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Adolescent Weapon Carrying Inside and Outside of School: The Impact of Experiences and Perceptions of Violence

Date Published

May 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Autoloading Pistols for Police Officers: NIJ Standard-0112.03

Date Published

November 1999

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NIJ

NIJ Enhances Weapons and Technology

Date Published

1994

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ Compliance Testing for Autoloading Pistols

NIJ administers the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (NIJ CTP) to determine a specific pistol model’s compliance with NIJ Standard 0112.03, Autoloading Pistols for Police Officers, Revision A. The NIJ CTP helps ensure the pistols purchased and used by law enforcement agencies will perform as expected.

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Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 1

November 2020

In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.

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Utilizing a Magnetic Locator To Search for Buried Firearms and Miscellaneous Weapons at a Controlled Research Site

Date Published

September 2011

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Public Safety Technology In the News

Date Published

April 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

A TASER Conducted Electrical Weapon With Cardiac Biomonitoring Capability: Proof of Concept and Initial Human Trial

Date Published

October 2016

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Weapons Effects and Individual Intent To Do Harm: Influences on the Escalation of Violence

Date Published

May 2002

Publication Type

Research Paper

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NIJ-Sponsored

Winchester Issues Product Warning on 9mm Luger Ammo

Date Published

June 1996

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Trace Metal Detection Techniques in Law Enforcement

Date Published

October 1970

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Project Aims to Improve Planning and Training for Tactical Operations

Date Published

March 2014

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

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NIJ-Sponsored

Examining Cognitive Functioning Following TASER Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Date Published

August 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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NIJ-Sponsored

What Every Public Safety Officer Should Know About Radiation and Radioactive Materials

Date Published

March 2003

Publication Type

Training

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NIJ-Sponsored

May Piece Be with You: A Typological Examination of the Fear and Victimization Hypothesis of Adolescent Weapon Carrying

Date Published

June 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Making Guns Smart: The Next Step

Date Published

1999

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Looking for Answers About Less-Lethal Technologies?

Date Published

July 2013

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Fatal Injuries of Law Enforcement/Correctional Officers Attacked With Sharp-Edged Weapons

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Skin Penetration Assessment of Less Lethal Kinetic Energy Munitions

Date Published

November 2005

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Less Lethal Force Policy and Police Officer Perceptions: A Multisite Examination

Date Published

October 2013

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Second National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC-2)

Date Published

January 2015

Publication Type

Test/Measurement, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic)

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Crime and War: An Analysis of Non-lethal Technologies and Weapons Development

Date Published

1998

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Less Lethal Weapons for Law Enforcement: A Performance-Based Analysis

Date Published

2008

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

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Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America - An Annotated Bibliography

Date Published

November 1981

Publication Type

Bibliography

Agencies

NIJ

TECHBeat, October 2017

Date Published

October 2017

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored