Violence
How Prevalent is Violence in Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases?
Psychological Distress and Well-Being in Trauma-Exposed Adolescents: A Residualized, Person-Centered Approach to Resilience
Multilevel Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a DOJ-sponsored initiative to reduce violent crime, particularly gun crime, by fostering cooperation by criminal justice agencies and local partners to develop and implement strategic approaches.
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NIJ-Funded Research on Mass Shootings to Advance Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
Mass public shootings continue to threaten communities in the United States, yet research on this criminal phenomenon is limited. In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of research projects summarizing NIJ-funded research projects’ newest findings on public mass shootings. The discussion will focus on NIJ’s investment to address the phenomenon of mass shootings through innovative study approaches to advance our understanding of mass shootings and inform prevention efforts. The implications of this research to criminal justice will also be discussed.
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NIJ-Funded Research on Firearms Violence in Urban Cities Advancing Scientific Evidence to Inform Practice
In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of papers summarizing the newest findings of NIJ-funded research projects on criminal offenses with firearms in urban areas. Researchers used various criminological and other theories, including routine activity theory, socio-ecological and socio-environmental perspectives, and advanced mixed-study methods, including surveys and spatio-temporal designs, to produce scientific evidence to inform practice.
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The Fight Against Rampant Gun Violence: Data-Driven Scientific Research Will Light the Way
Addressing Violence towards Youth and Young Adults in Indigenous Communities
The Association between Homicide Risk and Intimate Partner Violence Arrest
Exposure to Violence and Nonviolent Life Stressors and Their Relations to Trauma-Related Distress and Problem Behaviors Among Urban Early Adolescents
Law Enforcement Activities of Philadelphia's Group Violence Intervention: An Examination of Arrest, Case Processing, and Probation Levers
The Effects of Practitioner-Delivered School-Based Mental Health on Aggression and Violence Victimization in Middle Schoolers
Residential mobility, mental health, and community violence exposure among Somali refugees and immigrants in North America
Bidirectional Relations between Witnessing Violence, Victimization, Life Events, and Physical ggression among Adolescents in Urban Schools
Head injury in prison: Gang membership and the role of prison violence
A Qualitative Examination of How Somali Young Adults Think About and Understand Violence in Their Communities
Exposure to parental and community violence and the relationship to bullying perpetration and victimization among early adolescents: A parallel process growth mixture latent transition analysis
A Scoping Review of Outcomes in Elder Abuse Intervention Research: The Current Landscape and Where to Go Next
Preventing Violence and Sexual Assault in Jail: A Situational Crime Prevention Approach
Why Is the Victimization of Young Latino Adults Higher in New Areas of Settlement?
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: An Incomplete Picture of a Pressing Global Problem
Improved prevalence data, increased understanding, and collaboration between stakeholders are key elements to mounting an effective response to female genital mutilation.