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Property crime

Funding Opportunities for Publicly Funded Crime Labs, Fiscal Year 2017

January 2017

This webinar will inform the audience of the changes to three programs available for publicly funded forensic laboratories and introduce a new program for FY 2017. Changes to existing programs will be highlighted and presenters will discuss the background and goals of the solicitations, recommendations for successful applications, application expectations and requirements, the review process, and the application checklist. There will also be time for questions and answers at the end of the webinar.

Solicitations discussed include:

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Making Sense of the DNA Backlog - NIJ Conference Panel

June 2009

Panelists will present findings from two NIJ studies that examined the DNA backlog in law enforcement agencies and crime labs. Panelists will discuss research findings related to new and potential time- and cost-saving approaches.

Transcript
Making Sense of the DNA Backlog - NIJ Conference Panel
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1 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Mark Nelson, National Institute of Justice , 2 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Kevin Lothridge, Chief Executive Officer, National Forensic Science Technology Center , 3 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Kevin J. Strom, Senior Research Scientist, Crime, Violence, and Justice Research Program, RTI International , 4 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Greg Matheson, Director, Los Angeles Police Department Criminalistics Laboratory , 5 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Question and Answer Session

Property Crimes

In a property crime, a victim's property is stolen or destroyed, without the use or threat of force against the victim. Property crimes include burglary and theft as well as vandalism and arson.

NIJ supports projects that strive to understand and reduce the occurrence and impact of property crimes.

On this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to property crimes.

Underground Gun Markets in Chicago

NCJ Number
253014
Date Published
June 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description
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Evaluation of the Shreveport Predictive Policing Experiment

Date Published
March 6, 2018

NIJ-funded researchers evaluated an experiment in which Shreveport Police Department compared a predictive policing model focused on forecasting the likelihood of property crime occurring within block-sized areas against a hot spots policing approach.

School Safety: By the Numbers

NCJ Number
251173
Date Published
November 2017
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Statistics, Issue Overview, Factsheet
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