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Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium (CJTEC)

NIJ FY23 Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals to host a Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center. The Center will provide testing, evaluation, and other activities to support the safety, effectiveness, efficiency, and efficacy of technologies in use or adaptable by criminal justice and juvenile justice communities. The Center will inform NIJ’s research and development efforts as well as NIJ’s stakeholders, including criminal justice practitioners, policymakers...

Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center

The Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center (CJTTEC)[1] uses research-based methodologies to enhance the capabilities of law enforcement, courts, and corrections agencies, and act as an honest broker for the nation’s criminal justice practitioners to provide objective and rigorous testing and evaluation of existing technologies, policies, and practices.

CJTTEC provides five key assets in collaboration with the National Institute of Justice:

  • Technology Foraging...

Improving the Collection of Digital Evidence

Date Published
December 16, 2021

Two NIJ-funded projects introduce new methods and tools for collecting and processing digital evidence in cases involving child sexual abuse materials and large-scale computer networks.