Drugs and Crime Research Projects
The following table — Drugs and Crime Research Awards, 2003–2012 — shows awards made by NIJ for drugs and crime research projects.
Both ongoing and completed projects are included. Project titles for completed awards are linked to the substantive report submitted to NIJ at the completion of the project if available.
| Title (links to description or abstract if available) |
Grantee | Category | Award Number | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Markets | ||||
| Monitoring Drug Epidemics and the Markets That Sustain Them Using ADAM II | National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. | Drug Markets | 2010-IJ-CX-0011 | $37,966 |
| Dynamics of Retail Methamphetamine Markets in New York City | National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. Travis Wendel |
Drug Markets | 2007-IJ-CX-0110 | $475,337 |
| The Context of Drug Markets: An Examination of the Direct and Indirect Influence of Gender in Drug Market Activities | Arizona State University Cheryl Lee |
Drug Markets | 2004-IJ-CX-0014 | $34,946 |
| The Chinese Connection: The Changing Patterns of Drug Trafficking in the Golden Triangle | Rutgers University Adrienne Walker-Lane |
Drug Markets | 2004-IJ-CX-0023 | $199,915 |
| Epidemiology | ||||
| Race and Drug Arrests: Specific Deterrence and Collateral Consequences | University of South Florida | Epidemiology | 2011-IJ-CX-0004 | $93,553 |
| Roads Diverge: Long-term Patterns of Relapse, Recidivism, and Desistance for a Reentry Cohort | University of Delaware Ronet Bachman |
Epidemiology | 2008-IJ-CX-0017 | $586,816 |
| Gender, Mental Illness, and Crime | Portland State University Melissa Thompson |
Epidemiology | 2007-IJ-CX-0004 | $34,999 |
| Alcohol Availability, Distribution Policies, and Their Relationship to Crime and Alcohol-Related Injury | Urban Institute Caterina Roman |
Epidemiology | 2006-IJ-CX-0012 | $105,989 |
| Drug-Facilitated, Incapacitated, and Forcible Rape: A National Study of Prevalence and Case Characteristics Among College Students and Other Young Women | Medical University of South Carolina Dean Kilpatrick |
Epidemiology | 2005-WG-BX-0006 | $447,796 |
| Exploring the Drugs/Crime Connection within the Electronic Dance and Hip Hop Nightclub Scenes | University of Delaware Tammy Anderson |
Epidemiology | 2004-IJ-CX-0040 | $283,563 |
| The Prevalence, Context, and Reporting of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault on University Campuses | Research Triangle Institute Don Enichen |
Epidemiology | 2004-WG-BX-0010 | $419,339 |
| Market Disruption | ||||
| Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs: Policy Change, Law Enforcement Activity, and Diversion Tactics | University of Central Florida | Drug Markets | 2012-R2-CX-0006 | $250,000 |
| Optimizing Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs to Support Law Enforcement Activities | University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Drug Markets | 2012-R2-CX-0007 | $363,226 |
| Identifying High Risk Prescribers Using PDMP Data: A Tool For Law Enforcement | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Drug Markets | 2012-R2-CX-0002 | $249,983 |
| Evaluating and Improving Law Enforcement Cooperation in Combating Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations | American University | Market Disruption | 2011-IJ-CX-0001 | $453,112 |
| An Experimental Evaluation of the BJA DMI Training and Technical Assistance Initiative | RAND Corporation | Market Disruption | 2010-DJ-BX-1672 | $2,914,961 |
| Creating a Better Understanding Of Cross-Jurisdictional Task Forces On The Border: An Evaluation Of Two Efforts To Target Drugs And Violence In San Diego County | San Diego Association of Governments | Market Disruption | 2010-SS-B9-0001 | $299,136 |
| A Collaborative Approach to Eliminating Street Drug Markets through Focused Deterrence | University of North Carolina Greensboro Tim Shelton |
Market Disruption | 2006-IJ-CX-0034 | $283,001 |
| Controlled Substance Case Processing Descriptive Study | Research Triangle Institute Kevin Strom |
Market Disruption | ASP Task T-021 | $250,000 |
| The Effect of Law Enforcement on Drug Markets and Drug Use | Abt Associates, Inc. Bill Rhodes |
Market Disruption | 2005-IJ-CX-0024 | $269,495 |
| Controlling Methamphetamine Precursors: From Policy to Practice | Andrews University Duane McBride |
Market Disruption | 2005-IJ-CX-0028 | $324,764 |
| Evaluation of Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces, Phase II: Tool Development and Production | Abt Associates Bill Rhodes |
Market Disruption | 2005-DD-BX-0002 | $474,435 |
