National Institute of Justice

NIJ has streamlined the process for ensuring that certain research projects comply with the National Environmental Protection Act. The changes apply to projects that involve use of standard chemicals and reagents, building renovation or construction, and fire testing.

Learn more about NIJ's programmatic environmental assessment (pdf, 57 pages).

by Mark Nelson

This new report describes the various kinds of backlogs found in crime laboratories and law enforcement agencies, explains how supply and demand are impacting crime laboratories, and shows how federal funding has made a difference during the last several years.

Read the full report (pdf, 20 pages).

The latest issue of Geography and Public Safety — Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2010 — focuses on traffic safety and includes the articles:

• Data-Driven Policing: How Geographic Analysis Can Reduce Social Harm
• Place as the Focal Point: Developing a Theory for the DDACTS Model
• Implementing DDACTS in Baltimore County: Using Geographic Incident Patterns to Deploy Enforcement
• Traffic Safety Initiative Modernizes Resource Deployment in Lafourche Parish
• Integrating Crime and Traffic Crash Data in Nashville

Read the bulletin.

Watch short interviews and listen to seminars with researchers who are changing the way we think about policies and practices.

Filmed before a live audience, seasoned researchers describe experiments they are doing, problems they are investigating and the impact their research is having.

Watch past seminars.

NIJ's Research for the Real World Seminar Series presented Professor Ed Latessa discussing Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-based Knowledge.

Ed Latessa's team assessed more than 550 programs and saw the best and the worst.

Professor Latessa shared his lessons learned and examples of states that are trying to use evidence-based knowledge to improve correctional programs.

• Watch the full presentation (1:17:17)
• Watch an interview with Dr. Latessa (01:42)