Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
Prosecutors Look to Research To Help Address Difficult Challenges
A panel of prosecution experts has pinpointed priority needs of the profession and ways that research might deliver solutions. New science-based tools could help prosecutors make fair, smart charging decisions, better use data, and attract needed staff.
Chiefs’ Panel Points to Top Issues and Related Innovation Needs Facing Law Enforcement
Local law enforcement agencies may be absorbed in their own particular challenges, but connecting themes emerge when chiefs from all corners of the country convene to identify critical challenges confronting law enforcement collectively.
NIJ's Research on Videoconferencing Pretrial Release Hearings
Identifying protocols that improve practices and maximize return on investment using videoconferencing to expedite pretrial release hearings for defendants who are being held in jail awaiting trial.
CrimeStat: Spatial Statistics Program for the Analysis of Crime Incident Locations
Creating the ‘Connected Cop’ Through a Broadband Network
Leveraging Broadband Communications to Improve Public Safety
Solving the Missing Indigenous Person Data Crisis: NamUs 2.0
Conducted Energy Devices: Policies on Use Evolve to Reflect Research and Field Deployment Experience
Research and Evaluation on Policing: A Letter to the Research Community
Contraband Detection Technology: A Market Survey
Body Armor: Protecting Our Nation’s Officers From Ballistic Threats
NIJ creates standards for body armor, oversees compliance testing to performance standards, and funds innovative research to help safeguard law enforcement officers.
Body-Worn Cameras: What the Evidence Tells Us
Current research suggests that body-worn cameras may offer benefits for law enforcement. However, additional research is needed to understand the value of the technology for the field.
Improving Officer Safety on the Roadways
NIJ and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have teamed up to help prevent officer fatalities from motor vehicle crashes and roadside incidents.
Potential Handheld Multispectral Camera for Crime Scene Investigations
Corrections Strategic Research Plan 2018-2023
A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence
Equipment Testing Programs
Harmonizing Police Technology Acquisitions with Policing Strategy
Researchers found that a complex and varied set of factors typically drives police technology acquisition decisions—but often the department’s policing philosophy or strategy is not one of them.