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The Vera Institute of Justice’s Policing Program develops the quarterly digest Emerging Issues in American Policing to deliver information on innovations in the field of policing to police-practitioners and community members. Vera’s Policing Program gathers the material presented in the digest from leading academic journals and research publications, compiling them for easy access and analysis by justice professionals.
The latest edition of the digest, … Read More
Supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the COAP Newsletter collects articles (many original to COAP), resources, and training announcements with the express goal of supporting and informing those dedicated to turning the tide of America’s opioid crisis. We also appreciate the chance to tell the stories of colleagues and communities across the nation. If you are willing to share your experiences in combating the epidemic, we invite you to make a difference by adding your… Read More
As public consciousness of violence against women has grown over the past 50 years, NIJ research has played a large role in understanding the forms this violence takes and shaping the justice system's response.
This article — part of a special issue of the NIJ Journal commemorating the Institute's 50th anniversary — narrates the history of NIJ's portfolio of research on violence against women.
The Netflix series "Mindhunter" tells the story of an FBI team that pioneered criminal profiling of sexual serial killers in the 1970s and 80s. With support from NIJ, the FBI profilers were able to study dozens of these killers, leading to numerous groundbreaking publications.
This article, which is part of a special issue of the NIJ Journal commemorating the Institute's 50th anniversary, includes interviews with a real-life member of the FBI profiling team and the former… Read More
The Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017 calls for the COPS Office to publish case studies of programs designed primarily to address officer psychological health and well-being. Aiming to focus on innovative but replicable programs in law enforcement agencies of various sizes around the country, the authors conducted 11 case studies of programs in 10 departments and one call-in crisis line.
The Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center is a partnership between the COPS Office and leading professional law enforcement organizations throughout the field to provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies on request. In its first year, the center fielded more than 150 requests for assistance from campus, local, county, and state agencies on critical issues like school safety, active shooter response, de-escalation, crisis intervention, and intelligence… Read More
Second Step is a universal, school-based social-emotional learning program aimed at reducing violence and encouraging academic success among middle school students. NIJ-funded researchers looked at the effect of the program on participants in their high school years.
With NIJ's support, an expert panel on security surveillance technology has devised an "investment road map" to identify priority needs to guide development of formidable new video and other monitoring tools to fight crime and improve public safety.
The panel's final report identifies a set of priority innovation needs as well as a list of common objects and behaviors the new video technology should be able to recognize.
This article — part of a special issue of the NIJ Journal commemorating the Institute's 50th anniversary — looks at NIJ's long history of supporting research related to stress for law enforcement personnel.
The article also describes NIJ's 2016 Safety, Health, and Wellness Strategic Research Plan, a coordinated research agenda to promote the safety, health, and wellness of individuals who are employed by, under the supervision of, or interact with the criminal justice… Read More
With funding from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the Police Foundation has recently produced two reports based on information from its Averted School Violence database: A Preliminary Report on the Police Foundation's Averted School Violence Database and A Comparison of Averted and Completed School Attacks from the Police Foundation Averted School Violence Database.
