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The Creation of Muhajirat in America: Social Media as a Platform for Crafting Gender-Specific Interventions for the Domestic Radicalization of Women, 5 countries, 1970-2018
This study examines the radicalization of Western women to extremist violence, both through the creation of a moral-situational-action risk model and the examination of their... -
Effects of Marijuana Legalization on Law Enforcement and Crime, Washington, 2004-2018
This study sought to examine the effects of cannabis legalization on crime and law enforcement in Washington State. In 2012 citizens voted to legalize possession of small... -
Student Engagement and Empowerment (SEE) Project, Washington, 2014-2019
Discipline in schools is typically disproportionate, reactive and punitive. Evidence-based strategies that have been recently developed focus on shifting schools to a more... -
Youth Violence and Victimization: Predicting Responses to Peer Aggression, South Carolina, 2017-2018
Youth violence is violence or aggression perpetuated by or targeted against youth and includes many forms such as violent crime, physical violence (e.g., fighting, use of... -
Evaluation of the My Life My Choice (MLMC) Program for Victims of Sex Trafficking, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, 2015-2018
Commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) is an increasingly urgent problem for criminal justice systems in the United States. Despite the staggering individual and societal... -
Understanding and Measuring Bias Victimization Against Latinos, San Diego, CA, Galveston, TX, Houston, TX, Boston, MA, 2018-2019
This study surveyed immigrant and non-immigrant populations residing in high Latino population communities in order to: Assess the nature and pattern of bias motivated... -
The Consequences of School Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Global, 1990-2016
This project seeks to to provide clear and comprehensive answers to the questions that plague researchers on how school violence impacts future student outcomes. To that end,... -
Common Operational Picture Technology in Law Enforcement: Three Case Studies, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Camden County, New Jersey, Chicago, Illinois, 2015-2019
The use of common operational picture (COP) technology can give law enforcement and its public safety response partners the capacity to develop a shared situational awareness to... -
Reducing Youth Access to Firearms Through the Healthcare Setting, Denver, Colorado, 2018-2019
The purpose of this project was to determine whether the health care setting can be utilized to decrease firearm access for adolescents, including those who are demonstrating a... -
Waiver of Attorney in Juvenile Court, Massachusetts and Virginia, 2014-2018
The goal of this study is to examine age-based differences in knowledge and beliefs regarding the role of counsel, presumptions about counsel, and maturity of judgement when... -
Chicago Public Schools "Connect and Redirect to Respect" (CRR) Program, Illinois, 2015-2018
In 2014, Chicago Public Schools, looking to reduce the possibility of gun violence among school-aged youth, applied for a grant through the National Institute of Justice. CPS... -
Development of a Brief Elder Abuse and Neglect Screening Tool for Emergency Medical Services: Detection of Elder Abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT), Texas, 2015
In collaboration with Texas Adult Protective Services (APS) and one of the largest mobile healthcare providers in North Texas -- MedStarMobile Healthcare (MedStar) -- this study... -
Wisconsin School Violence and Bullying Prevention Study, 2015-2017
The Wisconsin School Violence and Bullying Prevention Study sought to understand the impact of comprehensive bullying prevention programs on outcomes related to violence,... -
Measuring Success in Focused Deterrence Through an Effective Researcher-Practitioner Partnership, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2015
In the fall of 2013, Temple University's Department of Criminal Justice was awarded a research grant by the National Institute of Justice to evaluate Philadelphia's Focused... -
School Emergency Preparedness Study, United States, 2018
The School Emergency Preparedness Study, United States, 2018, was conducted to better understand the state of knowledge concerning violent emergency preparedness in schools and... -
Ethnocultural Influences on Women's Experiences of and Responses to Intimate Partner Violence, Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, United States, 2014-2017
Research about ethnocultural influences on women's experience of and response to intimate partner violence (IPV) is scarce, contributing to culturally incongruent processes that... -
Community Reporting Thresholds: Sharing Information with Authorities Concerning Terrorism and Targeted Violence, California and Illinois, 2021
Parents, siblings, partners, and friends are often the first people to suspect a loved one is on the trajectory towards targeted violence or terrorism. These intimate bystanders... -
Racial Disparities in Virginia Felony Court Cases, 2007-2015
Research examining racial disparities in the court system has typically focused on only one of the discrete stages in the criminal process (the charging, conviction, or... -
A Randomized Controlled Trial Of A Comprehensive, Research-Based Framework for Implementing School-Based Law Enforcement Programs, Texas, 2017-2020
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a comprehensive, research-based framework of recommended practices for integrating police into the educational environment. This... -
Comprehensive Assessment of School Climate to Improve Safety in Maryland Middle Schools, 2015-2018
The major aims of this project were to: 1) Adapt for middle schools and assess the feasibility and acceptability of the Maryland Safe and Supportive Schools (MDS3) Model; 2)...