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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 16, 1992 at 12:00 AM

The circumstances surrounding "justifiable homicides" by police are the focus of this data collection, which examines occurrences in 57 United States cities during the period 1970-1979....

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: July 13, 1996 at 12:00 AM

This national survey was designed to collect information on police departmental policies and practices pertaining to the use of physical force--both deadly and less than lethal--by law...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: October 26, 2012 at 03:57 PM

The primary objective of this study was to formulate evidence-based lessons on recruitment, retention, and managing workforce profiles in large, United States police departments. The research team...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 10, 2007 at 12:00 AM

This research study was designed to pursue three specific goals to accomplish its objective of enhancing knowledge about Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams and the role they play in ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This data collection was undertaken to gather information on the extent of police officers' knowledge of search and seizure law, an issue with important consequences for law enforcement. A ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 21, 2016 at 02:37 PM

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they there received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

In an effort to reduce the workload of police officers participating in problem-solving and community-oriented activities, the San Francisco Police Department applied for and was awarded...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 12, 1998 at 12:00 AM

These data were collected to evaluate the Elder Protection Project in Massachusetts, sponsored by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and funded by the Massachusetts Committee on...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act of 1984 (FVPSA) provided funding, through the Office of Victims of Crime in the United States Department of Justice, for 23 law enforcement ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: October 01, 1996 at 12:00 AM

As part of the development of an information base for subsequent policy initiatives, the National Institute of Justice sponsored a nationwide survey of police psychologists to learn more ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study was undertaken to provide current information on work and family issues from the police officer's perspective, and to explore the existence and prevalence of work and family...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 25, 2014 at 03:11 PM

This study examines the state of counterterrorism and homeland security in five large urban law enforcement agencies (the Boston Police Department, the Houston Police Department, the Las Vegas...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: June 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM

This study, funded under the Measuring What Matters Program, was conducted to identify general neighborhood strengthening, or community building, processes and police contributions to them....

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The focus of this research and evaluation endeavor was on direct service programs in Ohio, particularly advocacy services for female victims of violence, receiving funding through the...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

The National Assessment Program (NAP) Survey was conducted to determine the needs and problems of state and local criminal justice agencies. At the local level in each sampled county, survey ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 13, 2016 at 01:34 PM

This study utilized: a national survey of law enforcement officials; a national survey of criminal justice faculty; a survey of criminal justice students at Arizona State University, Kutztown...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: June 04, 2012 at 02:18 PM

The Law Enforcement and Family Support program consists of multi-dimensional stress management services for law enforcement personnel within the state of Tennessee. The Tennessee Sheriffs'...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This project was an 18-month long research-practitioner partnership to conduct a process evaluation of the State College Police Department's implementation of a grant to encourage arrest ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study investigated police integrity in the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD). Its primary goal was to identify risk factors for negative police behaviors and outcomes using ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 30, 2021 at 10:04 AM

In 2018, there were 681 state and local law enforcement training academies that provided basic training instruction to 59,511 recruits. As part of the 2018 Census of Law Enforcement Training...

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