Weapons
May Piece Be with You: A Typological Examination of the Fear and Victimization Hypothesis of Adolescent Weapon Carrying
Looking for Answers About Less-Lethal Technologies?
Weapons Effects and Individual Intent To Do Harm: Influences on the Escalation of Violence
Winchester Issues Product Warning on 9mm Luger Ammo
Trace Metal Detection Techniques in Law Enforcement
Fatal Injuries of Law Enforcement/Correctional Officers Attacked With Sharp-Edged Weapons
Less Lethal Force Policy and Police Officer Perceptions: A Multisite Examination
Second National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC-2)
Less Lethal Weapons for Law Enforcement: A Performance-Based Analysis
What Every Public Safety Officer Should Know About Radiation and Radioactive Materials
Making Guns Smart: The Next Step
TECHBeat, October 2017
TECHBeat, July/August 2018
Advancing Mass Shootings Research To Inform Practice
The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters
Conducted Energy Devices: Policies on Use Evolve To Reflect Research and Field Deployment Experience
Are CEDs Safe and Effective?
Thousands of law enforcement agencies throughout the United States have adopted conducted energy devices (CEDs) as a safe method to subdue individuals, but are these devices really safe? What policies should agencies adopt to ensure the proper use of this technology? This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the physiological effects of electrical current in the human body caused by CEDs, as well as how this technology can reduce injuries to officers and suspects when appropriate policies and training are followed.
Keeping Up With Firearms Evolution: NIJ Revising Firearms Standards
Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019
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 public mass shootings in the United States. NIJ will support scientifically rigorous research and evaluation projects designed to strengthen the knowledge base and produce findings with the high practical utility to improve public safety. While NIJ will consider applications for...