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Examining the Impact of Permitless Firearm Legislation and COVID-19 on Crime and Arrests in Three Urban Cities

Journal

Journal of Urban Health

Date Published

November 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Callous-Unemotionality in a Sample of Justice-Involved Adolescents: Distinct Associations With Attachment Avoidance and Attachment Anxiety

Journal

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Date Published

November 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Immigrant Status and Attitudes toward Violence: Associations across Race/ethnicity and Neighborhood Contexts

Journal

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

October 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Patterns of informal mentorship in policing: A case study

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

November 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Situational and Victim Correlates of Increased Case Fatality Rates in Los Angeles Shootings, 2005–2021

Journal

Journal of Urban Health

Date Published

March 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Differential Associations Between Legal System Contact and Internalizing Symptoms Among Latino, Black, and White Youth

Journal

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Date Published

August 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Equity in law enforcement actions following a school threat assessment

Journal

Law and Human Behavior

Date Published

August 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Augmenting, Analyzing, and Archiving Criminal Trajectories in Four Birth Cohorts from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, 1995-2023

Date Published

September 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Love of a Good Man?: Romantic Relationships as a Source of Support or Hindrance for Female Ex-Offenders

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

November 2006

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Youth Protective Factors Study: A Strategy for Promoting Success Based on Risks, Strengths, and Development

Date Published

March 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Research Brief: Clinics and Emergency Services

Date Published

November 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Short-Term Health and Safety Outcomes Associated With Digital Hotline Use at Interpersonal Violence-Focused Agencies

Journal

INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing

Date Published

October 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Decriminalizing or reassembling schools? Implications of removing police from schools for racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice system contact

Journal

Social Problems

Date Published

October 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

New Psychoactive Substances in Wastewater from Rest Areas and Commercial Weigh Stations along Interstate Highways

Journal

Environmental Science & Technology

Date Published

November 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Substance use treatment completion does not mediate the relationship between family treatment court participation and reunification: Results from five courts in the Southwestern U.S.

Journal

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Date Published

November 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Using automated vehicle locator data to classify discretionary police patrol across space

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

October 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Childhood Maltreatment and Cognitive Functioning From Young Adulthood to Late Midlife: A Prospective Study

Journal

Neuropsychology

Date Published

2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Decoding Disbelief: Using Natural Language Processing's Sentiment Analysis to Assess 24 Years of Unfounded Rape Reports Narratives

Journal

Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Date Published

October 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Unveiling the Nexus: How Bias Victimization Experiences among Latinx Communities Impact Political Engagement

Journal

Social Science Quarterly

Date Published

August 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Comparative Study of Mass and Non-Mass School Shootings in the United States

Journal

Journal of School Violence

Date Published

October 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Exploring Teacher Targeted Bullying by Students: Findings from the 50 Largest U.S. School Districts

Journal

Journal of School Violence

Date Published

October 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Economic Abuse and Predatory Financial Service use Among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors

Journal

Journal of Family Violence

Date Published

September 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examining longitudinal associations between polysubstance use and firearm-related risk behaviors from adolescence into emerging adulthood: a group-based multi-trajectory modeling approach

Journal

Injury Epidemiology

Date Published

November 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Social network analysis as a tool for understanding mass shooting prevention: A case study of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

October 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Role of Traumatic Brain Injury on Intimate Partner Violence and Changes in Mental Health From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood

Journal

Journal of Adolescent Health

Date Published

October 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)