The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), through its Office of Research Administration, was awarded a $1,061,328 federal Project Grant by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate under CFDA 97.108 Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies. This grant funds a 2-year research project to investigate features of community-centered reporting programs across 7 countries in order to address the gap between research and practice in supporting early detection and intervention for potential terrorism and targeted violence.
The key products to be delivered through this grant include: 1) an applied thematic analysis synthesizing existing empirical evidence on intimate bystander community reporting across 4 prior studies, 2) a series of 7 national case studies examining how such reporting programs are conceptualized, implemented, and engaged with by citizens and practitioners in different contexts, and 3) consultations with North American policy stakeholders to understand how the conclusions may be adapted to the cultural and structural policy contexts in the US and Canada. The goal is to generate scientific knowledge that can assist in the design and implementation of intimate bystander community reporting systems in diverse national and local settings, with a particular focus on the USA and Canada.
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