Funded Projects

FY 2022 Michigan State Justice Statistics Program

  • Funded By: Office of Justice Programs
  • Amount: $44,787 | Start Date: 1/1/2023
  • Investigator: Scott Wolfe

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY 21 Smart Suite Training and Technical Assistance

  • Funded By: Justice Research & Statistics Association (Bureau of Justice Assistance)
  • Amount: $149,994 | Start Date: 10/1/2022
  • Investigator: Jeff Rojek

Environmental, Microbial and Mammalian Biomolecular Responses to AhR Ligands

  • Funded By: National Institute of Health
  • Amount: $147,903 | Start Date: 8/30/2022
  • Investigator: Joe Hamm

An Offender-Focused Approach to Sexual Assault Investigations

  • Funded By: Michigan State Police Office of Justice Programs
  • Amount: $260,191 | Start Date: 6/30/2022
  • Investigator: Karen Holt

Implications of Staff Youth Relations on Physical Safety and Use of Restraints Among Detained Youth

  • Funded By: PbS Learning Institute & The Annie E Casey Foundation
  • Amount: $5,000 | Start Date: 3/1/2022
  • Investigator: Caitlin Cavanagh

Comprehensive Approaches to Opioid Abuse: Research Partner

  • Funded By: City of Detroit (United States Department of Justice)
  • Amount: $74,156.16 | Start Date: 1/15/2022
  • Investigator: Julie Krupa

An Evaluation of De-Escalation Training to Understand the Links between Training and Outcomes

  • Funded By: Clemson University (United States Department of Justice)
  • Amount: $62,434 | Start Date: 1/1/2022
  • Investigator: Jeff Rojek

From Dot Coms to Pipe Bombs: Online Radicalization and Mobilization to Violence

  • Funded By: University of Arkansas (National Institute of Justice)
  • Amount: $249,254.89 | Start Date: 1/1/2022
  • Investigators: Steve Chermak & Tom Holt

Long-Term Follow-Up of the National Evaluation of Gang Resistance Education and Training Project (G.R.E.A.T)

  • Funded By: National Institute of Justice
  • Amount: $1,055,202 | Start Date: 1/1/2022
  • Investigator: Chris Melde

Detroit Community Based Violence Prevention (CBCR)

  • Funded By: City of Detroit (United States Department of Justice)
  • Amount: $100,000 | Start Date: 12/01/2021
  • Investigator: Julie Krupa

Core Capacity and Special Emphasis SAC: Michigan Statistical Analysis Center 2021

  • Funded By: Office of Justice Programs
  • Amount: $392,371 | Start Date: 10/01/2021
  • Investigator: Scott Wolfe

Detroit Ceasefire - Research Partner

  • Funded By: Black Family Development Inc, City of Detroit
  • Amount: $12,000 | Start Date: 7/01/2021
  • Investigator: Julie Krupa

Medication Administration and Chemical Restraints in Family Caregiving for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia

  • Funded By: University of Alabama at Birmingham (National Institute of Health)
  • Amount: $88,590 | Start Date: 5/12/2021
  • Investigator: Chris Maxwell

Assessing the Impact of Domestic Violence-Specific Risk Assessment Tools on Pretrial Decision Making, Case Outcomes, and Victim Safety

  • Funded By: Arizona State University & Laura & John Arnold Foundation
  • Amount: $132,547 | Start Date: 5/01/2021
  • Investigator: Chris Maxwell

Juvenile Risk Assessment Team

  • Funded By: Ingham County Circuit Court
  • Amount: $41,238.88 | Start Date: 04/01/2021
  • Investigator: Caitlin Cavanagh

Investigating Root Causes of School Violence: A Case Control Study of School Violent Offenders, Non-School Youth Violence Offenders, and Non-Offending Youths

  • Funded By: Research Foundation of CUNY (United States Department of Justice)
  • Amount: $306,181 | Start Date: 01/01/2021
  • Investigator: Steve Chermak

Scientific Knowledge and Approaches to Defining and Measuring Hate Crime, Hate Speech and Hate Incidents


Evaluating the Robustness and Ruggedness of a Statistical Method for Comparison of Mass Spectral Data for Seized Drug Identification

  • Funded By: Office of Justice Programs
  • Amount: $228,918 | Start Date: 01/01/2021
  • Investigator: Ruth Smith

Examining Radicalization's Risk and Protective Factors: A Case-control Study of Violent Extremists, Non-criminal Extremists & Regular Homicide Offenders