| Prevention and Intervention | ||||
| Effect of Prison-Based Alcohol Treatment: A Multi-site Process and Outcome Evaluation | University of Texas as San Antonio | Prevention and Intervention | 2010-RT-BX-0103 | $300,000 |
| Evidence-Based Screening and Assessment: A Randomized Trial of a Validated Assessment Tool in Three NYC Drug Courts | Center for Court Innovation | Prevention and Intervention | 2010-IJ-CX-0031 | $389,093 |
| Evaluation of the Second Chance Act Reentry Courts | Northwest Professional Consortium, Inc. | Prevention and Intervention | 2010-RY-BX-0001 | $2,988,850 |
| A Natural Experiment in Reform: Analyzing Drug Law Policy Change in NYS | Vera Institute of Justice | Prevention and Intervention | 2010-IJ-CX-0030 | $699,937 |
| A Follow-up Evaluation of Hawaii's HOPE Probation | Pepperdine University | Prevention and Intervention | 2010-IJ-CX-0016 | $191,707 |
| Evaluating a Drug Testing and Graduated Sanctions Program in Delaware: A Randomized Trial | University of Delaware Daniel O'Connell |
Prevention and Intervention | 2009-IJ-CX-0003 | $499,631 |
| From Inception to Implementation: How the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act Has Affected the Case Processing and Sentencing of Drug Offenders in One CA County | University of California, Irvine Christine Gardiner |
Prevention and Intervention | 2007-IJ-CX-0031 | $19,991 |
| Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of KS Senate Bill 123 | Loyola University Chicago Don Stemen |
Prevention and Intervention | 2006-IJ-CX-4032 | $203,552 |
| Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of KS Senate Bill 123 | Vera Institute of Justice Don Stemen |
Prevention and Intervention | 2006-IJ-CX-0032 | $38,799 |
| A Cost Evaluation of Drug Court Programs Compared to State Mandate non-Drug Court Treatment Programs | Northwest Professional Consortium, Inc. Shannon Carey |
Prevention and Intervention | 2005-IJ-CX-0010 | $284,715 |
| Multisite Comparison of 17 Adult Drug Courts: Typology, Outcomes and Cost | Northwest Professional Consortium, Inc. Shannon Carey |
Prevention and Intervention | 2005-M-114 | $55,158 |
| An Impact and Cost-Benefit Evaluation of the Oxford House Substance Free Transitional Housing Model | Northwest Professional Consortium, Inc. Mike Finigan |
Prevention and Intervention | 2005-DD-BX-1009 | $662,455 |
| Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance?s Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Demonstration Programs | University of Arizona Jeanette Hassin |
Prevention and Intervention | 2005-AC-BX-0011 | $457,200 |
| An Empirical Investigation of ?Going to Scale? in Drug Interventions | Urban Institute John Roman, Avi Bhati |
Prevention and Intervention | 2005-DC-BX-1064 | $196,495 |
| Drug Court Evaluation Training and Technical Assistance | National Association of Drug Court Professionals Carolyn Hardin |
Prevention and Intervention | 2004-DC-BX-K005 | $295,723 |
| Anchorage Wellness Court Evaluation | University of Alaska, Anchorage Robert Langworthy |
Prevention and Intervention | 2003-DD-BX-1015 | $633,880 |
| Multi-site Adult Drug Court Evaluation | The Urban Institute, RTI International and the Center for Court Innovation Shelli Rossman |
Prevention and Intervention | 2003-DC-BX-1001 | $6,500,000 |
| Swiftness and Certainty in Enforcing Probation Conditions: Hawaii HOPE | University of California, Los Angeles Angela Hawken |
Prevention and Intervention | 2007-IJ-CX-0033 | $139,530, |
| Technology and Forensics | ||||
| Transition Metal Cluster Compounds for the Fluorescent Identification and Trace Detection of Substances of Abuse | University of Central Florida | Technology and Forensics | 2012-R2-CX-K005 | $163,385 |
| Forensic Chemistry of Substituted 1-Alkyl-3-Acylindoles: Isomeric Synthetic Cannabinoids. | Auburn University | Technology and Forensics | 2012-DN-BX-K026 | $865,784 |
| The Evaluation of Laser Diode Thermal Desorption (LDTD) for High Throughput Analysis of Controlled Substances and Toxicology in Forensic Sciences | Research Triangle Institute | Technology and Forensics | 2012-R2-CX-K004 | $331,494 |
| Characterization of Designer Drugs: Chemical Stability, Exposure, and Metabolite Identification | Research Triangle Institute | Technology and Forensics | 2012-R2-CX-K001 | $799,360 |
| Analytical and Synthetic Studies on Designer Drugs of the Piperazine Class | Auburn University | Technology and Forensics | 2011-DN-BX-K530 | $484,819 |
| Separation and Identification of Drugs of Abuse Using ESI-IMS-MS | Florida International University | Technology and Forensics | 2011-DN-BX-K531 | $241,447 |
