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NIJ FY 13 Research on Teen Dating Violence in Understudied Populations: Postdoctoral Fellowship

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for research related to teen dating violence (also known as adolescent relationship abuse). In particular, NIJ seeks proposals that support postdoctoral fellows to analyze existing data or collect new data on teen dating violence in understudied populations. Research proposed may be focused at the Federal, State, local, tribal, juvenile justice policy and practice levels.

Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization

February 2013

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.

Community Policing Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism

February 2013

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.

NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence

Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for research on firearms and violence such as, but not limited to, the effects of criminal justice interventions on reducing gun violence, improving data systems for studying gun violence, illicit gun markets, and the effects of firearm policies and legislation on public safety.

Terrorism Research Before and After 9/11

December 2012

In this interview conducted at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Conference 2011, Gary LaFree, Ph.D., Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism, University of Maryland, discusses the state of domestic and transnational terrorism research in the social and behavioral sciences prior to and following September 11, 2011.