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