35 datasets found
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Police Use of Deadly Force, 1970-1979
Department of Justice —
The circumstances surrounding "justifiable homicides" by police are the focus of this data collection, which examines occurrences in 57 United States cities during... -
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National Assessment Program Survey of Criminal Justice Agencies in the United States, 1992-1994
Department of Justice —
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... -
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Evaluation of the Elder Abuse Training Program in Massachusetts, 1993-1995
Department of Justice —
These data were collected to evaluate the Elder Protection Project in Massachusetts, sponsored by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and funded by the... -
Federal
Multi-Method Study of Police Special Weapons and Tactics Teams in the United States, 1986-1998
Department of Justice —
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... -
Federal
Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Program in the United States, 1995-1999
Department of Justice —
This study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of the Gang Resistance Education And Training (GREAT) program by surveying five different groups: students in a cross-... -
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Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2006
Department of Justice —
As of year-end 2006 a total of 648 state and local law enforcement academies were providing basic training to entry-level recruits in the United States. State... -
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Impact of Community Policing at the Street Level: An Observational Study in Richmond, Virginia, 1992
Department of Justice —
This study's purpose was twofold: to investigate the nature of police patrol work in a community policing context and to field-test data collection instruments... -
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Impact of Community Policing Training and Program Implementation on Police Personnel in Arizona, 1995-1998
Department of Justice —
This study examined the impact on police trainees of the Phoenix Regional Training Academy's curriculum. The academy's basic training program integrates community... -
Federal
National Survey of Field Training Programs for Police Officers, 1985-1986
Department of Justice —
This national survey of field training programs for police officers contains data gathered from state and local criminal justice agencies regarding the format of... -
Federal
National Survey of Staffing Issues in Large Police Agencies, 2006-2007 [United States]
Department of Justice —
The primary objective of this study was to formulate evidence-based lessons on recruitment, retention, and managing workforce profiles in large, United States police... -
Federal
Impact of Oleoresin Capsicum Spray on Respiratory Function in Human Subjects in the Sitting and Prone Maximal Restraint Positions in San Diego County, 1998
Department of Justice —
Oleoresin capsicum (OC), or pepper spray, has gained wide acceptance as standard police equipment in law enforcement as a swift and effective method to subdue... -
Federal
Role of Police Psychology in Controlling Excessive Force in 50 Large Cities in the United States, 1992
Department of Justice —
As part of the development of an information base for subsequent policy initiatives, the National Institute of Justice sponsored a nationwide survey of police... -
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Evaluation of Victim Advocacy Services Funded by the Violence Against Women Act in Urban Ohio, 1999
Department of Justice —
The focus of this research and evaluation endeavor was on direct service programs in Ohio, particularly advocacy services for female victims of violence, receiving... -
Federal
Developing a Common Metric for Evaluating Police Performance in Deadly Force Situations in the United States, 2009-2011
Department of Justice —
This study developed interval-level measurement scales for evaluating police officer performance during real or simulated deadly force situations. Through a two-day... -
Federal
Enhancing the Research Partnership Between the Albany Police Department and the Finn Institute, 2005-2016
Department of Justice —
The Finn Institute is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that conducts research on matters of public safety and security. The project provided for steps that... -
Federal
Supporting Police Integrity in the Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Police Department, 1991-1998 and 2000
Department of Justice —
This study investigated police integrity in the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD). Its primary goal was to identify risk factors for negative police behaviors and... -
Federal
Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2018
Department of Justice —
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... -
Federal
Police Use of Force [United States]: Official Reports, Citizen Complaints, and Legal Consequences, 1991-1992
Department of Justice —
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... -
Federal
National Evaluation of the National Institute of Justice Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus Program, 2000-2002
Department of Justice —
This study was undertaken as a process evaluation of the Grants to Combat Violence Against Women on Campus Program (Campus Program), which was conducted by the... -
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Evaluation of Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies for Domestic Violence Cases in the State College, Pennsylvania, Police Department, 1999-2000
Department of Justice —
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...
35 datasets found