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National Institute of Justice, Annual Report 2017

Date Published

January 2020

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020

Closing Date

April 13, 2020

NIJ is seeking applications for the funding of research and program evaluation projects that inform efforts to prevent and reduce intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and mass shootings in the United States. NIJ will support scientifically rigorous research and evaluation projects designed to strengthen the scientific knowledge base and produce findings with high practical utility to improve public safety.

Characterization and Classification of Sexual Assault Lubricants using Direct Analysis in Real Time-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

August 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis

Date Published

August 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Notes from the Field: A Multijurisdictional Team Moved Cold Cases to the Front Burner

Date Published

December 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Beyond DNA - The Role of Physical Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Beyond DNA - The Role of Biological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Beyond DNA - The Impact of Toxicological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Post-Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Proxy Couples

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored

Prevalence Estimates and Correlates of Elder Abuse in the United States: The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Study (RPPS): Experiences From Criminal Justice System Collaborations Studying Violence Against Women

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Qualitative Analysis of Prosecutors' Perspectives on Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners and the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault

Date Published

June 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Gunshot Detection Technology to Aid in the Reduction of Firearms Violence

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Firearm Legislation and Firearm Violence Across Space and Time: A Comprehensive Data Collection Effort

Date Published

May 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Is Firearm Threat in Intimate Relationships Associated With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Women?

Date Published

June 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gender Role and Gender as Predictors of Behavior Problems in Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

Date Published

February 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Notes From the Field: The Value of Threat Assessment Teams

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Epidemiology of Crime Guns: Summary

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Disrupting Gun Transfers: Final Summary Overview for National Institute of Justice

Date Published

July 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Firearm Involvement in Delinquent Youth and Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Date Published

July 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Focused Deterrence in New Orleans: A Documentation of Changes in Homicides and Firearm Recoveries

Date Published

October 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Tale of Four Cities: Improving our Understanding of Gun Violence, Draft Final Summary Overview

Date Published

October 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Importance of Nonfatal Shooting Data To Inform Violence-Prevention Policy, Practice, and Research

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science: DNA: Just USACIL and Direct-To-DNA

Date Published

November 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities

Date Published

September 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored