Violent crime
Understanding and Preventing Violence: A Public Health Perspective
Measuring the Effect of Defense Counsel on Homicide Case Outcomes
Measuring the Effect of Defense Counsel on Homicide Case Outcomes, Executive Summary
The Partners in the Sexual Assault Kit Project
New Orleans Sexual Assault Evidence Project: Results and Recommendations
NIJ-sponsored project contributes to the growing body of evidence on how to handle untested sexual assault kits.
Firearms and Violence in American Life
DNA Profiling of the Semen Donor in Extended Interval Post-Coital Samples
Improved Detection of Male DNA in Post-Coital Samples
New Approaches to Understanding and Regulating Primary and Secondary Illegal Firearms
Implementation of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Practitioner Evaluation Toolkit
NIJ FY 13 Research on Teen Dating Violence in Understudied Populations: Postdoctoral Fellowship
NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence
NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation related to violence against women in the areas of teen dating violence, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence. Research proposed may be focused at the Federal, State, local, tribal, juvenile justice policy and/or practice level.
Developing the Capacity to Understand and Prevent Homicide: An Evaluation of the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission
Assessment of the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative: Executive Summary
Assessment of the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative: Final Project Report
Development of Synthetically Generated LEA Signatures to Generalize Probability of False Positive Identification Estimates
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization
Interview with Gary Ackerman, Director for Special Projects, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland
Mr. Ackerman is conducting an empirical assessment of domestic radicalization, with an emphasis on the process of radicalization. In this interview, Ackerman explains how he is using large empirical analysis and small scale life study analysis to discover which factors might cause an individual to make the leap from illegal terrorist behavior to violent terrorist behavior.
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Community Policing Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism
February 2013
Interview with David Schanzer, J.D., Associate Professor, Duke University and Director, Triangle Center of Terrorism and Homeland Security
Mr. Schanzer discusses his study of community policing strategies for countering violent extremism. Schanzer points out that there is a wide variety of terrorist ideologies from religious, to environmental, to economic. He is hoping to discover if particular community policing strategies are more effective in countering certain types of terrorism and building resilience against extremism.
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NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence
NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Effectiveness of State, Local, and Tribal Responses to Violence Committed Against Indian Women Living in Tribal Communities
Developing an Actuarial Risk Assessment to Inform Decisions Made by Adult Protective Services Workers
The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention
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