| Comprehensive Forensic Toxicological Analysis Of Designer Drugs | The Florida International University Board of Trustees | Technology and Forensics | 2011-DN-BX-K559 | $143,225 |
| Development of a Modern Compendium of Microcrystal Tests for Illicit Drugs and Diverted Pharmaceuticals | McCrone Research Institute | Technology and Forensics | 2011-DN-BX-K528 | $199,712 |
| Prediction of Drug Interactions with Methadone, Buprenorphine and Oxycodone from in vitro Inhibition of Metabolism | University of Utah | Technology and Forensics | 2011-DN-BX-K532 | $1,058,604 |
| Raman Spectroscopy with Multi-component Searching for Complex Clandestine Laboratory Sample Analysis | Commonwealth of Kentucky | Technology and Forensics | 2010-DN-BX-K178 | $118,195 |
| Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Technology and Forensics | 2010-DN-BX-K201 | $258,054 |
| Expansion of a Cheminformatic Database of Spectral Data for Forensic Chemists and Toxicologists | Research Triangle Institute | Technology and Forensics | 2010-DN-BX-K177 | $499,804 |
| Analysis of Cocaine Analytes in Human Hair II: Evaluation of Different Hair Color and Ethnicity Types | Research Triangle Institute | Technology and Forensics | 2008-DN-BX-K179 | $519,146 |
| VT 2008 Research and Development in the Area of Controlled Substances Detection and Analysis | Vermont Department of Public Safety | Technology and Forensics | 2008-DN-BX-K161 | $92,888 |
| Development of a Thin Layer Chromatography Method for the Separation of Enantiomers Using Chiral Mobile Phase Additives | Virginia Department of Forensic Science | Technology and Forensics | 2008-DN-BX-K140 | $49,774 |
| Development of an AccuTOF-DART Database of Potential Toxins and Drugs for Use by Forensic Laboratories (pdf, 46 pages) | Research Triangle Institute | Technology and Forensics | 2008-DN-BX-K180 | $817,415 |
| Designer Amphetamines in Forensic Toxicology: Analysis and Prevalence | Sam Houston State University | Technology and Forensics | 2008-DN-BX-K126 | $465,492 |
| MicroCantilever (MC) based Robust Sensing Approach for Controlled Substances | Ames Laboratory | Technology and Forensics | 2008-90092-IA-DN | $685,000 |
| Evaluation of New and Nobel Direct Sample Introduction, Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Instrument for Postmortem Toxicology Screen | Research Triangle Institute | Technology and Forensics | 2006-DN-BX-K014 | $484,545 |
| Development and Production of Reference Materials for Control and Calibration of Hair Drug Testing | Research Triangle Institute | Technology and Forensics | 2006-DN-BX-K012 | $212,344 |
| Field Detection of Drug and Explosive Odor Signatures using SPME-IMS | Florida International University | Technology and Forensics | 2006-DN-BX-K027 | $480,881 |
| Synthesis and Analytical Profiles for Regiosomeric and Isobaric Amines Related to MDMA, MDEA and MBDB: Differentiation of Drug and non-Drug Substances of Mass Spectral Equivalence | Auburn University | Technology and Forensics | 2006-DN-BX-K016 | $533,746 |
| Analysis of Cocaine Analytes in Human Hair: Evaluation of Concentration Ratios in Different Hair Types, Cocaine Sources, Drug User Populations, and Surface-Contaminated Specimens | Research Triangle Institute | Technology and Forensics | 2006-DN-BX-K019 | $200,307 |
| Enhanced Studies of LC/MS/MS Capabilities to Analyze Toxicology Postmortem Samples | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | Technology and Forensics | 2006-DN-BX-K015 | $136,220 |
| Scientific Working Dog Group and Orthogonal Detectors (SWGDOG) | Florida International University | Technology and Forensics | 2005-IJ-CX-K031 | $370,823 |
| Enhanced Forensic Mass Spectrometry Methods | West Virginia University Research Corporation | Technology and Forensics | 2005-IJ-CX-K014 | $169,091 |
| The development of microfluidic devices for the rapid isolation and detection of drugs of abuse | Florida International University | Technology and Forensics | 2004-WG-BX-K077 | $499,865 |
| Proposal for Forensic Analysis of Evidence from Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories | Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Division | Technology | 2003-LT-BX-K004 | $316,222 |
| Use of LC/MS/MS to Rapidly Perform First-Pass Screening for Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Toxicology Cases | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | Technology and Forensics | 2003-IJ-CX-K007 | $407,451 |
| Application of Solid Phase Microextraction Methods for Forensic Toxicological Analysis of Postmortem and Decomposed Samples | Sam Houston State University | Technology and Forensics | 2003-IJ-CX-K002 | $58,264 |
Date Modified: October 4, 2012
