Social and Behavioral Science

NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction)

Closing Date

March 23, 2017

NIJ FY17 Research on Reducing Violence in Communities

Closing Date

March 15, 2017

NIJ FY17 Research on Hate Crimes

Closing Date

April 3, 2017

What Can We Learn From the Similarities and Differences Between Lone Wolf Terrorists and Mass Murderers?

Meet the Fellow: Translational Criminology

January 2017

In this video Jessica Shaw, Ph.D., describes her work as a translational criminology fellow at NIJ. She discusses what motivated her to apply, her fellowship experience and how it impacted her career development, as well as, the benefits of pursuing a fellowship with NIJ.

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Understanding the Science-Practice Gap

December 2016

In this video Jessica Shaw, Ph.D., describes what she learned about the science-practice gap while working as a translational criminology fellow at NIJ. She discusses what the science-practice gap is, how research intermediaries work to bridge that gap, how organizations and individuals can have gaps, and the importance of interdisciplinarity.

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Five Things About Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men

Assessing Police Use-of-Force Policy and Outcomes

Safety Outcomes for Use-of-Force Cases for Law Enforcement Agencies With and Without Conducted Energy Devices

Date Published

November 28, 2016

Multi-Method Evaluation of Police Use of Force Outcomes

Exploring the Use of Restrictive Housing in the U.S. Issues, Challenges, and Future Directions

Teen Dating Violence Victimization in an Urban Sample of Early Adolescents: Measurement, Prevalence, Trajectories, and Consequences

Date Published

October 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Preventing Gun Violence: Understanding Law Enforcement Response and Improving Multi-disciplinary Partnerships for Peace

November 2016

Series

Research for the Real World

This Research for the Real World seminar explores common police practices for responding to gun violence and the extent to which they are contributing to reductions in violent incidents. The panel will also explore the role of multi-disciplinary partners such as the public health sector in reducing gun violence, and discuss promising practices for law enforcement partnerships to leverage complimentary violence reduction efforts.

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Computers Learn To Detect Financial Abuse of the Elderly

Summary of the Evaluation Plan for the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative

Evaluating What Works for Victims and Those Committing Offenses: The Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative

Using Research to Understand Cyberbullying

October 2016

Dr. Megan Moreno, Center for Child Health, Behavioral and Human Development at Seattle Children’s, discusses how important it is to have a common definition of cyberbullying in order to develop effective prevention and intervention programs. She leads a NIJ-supported research project to help us understand cyberbullying among children and teens.

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Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men

October 2016

This video describes the findings of a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) supported study on the prevalence of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men. Specifically, the study provides estimates of sexual violence, physical violence by intimate partners, stalking, and psychological aggression by intimate partners over the lifetime of American Indian and Alaska Native women and men as well as victimization estimates over of the past year (based on 2010 data).

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Find School Safety Programs on CrimeSolutions

October 2016

Dr. Stephanie Gerstenblith, Development Services Groups, discusses how to use CrimeSolutions to find evidence-based programs and practices that can improve school safety. Many of these programs were added to CrimeSolutions under NIJ’s Comprehensive School Safety Initiative.

Dr. Gerstenblith also addresses the lack of strong evaluations of school safety programs that schools are implementing and invested in; and the opportunity that presents for the research community.

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Environmental Scan of Criminal Justice Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults

October 2016

The informational webinar will discuss the results of the recently published Environmental Scan of Developmentally Appropriate Criminal Justice Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults produced by NIJ. It will provide a launching point for us to connect with others doing similar work and plan for future meetings to discuss research gaps and research needs of those providing programming to justice-involved young adults.

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