The U.S. Department of Justice administers two statistical programs to measure the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the nation: the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). These data collections together provide a comprehensive understanding of crime in the United States. This […]

This webinar will include presentations from researchers funded by the National Institute of Justice and grantees of the Office on Violence Against Women studying the impact of COVID-19 on their work, particularly on service provision for victims and survivors of gender-based violence.   Attendees will learn about the impact the pandemic had on victim services, […]

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), in collaboration with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), is convening a public seminar to obtain input on advancing the federal research agenda on Tribal crime, justice, and safety. Despite efforts across several bureaus and program offices throughout the Department of Justice to support Tribal research […]

Most people know that a program evaluation is valuable, yet they are intimidated by actually conducting one. It is important to measure program effectiveness and other performance indicators to help with fundraising and demonstrate the need for services. This Program Evaluation training, part of the NVAA Effective Management Series, will give participants the practical skills […]

Join the Elder Justice Initiative for their webinar on the Current State of Knowledge Regarding Fraud and Abuse Committed by Guardians or Conservators. Over the past few years, the roles of guardians and conservators have received significant attention. This is driven, at least in part, by incidents or allegations of fraud or abuse by the […]

Join researchers from Chapin Hall and others for this webinar on a new toolkit to help agencies build the culture and infrastructure needed to apply data analysis routinely, effectively, and accurately— referred to as “sustainable data use.” Join them as they discuss some of the key strategies and tools included in the Toolkit that can […]

In this webinar, the full title of which is “'Your life will be ruined': How financial sextortion impacts youth and what we’re doing to rewrite the script," Kathryn Rifenbark from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Melissa Stroebel, researcher from Thorn, will share what they've learned about child sextortion from their recent […]

Join UNICEF, LSHTM, and SVRI, to learn more about the implications of the recent publication ‘Interventions that prevent or respond to intimate partner violence against women and violence against children: a systematic review’. Globally, efforts seeking to prevent or respond to intimate partner violence (IPV) and violence against children (VAC) are still frequently separate, even […]

Join the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research for this webinar focused on community violence prevention, examining the complexities of firearm violence through the lens of recent research funded by NCGVR. Specifically, this session zeroes in on urban gun violence, the leading cause of death for young Black men. In the first presentation, Charles Lanfear, […]