  • Funded By: National Institute of Justice
  • Amount: $771,610 | Start Date: 01/01/2021
  • Investigator: Steve Chermak

Core Capacity and Special Emphasis SAC Proposal: Michigan Statistical Analysis Center 2020

  • Funded By: Office of Justice Programs
  • Amount: $222,500 | Start Date: 10/01/2020
  • Investigator: Ed McGarrell

Jackson Police Department - Project Safe Neighborhoods

  • Funded By: City of Jackson
  • Amount: $70,187 | Start Date: 10/01/2020
  • Investigator: Chris Melde

A Multi-State Evaluation of Extreme Risk Protection Orders: Implementation, Outcomes, and Jurisdictional Variations

  • Funded By: Rand Corp. (NCGVR)
  • Amount: $1,357,336 | Start Date: 09/30/2020
  • Investigator: Chris Melde

Comprehensive Approaches to Opioid Abuse: Research Partner

  • Funded By: City of Detroit (United States Department of Justice)
  • Amount: $101,793 | Start Date: 09/03/2020
  • Investigators: Julie Krupa & Ed McGarrell

A Comparison of Firearm-related Intimate Partner Homicide in Missouri and Oregon: Prevalence, Risk, and the Effect of Firearm Regulations

  • Funded By: Arizona State University (Rand Corp.)
  • Amount: $260,051 | Start Date: 08/01/2020
  • Investigator: Chris Melde

Daily Dynamics and Long-Term Patterns of Elder Abuse and Neglect in Dementia Family Caregiving

  • Funded By: University of Alabama - Birmingham (National Institute of Health)
  • Amount: $248,536 | Start Date: 08/01/2020
  • Investigator: Chris Maxwell

Assessing the Life Histories and Background of Ideologically Motivated Actors Engaging in Cyberattacks and Online Violence

  • Funded By: University of Nebraska - Omaha
  • Amount: $232,706 | Start Date: 07/01/2020
  • Investigators: Tom Holt & Steve Chermak

Advancing Gun Policy: Linking Multi-Source Data to Develop Micro-Longitudinal Trajectories of Domestic Violence Offenders' Gun Use and Impact on Victims

  • Funded By: Yale University - Schwab Charitable Fund
  • Amount: $91,738 | Start Date: 01/01/2020
  • Investigator: Chris Maxwell

Screening and Services for Trafficked and Exploited Youth

  • Funded By: Nationwide Childrens Hospital (United States Department of Justice)
  • Amount: $65,568 | Start Date: 01/01/2020
  • Investigator: Caitlin Cavanagh

National STOP School Violence Training and Technical Assistance Center

  • Funded By: University of Michigan (United States Department of Justice)
  • Amount: $284,378 | State Date: 10/01/2019
  • Investigators: Chris Melde & Derrick Franke

Saginaw Initiative to Reduce Violence (SIRV)

  • Funded By: City of Saginaw - Saginaw Police Department
  • Amount: $266,941 | Start Date: 10/01/2019
  • Investigator: Scott Wolfe

JCOIN Coordination and Translation Center - Community Stakeholder

  • Funded By: George Mason University (United States Department of Homeland Security)
  • Amount: $447,392 | Start Date: 09/30/2019
  • Investigator: Ed McGarrell

Communication Between Probation and Parole Agents and their Clients: Gender Differences, Client Psychological Responses, and Behavioral Outcomes

  • Funded By: National Science Foundation
  • Amount: $352,129 | Start Date: 08/15/2019
  • Investigator: Merry Morash

Evaluating the Predictive Validity of the YLS/CMI Using Self-Report and Official Data

  • Funded By: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
  • Amount: $1,000 | Start Date: 08/01/2019
  • Investigators: Jennifer Paruk

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) National Training and Technical Assistance Program FY 2018

  • Funded By: United States Department of Justice
  • Amount: $999,981 | Start Date: 10/1/2018
  • Investigator: Ed McGarrell

Getting It Right

  • Funded By: Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (United States Department of Justice)
  • Amount: $116,092.45 | Start Date: 10/1/2018
  • Investigator: Merry Morash

North Flint Revitalization Initiative

  • Funded By: Hamilton Community Health Network
  • Amount: $27,177 | Start Date: 8/1/2018
  • Investigator: Julie Krupa

Understanding the Economy and Social Organization for the Underground Market for Cybercrime as a Service

  • Funded By: George Mason University (United States Department of Homeland Security)
  • Amount: $349,971.64 | Start Date: 12/22/2017
  • Investigators: Tom Holt & Arun Ross