Criminal Justice Research, Evaluation, and Assessment

ILJ staff has conducted more than 250 major research and evaluation projects in law enforcement and criminal justice. Current and recently completed projects have explored such topics as:
Assessment of law enforcement practices, community policing, and organizational change

• Computer Aided Dispatch in Support of Community Policing

• Evaluation of the Differential Police Response Field Test

• Evaluation of Community Crime/Problem Resolution through Police Directed Patrol

Advanced technology, information and data systems for police and corrections

• Evaluation of Police Information Technology Acquisition

• Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C., Information and Telecommunications Systems

• Evaluation of the Fairfax County, Virginia, Police Department's Police Management Information System

Weapons and police use of force

• National Assessment of Less Than Lethal Weapons

• Police Use of Force

• National Study of Police Vehicle Pursuit Policies

Criminal justice collaborations

• Cross-Site Evaluation of Locally Initiated Research Collaborations

• Partnerships between Law Enforcement and Private Security

• National Assessment of Investigations of Computer Crimes by Local Police Departments and Prosecutors

• Evaluation of Statewide Planning and Research Units

Domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking

• Evaluation of Training and Policy Development under Violence Against Women Act (STOP Grants)

• Evaluation of Police Arrest Policies against Domestic Violence

• Stalking Laws in the 50 States

Drug enforcement and geographic strategies 

• National Evaluation of COPS Methamphetamine Initiative

• Comprehensive Drug-Impacted Small Jurisdictions Assessment

• Drug Market Analysis: An Enforcement Model

• Assessment of Alternative Sanctions for Drug Offenses

• Evaluation of Concentrated Crime Reduction Programs

• Evaluation of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program

• Evaluation of Traffic Law Sanctions

Juvenile violence and crime prevention models

• Study of Youth Violence in the District of Columbia

• Urban Street Gang Drug Trafficking Enforcement Program

• National Assessment of Gang Prosecution

• Prosecutor and Judicial Decisionmaking in Juvenile Waiver Cases

• Prosecutor and Judge Use of Adult Defendants’ Juvenile Records

Criminal justice agency needs

• National Criminal Justice Needs Assessment Project

• Evaluation of Impact of Jail Standards

• Assessment of the Oasis Project in Louisville, Kentucky

• Evaluation of Privacy and Security Regulations Cost Model

• Evaluation of LEAA-funded Programs

• Evaluation of "Promising Projects" for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration