The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded a $1,192,220 Project Grant under the "National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants" program (CFDA 16.560) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to develop and administer the "National Survey on Support for Violent Extremism". The goal of this 4-year project is to provide valid and reliable estimates on the prevalence, magnitude, and geographic clustering of support for...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $788,241 Project Grant to the University of New Haven under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) program. The 5-year grant will fund a mixed methods evaluation of community-based violence intervention and prevention initiatives operating in New Haven, CT and York, PA. The evaluation will examine whether stronger collaborations among community stakeholders have been built, if enhanced programming is...
The National Institute of Justice awarded a $1,608,435 project grant to RTI International to develop an evidence base to support effective terrorism prevention programs. Funded under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560), the project involves a mixed-method, prospective longitudinal study of extremism exit from white supremacist groups. Over five years, RTI and sub-awardees Life After Hate Inc. and Chapman University will...
This $762,553 Project Grant was awarded on January 1, 2024 by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant will fund a multi-year study conducted by the University of Maryland, College Park to (1) determine the extent of sentencing and related disparities in international and domestic terrorism prosecutions in the United States, (2) examine the factors contributing to any...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice awarded $692,580.28 to Justice Information Resource Network Inc. under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) for the period of January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021. The award supports the project "WHAT CONSTITUTES SUCCESS? EVALUATING LEGAL SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME" to develop new knowledge on evaluating legal services...
This Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice funded formative evaluation of a technology-based behavioral health program for victims of crime. With $436,339.35 awarded on January 1, 2019 and completing on September 30, 2021, the grant supported evaluation under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). Research Triangle Institute conducted evaluation to develop new...
The University of New Hampshire will conduct a multi-method, multi-informant national study from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025 to improve responses to victims of child sexual exploitation materials. Funded by a $1.49 million Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice, this research aims to develop new knowledge and tools under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program. The...
Youngstown State University was awarded a $449,897 project grant from the National Institute of Justice's Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to conduct research on violent extremist discourse and its influences. The 5-year project, starting January 1, 2024, will: 1) Quantify the presence, structure, and sentiment of violent and accelerationist ideas in social media posts; 2) Establish associations between these ideas and other thematic frames; 3) Assess...
This $942,512 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) supports a longitudinal study on the impacts of hate crime victimization. The primary objectives are to: 1) examine within-person variation in hate crime victimization experiences over time, 2) analyze the relationship between victimization and psychological/attitudinal outcomes, 3) assess patterns in help-seeking and police...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $600,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to develop a culturally and trauma-informed teen dating violence algorithm. The grant, awarded January 1, 2022 and set to be completed by December 31, 2026, will fund the continuation of the VIP study to further a new knowledge and...