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De-escalation Training: What Works, Implementation Lessons, and Taking It to Scale; Plenary at the 2023 NIJ Research Conference
    
        August 2023
      
  Series
                  NIJ Research Conference

            Police use of force, while infrequently used, is a tremendous concern to public safety in the United States when officers employ it excessively or inappropriately, causing injury or death and eroding public trust in law enforcement. This plenary from the 2023 NIJ Research Conference describes the Integrating, Communications, Assessment, and Tactics (ICAT) de-escalation training program developed by the Police Executive Research Forum to guide officers in defusing critical incidents.
      
            Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy PolicyEmbodying Evidence to Action: Tracking the Impact of Three Key NIJ Research Investments; Opening Plenary of the 2023 NIJ Research Conference
    
        August 2023
      
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                  NIJ Research Conference

            This plenary featured three significant areas of NIJ research investment that have had a tremendous impact on both the research community and the field of practice: advances in forensic DNA, police body armor standards, and place-based analyses of public safety. Each topic was explored by a collection of people representing the researcher, practitioner, policymaker, and advocacy perspectives, exploring how evidence generation resulted in changes that improved public safety and yielded more equitable criminal justice outcomes.
      
            Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy PolicyDetecting Methamphetamine in Aerosols by Electroanalysis in a Soap Bubble Wall
    
        Date Published

April 2022
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          Research (Applied/Empirical)
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          NIJ-SponsoredNon-Lethal Systems Research and Development: Pepper Spray Launcher/Disperser Final Report
    
        Date Published

1997
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          Report (Technical)
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          NIJ-SponsoredAre CEDs Safe and Effective?
    
        June 2010
      
            Thousands of law enforcement agencies throughout the United States have adopted conducted energy devices (CEDs) as a safe method to subdue individuals, but are these devices really safe? What policies should agencies adopt to ensure the proper use of this technology? This NIJ Conference Panel****discusses the physiological effects of electrical current in the human body caused by CEDs, as well as how this technology can reduce injuries to officers and suspects when appropriate policies and training are followed.Characterization and Abuse of Electronic Cigarettes: The Efficacy of "Personal Vaporizers" as an Illicit Drug Delivery System
    
        Date Published

June 2018
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          Research (Applied/Empirical),
                        Report (Study/Research),
                        Report (Grant Sponsored),
                        Program/Project Description
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          NIJ-SponsoredEvaluating A Presumptive Drug Testing Technology in Community Corrections Settings
    
        Date Published

August 2012
    Publication Type
          Test/Measurement
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          NIJ-SponsoredUse of Pepper Aerosol Restraint Spray (Oleoresin Capsicum or "OC")
    
        Date Published

January 1995
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          NIJ-SponsoredLess Than Lethal Force Technologies in Law Enforcement and Correctional Agencies
    
        Date Published

January 1994
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          NIJ-SponsoredEvaluation of Pepper Spray, Research in Brief
    
        Date Published

1997

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          NIJ Research in Brief
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          Survey
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          NIJOleoresin Capsicum: Pepper Spray as a Force Alternative
    
        Date Published

May 1994
    Publication Type
          Report (Technical)
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          NIJ-SponsoredRate of Force Used by the Police in Montgomery County, Maryland
    
        Date Published

March 2002

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          NIJ Research Report
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          Report (Study/Research)
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          NIJ-SponsoredUnderstanding the Prevalence and Severity of Force Used By and Against the Police, Executive Summary
    
        Date Published

2002
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          Report (Study/Research)
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          NIJ-SponsoredUnderstanding the Use of Force By and Against the Police in Six Jurisdictions, Final Report
    
        Date Published

January 2002
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          Report (Study/Research)
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