Use of force
Improving Officer Decision-Making: Can Personality Predict Outcomes in Use of Force Decisions?
NCJ Number
310466
Date Published
2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
The Impact of a Brief and Immersive Use-of-force Training Exercise on Citizens' Attitudes Toward Police
NCJ Number
310296
Date Published
October 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Examining the Effect of Warrior and Guardian Mindsets on Attitudes Toward Use of Force: An Analysis of US Police Recruits
NCJ Number
310228
Date Published
February 2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Pepper Spray Evaluation Project: Results of the Introduction of Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Into the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department Final Report
NCJ Number
157160
Date Published
1995
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Publication Link
Role of Police Psychology in Controlling Excessive Force
NCJ Number
146206
Date Published
1994
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Survey
Publication Link
And Justice for All: Understanding and Controlling Police Abuse of Force
NCJ Number
155434
Date Published
1995
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Publication Link
RESOLUTION OF PRISON RIOTS
NCJ Number
147708
Date Published
1993
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Survey
Publication Link
Understanding the Broader Impacts of Body Worn Cameras on Police Work and Community Perceptions: A Multi-Method Assessment
NCJ Number
309992
Date Published
2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Infusing Evidence into Police Reform: Field Initiated Action Research with the Louisville Metro Police Department
15PNIJ-24-GG-05460-NIJB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$403,512
An Experimental Test of the Contagious Fire Thesis in Policing
NCJ Number
309711
Journal
Date Published
July 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Celebrating 10 Years of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars Program - 2024 NIJ Research Conference
September 2024
In 2014, NIJ established the Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars Program to support research-minded, mid-career sworn law enforcement officers working to integrate research into agency policy and practice. The LEADS Scholars Program helps participants develop independent research and provides support to identify current evidence on priority issues.
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Does Training Police Officers In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Improve Use Of Force Outcomes? An Experimental Evaluation With Systematic Social Observation in the Colorado Springs Police Department
15PNIJ-24-GG-02567-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$1,325,889
Lead by Example: The Effects of Police Supervisors on Officer Behavior
15PNIJ-24-GG-01582-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$39,499
Effects of Correctional Body-Worn Cameras on Responses to Resistance: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Jail Setting
NCJ Number
309169
Journal
Date Published
March 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Us Versus Them? The Problem of Cognitive Distortions in Policing
NCJ Number
308641
Journal
Date Published
February 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Race and the Police Use of Force Encounter in the United States
NCJ Number
253356
Journal
Date Published
January 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Publication Link
The Effects of Body-worn Cameras on Police Activity and Police-Citizen Encounter: A Randomized Controlled Trial
NCJ Number
253138
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Publication Link
Assessing the Relationship Between Police Use of Force and Inmate Offending (Rule Violations)
NCJ Number
252256
Journal
Date Published
November 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Publication Link
The Las Vegas Body-Worn Camera Experiment
NCJ Number
251414
Date Published
November 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Press Release,
Presentation,
Online Only
Publication Link
Examining the use of interactive video-based simulators in law enforcement human performance research: A scoping review
NCJ Number
308342
Date Published
2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Publication Link
Examining the Impacts of Body-Worn Cameras on Correctional Culture, Climate, and the Well-Being of Staff and Incarcerated Persons
15PNIJ-23-GG-06102-FSAX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$874,312