The National Institute of Justice is the scientific research, development, and evaluation agency of the US Department of Justice. Each year, NIJ identifies needed topical research in the physical and social sciences, solicits proposals from universities and other research institutions to conduct that research, and awards grants to fund the selected proposals.
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NIJ’s Real-Time Crime Forecasting Challenge: An Attempt to Encourage Data Scientists from Every Field to Think About Criminal Justice Problems
Earlier this summer, the US Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) announced the winners of the Real-Time Crime Forecasting Challenge. Four of the winners were students.
Statistician Greg Ridgeway: New Deputy Director of National Institute of Justice
Amstat News invited new National Institute of Justice Deputy Director Greg Ridgeway to respond to a few questions about his role in this position.
NIJ Looking for a Few Good Statisticians
Gerald LaPorte, a physical scientist at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and David Fialkoff, an NIJ contract writer, describe steps NIJ has taken over the last few years to address weaknesses in forensic science identified in the 2009 National Academies Report, Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward.