Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
30 Years of the Violence Against Women Act: Endurance, Expansion, and the Next Era
Summary of a plenary panel from the 2024 NIJ Research Conference
Safeguarding Forensic Science Professionals
The field is just beginning to acknowledge the unique need for a better scientific understanding of the impact of trauma exposure on forensic professionals.
Improving Sexual Assault Kit Outcomes
Researchers have identified connections between the development of a CODIS-eligible DNA profile and attributes associated with sexual assault victims and assault characteristics.
Addressing the Challenges of Detecting Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
NIJ has funded research to address the challenges of detecting DFSA for several years. This research includes projects that examine ways to improve forensic hair testing and how drugs modify blood proteins.
Evaluating Technology-Based Services for Victims of Crime
Three NIJ-funded evaluations enhance our understanding about the effectiveness of technology-based services for victims who experience crime and violence.
Helping Crime Victim Legal Clinics Help Their Clients by Defining and Measuring for Successful Outcomes
NIJ-backed research offers the first conceptual model for aligning victim legal services with desired results and assessing effectiveness in terms of actual client outcomes.
Experiences of Victimization Among Latinos: Studies Confirm Significant Victim Mental Health Impact and Mistrust of Authorities
Experiences of Victimization Among Latinos: Studies Confirm Significant Victim Mental Health Impact and Mistrust of Authorities
The Overlap Between Those Committing Offenses Who Also Are Victims: One Class of Crime Victim Rarely Seeks or Receives Available Services
First responders can help those who commit offenses who also become crime victims connect with services, but an NIJ- sponsored study reveals scant progress against systemic barriers.
When Grandpa Gave Away the Farm: His Own Darn Fault, or a Case of Elder Abuse?
Cognitive capacity assessment tools can help identify seniors at risk of financial exploitation and equip law enforcement and service providers to intervene.
Crime Victim Awareness and Assistance Through the Decades
Effects of the Second Step Program in Middle School on Violence, Victimization, and Substance Use in High School
NIJ-funded researchers looked at the effect of the program on participants in their high school years.
Study Finds Agencies Can React More Supportively Than Family and Friends to Victims’ Disclosures of Sexual Assault
Women victimized by sexual assault often are victimized again by negative reactions of others when they first share the news they have been assaulted.
Teen Dating Violence Victimization in an Urban Sample of Early Adolescents
An NIJ-funded study looked at teen dating violence perpetration and victimization among urban middle-school aged kids.