Funded Projects

FY 2022 Michigan State Justice Statistics Program

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

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

Funded By: Deakin University
Amount: $82,566.12 | Start Date: 01/19/2021
Investigators: Steve Chermak & Ryan Scrivens

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 Children's 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

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

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

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