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Director's Message - NIJ Journal Issue No. 280

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership

The 40th Anniversary of the Crime Report

Contraband Detection Technology: A Market Survey

Forensic Science Research and Development Technology Working Group: Operational Requirements

Microbial Communities on Skin Leave Unique Traces at Crime Scenes

Rigorous Multi-Site Evaluation Finds HOPE Probation Model Offers No Advantage Over Conventional Probation in Four Study Sites

Risk Factors in Pre- and Mid-Adolescence May Help Predict Dating Violence in Young Adulthood

Tailored Functional Family Therapy Program Shows Promise for Reducing Subsequent Criminal Activity in a Population at High Risk for Joining Gangs

Body Armor: Protecting Our Nation’s Officers From Ballistic Threats

Body-Worn Cameras: What the Evidence Tells Us

National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction

The Value of Nonhuman Animal Models in Forensic Decomposition Research

Improving Officer Safety on the Roadways

Study Finds Agencies Can React More Supportively Than Family and Friends to Victims’ Disclosures of Sexual Assault

Using Officer-Driven Research to Meet Policing Challenges

Research in the Ranks: Empowering Law Enforcement to Drive Their Own Scientific Inquiry

Research, Science, and Policing

Potential Handheld Multispectral Camera for Crime Scene Investigations

A Behavioral Study of American “Homegrown” Terrorist Offenders

Using Artificial Intelligence to Address Criminal Justice Needs

New Approaches to Digital Evidence Acquisition and Analysis

Corrections Strategic Research Plan 2018-2023

The Next Revision of the NIJ Performance Standard for Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor, NIJ Standard 0101.07: Changes to Test Methods and Test Threats

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence