Description
NIJ performs research in and evaluations of many specific types of crime prevention strategies — from more traditional crime, such as gun crime and child abuse, to emerging crime, such as identity theft and human trafficking.
On this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to crime prevention.
Publications and Grant Reports
- Expanding on the factor structure and construct validity of the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) in a general correctional sample
- The relative and joint effects of gunshot detection technology and video surveillance cameras on case clearance in Chicago
- The Cost of Crime: The HAVEN Conceptual Framework for Measuring Victim Harms from Violence
Related Programs and Practices from CrimeSolutions
- Practice Profile: Metal Detectors and Security Screenings at Airports as a Counterterrorism Strategy
- Program Profile: Mentally Ill Offender Community Transition Program (Washington)
- Program Profile: Modified Therapeutic Community for Individuals With Mental Illness and Chemical Abuse (MICA) Disorders Who Commit Offenses
- Program Profile: Impact of the Wraparound Program for Dually Involved Youth (Florida) on Youth Arrests
- Program Profile: Milwaukee County (Wis.) Deferred Prosecution Program
Awards
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The first step in knowing what to do is knowing what works … and what hasn’t.