement, policymakers and the public. In recent years, efforts to strengthen registration and notification have been enhanced. At the same time, comparatively little attention has been paid to related matters, such as how residency restrictions may impact offenders' efforts to find stable work and living arrangements once they are released from prison, whether rates of recidivism have changed, and whether these policies increase the safety of potential victims.
Are Juveniles Driving the Violent Crime Trend?
Date Published
April 1994
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Impact of Forensic Evidence on Arrest and Prosecution
Date Published
April 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Can We Predict Long-term Community Crime Problems? The Estimation of Ecological Continuity to Model Risk Heterogeneity
Date Published
January 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluating a Researcher-Practitioner Partnership and Field Experiment
Date Published
July 2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Looking for the Link: The Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhood Crime Rates
Date Published
November 2015
Series
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ
UMSL Comprehensive School Safety Initiative
2015-CK-BX-0021
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$1,603,690
The Health Care Cost of Elder Abuse: An Analysis of Medicare, Medicaid, and Adult Protective Services Data in Maine, 2006 through 2014
2015-ZD-CX-0003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$328,940
Identifying Risky Places for Crime: An Analysis of the Criminogenic Spatiotemporal Influences of Landscape Features On Street Robberies
Date Published
February 2014
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Assessing the Link Between Foreclosure and Crime Rates: A Multi-level Analysis of Neighborhoods Across Large U.S. Cities
Date Published
January 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Impact of Immigration on Ethnic-Specific Violence
Date Published
2003
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Identifying Risky Places for Street Robberies
2012-IJ-CX-0005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$25,000
Influence of Forensic Evidence on the Case Outcomes of Assault and Robbery Incidents
Date Published
June 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Role and Impact of Forensic Evidence in the Criminal Justice System, Executive Summary
Date Published
December 2010
Publication Type
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored