All Topics A - Z
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Action Research, and Gun Violence Prevention
Agroterrorism (from the NIJ Journal Article)
Alternative Genetic Markers, Forensic DNA Research and Development
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Programs
Arrests and Dual Arrests, Intimate Partner Violence
Arson, Scene Investigation Guide
Automobiles and Traffic Safety, Mapping and Analysis Projects
- B -
Ballistic Resistance, see Body Armor
Batterer Intervention (See the NIJ Report Batterer Intervention: Where Do We Go From Here? and related workshop notes)
Bomb Suit Standard, NIJ Standard-0117.00
Bombing and Explosion Scene Investigation Guide
Boot Camps (Lessons From a Decade of Research, NIJ Research for Practice)
Bulletproof Vests, see Body Armor
- C -
Cellular and Mobile Device Forensics Tools (see also Mobile Device Forensics Training)
Cellular Digital Packet Data, Migrating
Community Policing (See NIJ Report "Fighting Crime with COPS & Citizens: A 4-Year Study of the COPS Program" and other publications on community policing)
Computer Crime, see Digital Evidence and Forensics
Computer Forensics, see Digital Evidence and Forensics
Controlled Substance, Analyzing
Corruption, International (See Transnational Organized Crime)
Courtroom, Digital Evidence in the
Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
Crime Mapping, see Mapping and Analysis
Crime Prevention Research Working Group
Cybercrime, see Digital Evidence and Forensics
- D -
Data Carving and Search String Tools
Data Sharing, Law Enforcement (See Information-led Policing)
Data Loss, Preventing When Seizing Electronic Devices of Interest
Death Investigation, Scene Investigation Guide
Delinquency, Prevention, (See also NIJ Research in Brief Toward Safe and Orderly Schools—The National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools)
Dentistry, Forensic (Odontology)
Digital Evidence and Forensics
Directed Police Patrols, to Prevent Gun Violence
Displacement (See Do Prevention and Deterrence Programs Displace Crime to Other Areas?)
DNA, Human DNA Quantitation
DNA, Miniaturization and Automation of Tools and Processes
DNA, Sperm Detection and Separation
Domestic Violence, see Intimate Partner Violence
Drivers Licenses, Photo Sharing Among Agencies
Drug Detection, on Surfaces in Correctional Facilities
Drug Markets, see NIDA-NIJ Joint Initiative for Research on Retail Drug Markets (pdf, 2 pages)
Drug Treatment, Medication Assisted
Drug Use Forecasting, see Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Programs
Du Bois, W.E.B., Fellowship Program
- E -
Economic Distress and Intimate Partner Violence
Electro-muscular Disruption Technology, (See Conducted Energy Devices)
Evaluations, Programs (See NIJ Journal article "Maximize Your Evaluation Dollars")
Exonerations, see Postconviction, DNA Testing
Explosion and Bombing Scene Investigation Guide
Expert Systems (See NIJ Journal article "Expert Systems Help Labs Process DNA Samples")
- F -
Familicide, Murder-Suicide in Families
Family violence (See Child Abuse and Maltreatment, Elder Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, Violence Against Women & Family Violence)
Fatigue, Stress and Work Hours
Fingerprints, Impression Evidence
Fingerprint, Capture Technology
Fire Scene Investigation Guide
Firearms Violence, Publications
Foreclosures, Using Geographic Information Systems to Assess Influence on Crime
Foreclosures, Mortgage Fraud and Neighborhood Decline Meeting
Forensics, Fundamental Research
Forensics Laboratories (DNA.gov)
Forensic Laboratories, Technology Transition Workshops
- G -
Gateways, interoperability (See Interoperability Gateways/Interconnects)
Geographic Data Sources for Criminal Justice Analysis
Grants (see Funding)
Grants Management System (GMS), Training and Technical Assistance
Grants.gov, Getting Started (Grants.gov)
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- I -
Images, Automatic Human Image Detection
Indian Country (See Tribal Crime and Justice)
Indigent Defense (See National Symposium on Indigent Defense: Looking Back, Looking Forward, 2000-2010
or Expert Working Group Report: International Perspectives on Indigent Defense, September 2011 [pdf, 58 pages])
Industries, Prison (See NIJ Journal article "Factories Behind Fences: Do Prison ‘Real Work’ Programs Work?
