Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
NIJ's Action-Research Project in Houston and Detroit
The Case for Testing All Sexual Assault Kits
The Economist's Guide to Crime Busting
The old divide between hard and soft strategies is breaking down under a wave of new thinking about how to control crime.
The Los Angeles Sexual Assault Kit Study Focus Groups
To Err is Human: Using Science to Reduce Mistaken Eyewitness Identifications Through Police Lineups
Researchers take police lineup studies from the laboratory to the field.
Understanding DNA Testing in Sexual Assaults: NIJ's Ongoing Work in Massachusetts
Guidance to Employers and Job Seekers on the Use of Criminal Records in the Hiring Process
NIJ Journal Issue 270, June 2012
Research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
Responses to Sexual Violence: Effectiveness of SANE/SART Programs
NIJ's Drugs and Crime Research: Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Programs
The Second Chance Act and Other Ongoing NIJ Research Projects
Applying Carbon-14 Dating to Recent Human Remains
Measuring carbon-14 levels in human tissue could help forensic scientists determine age and year of death in cases involving unidentified human remains.