Articles Published by NIJ

Summary of a plenary panel from the 2024 NIJ Research Conference

Multi-pronged approach of data integration, collaboration, and intelligence-led policing has helped reduce gun violence in New Jersey.

Researchers have created the first open-source catalog of U.S. school shootings to better understand the causes of school-related gun violence and identify intervention points.

A troubled past and leaked plans are common to those who take part in mass shootings. Most use handguns, NIJ-supported research shows.

A new area of research suggests that schools should have a systematic and coordinated approach in place to gather and process information on threats, respond appropriately, and document the response.

A review of the most commonly cited sources of school safety data indicates that although crime and violence in schools have generally been decreasing for some time, multiple-victim homicide incidents have been increasing.

After analyzing individual blood droplets on inclined surfaces, researchers in this NIJ-funded project said measurements show the current standard method is accurate for drops that hit at right angles but has significant errors at shallow impact angles.

Targeting High-Risk Areas and Offenders