Information Systems and Technology (See Communication Technologies or Information-led Policing )
Interoperability, Communications
- J -
Judicial Oversight in Domestic Violence Courts, Preventing Pretrial Abuse
Juvenile Justice, (See NIJ publications on juvenile justice or the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
- K -
Knives, Protection Against (see Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor [NIJ Standard-0115.00])
- L -
Laboratory, Enhancement Funding
Lineups, simultaneous vs. sequential
- M -
Macintosh Digital Forensic Tools (see also Macintosh Forensics Training)
Megan's Law, Evaluation of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws in New Jersey
Mental Health Screens (NIJ Research for Practice)
Metadata Analysis and Extraction
Methamphetamine Abuse (from the NIJ Journal)
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains
Mobile and Cellular Device Forensics Tools (see also Mobile Device Forensics Training)
Mortgage Fraud, Foreclosures and Neighborhood Decline Meeting
- N -
Narrowbanding, Understanding FCC Requirements
National Clearinghouse on Science, Technology and Law Exit Notice
National Criminal Justice Reference Services
National Forensic Sciences Technology Center Exit Notice
National Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Exit Notice
Native Americans (See Tribal Crime and Justice)
Neighborhoods and Crime, Research Working Group Meeting Summary
- O -
Officer Work Hours, Stress and Fatigue
Organized Crime, Transnational
Over-the-Air (OTA) Communications Improvements
- P -
Peer-to-Peer Analysis, Evidence Analysis (see also Peer-to-Peer Network Forensics Training)
Policing, see Law Enforcement
Policing Research Platform — A Foundation for Policing Research
Postconviction, Recommendations for Handling Postconviction DNA Testing Requests
Postconviction, Funding for Testing
Predictive Policing
Pretrial Domestic Violence Abuse, Preventing
Property Crimes, and Forensic DNA
Property Rooms, Unanalyzed Evidence in Law Enforcement Custody
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Quality Assurance Standards, for Forensic Laboratories (DNA.gov)
Quality Documents, for Forensic Laboratories (DNA.gov)
- R -
Radios, Smart/Software Defined
Rape Kits, See Solving the Problem of Untested Evidence in Sexual Assaults (from NIJ Journal)
- S -
Scientific Working Groups (SWGs), Forensic Standards Development
Search String and Data Carving Tools
Sedative, Less-Lethal Option (from the NIJ Journal)
Sentencing, Truth in (from the NIJ Journal)
Sex Offenders, Evaluation of Registration and Notification Laws (Megan's Law) in New Jersey
Sex Offender Residency Restrictions and Mapping
Sexual Assault Kits, See Solving the Problem of Untested Evidence in Sexual Assaults (from NIJ Journal)
Shelters, for Domestic Violence Victims
Shift Work, 10-Hour Shifts Offer Cost Savings and Other Benefits to Law Enforcement Agencies
Sleep Disorders, and Law Enforcement Officers
Software, Mapping and Analysis Research Projects
Solicitations (See Current Funding, Forthcoming Solicitations or Expired Solicitations)
Sperm Detection and Separation
Stab, Resistance (See Body Armor and Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor [NIJ Standard-0115.00])
Statistics — NIJ does not collect national or local crime statistics. See Bureau of Justice Statistics A-Z Topic List, Uniform Crime Reports (FBI), or National Incident-Based Reporting System Exit Notice
Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI)
Stress, Fatigue and Work Hours
(from the NIJ Journal)
Surveillance, Video Surveillance Equipment Selection and Application Guide
Surveillance, Through-the-Wall (from the NIJ Journal)
- T -
Taser (See Conducted Energy Devices)
Technology; Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Process
Technology Transition Workshops, Adopting New Technologies in Forensic Laboratories
Telephony, and Voice over Internet Protocol
Through-the-Wall Surveillance (from the NIJ Journal)
Traffic Safety, Using Geographic Information Systems to Analyze
Trafficking in persons (see Human Trafficking)
- U -
Unidentified Remains and Missing Persons
Untested Evidence in Law Enforcement Custody
Use of Force (See also Deciding When and How to Use Less-Lethal Devices)
- V -
Validation Information for Public DNA Laboratories
Vests, Bullet Resistant, see Body Armor
Visibility and Roadside Safety, Police
- W -
W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship Program
Weapons, Detecting Concealed Weapons (from the NIJ Journal)
- X -
X-Ray Systems (See the NIJ Guide Portable X-Ray Systems for Use in Bomb Identification and the NIJ Journal article Detecting Concealed Weapons: Directions for the Future)
- Y -
Youth gangs, firearms (See Youths, Gangs and Guns)
- # -
0101.06, NIJ Standard, Ballistic Resistance of Personal Body Armor (Replaces NIJ Standard 0101.04)
0112.03, NIJ Standard, Autoloading Pistols for Police Officers
0115.00, NIJ Standard, Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor
0116.00, NIJ Standard, CBRN Protective Ensemble Standard for Law Enforcement
0117.00, NIJ Standard, Public Safety Bomb Suit
0603.01, NIJ Standard, Portable X-Ray Systems for Use in Bomb Identification
911, to Detect Terrorism Threats (See NIJ Journal article Using 911 Calls to Detect Terrorism Threats)