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 Opening the Black Box of NIBIN:A Process and Outcome Evaluation of the use of NIBIN and its Effects on Criminal Investigations.
Award Information
Awardee
              Sam Houston State University
Award #
              2010-DN-BX-0001
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Huntsville, TX
Awardee County
              Walker
Congressional District
              8
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2010
Total funding (to date)
              $341,807
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 10 ORE Social Science Research in Forensic Science
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $341,807)
The grantee will conduct an evaluation that examines the implementation of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) in criminal justice agencies, identifies best practices for improving the effectiveness of NIBIN, and documents the ways criminal investigators utilize information produced by NIBIN to solve firearms cases. The research design includes three phases and data will be gathered from 1) the NIBIN system, 2) from a mailed survey of lab and agency employees who manage NIBIN at partner sites and investigators, and 3) from semi-structured interviews with employees at participating sites and investigators who have received NIBIN intelligence.  Phase I will use NIBIN data to describe the nature of NIBIN usage by law enforcement and to provide context for other data to be collected.  Phase II will include two surveys.  The first survey will go to employees who oversee and utilize NIBIN at the 228 NIBIN participant sites.  The grantee will also take a sample 500 recent NIBIN hits and survey the detectives who worked the cases associated with those hits.  Phase III will entail site visits to 10 high-use NIBIN sites, with quantitative and qualitative data collection planned. ca/ncf



  
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                      The multi-dimensional environment of publicly funded U.S. crime laboratories and its impact on lab priorities
                  Assessing best practices in crime labs structure, processes, and performance: A partial test of Gagliardi's 13 Critical tasks
                  Organizational and Environmental Determinants of Ballistics Imaging Productivity in United States Crime Laboratories
                  Forensic Evidence and Criminal Investigations: The Impact of Ballistics Information on the Investigation of Violent Crime in Nine Cities
                  Study Identifies Ways To Improve ATF Ballistic Evidence Program
                                                                      NIJ Journal,
                  Opening the Black Box of NIBIN: A Descriptive Process and Outcome Evaluation of the Use of NIBIN and Its Effects on Criminal Investigations, Executive Summary
                  Opening the Black Box of NIBIN: A Process and Outcome Evaluation of the use of NIBIN and its Effects on Criminal Investigations, Final Report




  
Grant-Funded Datasets
        
                      http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34970.v1

  
Date Created: August 26, 2010
    
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