nij

is a Data Source.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. NIJ produces and disseminates data, research findings, and publications on crime, victimization, firearms violence, forensic science, and community safety. As a partner in the NSF Proto-OKN program, NIJ contributed the "Data on Nonfatal Firearms Injuries" use case motivating the integration of criminal victimization and neighborhood-level data.

Domains

public health, general

Homepage

nij

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Product Summary

Products

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National Institute of Justice

Overview

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice within the Office of Justice Programs. NIJ sponsors and disseminates research on crime, justice, victimization, firearms violence, forensic science, and public safety.

Role in the Open Knowledge Network

NIJ is a partner agency in the NSF Prototype Open Knowledge Network (Proto-OKN) program. It contributed the “Data on Nonfatal Firearms Injuries” use case that motivated the Neighborhood Information KG (NIKG), which integrates criminal victimization data with neighborhood-level demographic and environmental context.

License

As a work of the U.S. federal government, NIJ data and publications are generally in the public domain (U.S. Government Work).

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Created: July 03, 2026 | Last modified: July 03, 2026