DATA AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUTH VIOLENCE RESEARCH

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DATA AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUTH VIOLENCE
RESEARCH

• ROBERT NASH PARKER
• PRESLEY CENTER
• UC RIVERSIDE

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SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH IN YOUTH VIOLENCE

• EXISTS!
• CAN BE OBTAINED, BUT
• COMPETATIVE
• MANY SOURCES, MANY PRIORITIES
• CAN NOT BE FUNDED IF YOU DO NOT APPLY
• GET USED TO REJECTION!

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TYPES OF FUNDING

• DISSERTATION SUPPORT
• MOST IMPORTANT FOR OUR PURPOSES
• MOST IMPORTANT FOR YOUR PURPOSES
• PREDOCTORAL SUPPORT
• POST DOCTORAL SUPPORT

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DISSERTATION SUPPORT

• NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
• PROGRAMS IN SOCIOLOGY, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES,
  PERCEPTION, ACTION, COGNITION
• LIMITED TO RESEARCH EXPENSES, EXCLUDES STIPEND
  FOR INVESTIGATOR (THATS YOU!!)
• PERFECT FOR EXPERIMENTS
• URLS WWW.NSF.GOV WWW.NSF.GOV/FUNDING/PRM_SUMM.JS
  P?PIMS_ID13453

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DISSERTATION SUPPORT

• CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
• FOCUS ON VIOLENCE AND INJURY
• FOCUS ON MINORITY COMMUNITIES
• 5 PROJECTS _at_ 20,000 PER IN 2004
• URL WWW.CDC.GOV/NCIPC/
• 4 of 5 projects funded on youth violence
• URL www.cdc.gov/ncipc/profiles/new_investigator/d
  efault.htm

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DISSERTATION SUPPORT

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE
• FOCUS ON CRIME AND CRIME POLICY
• POLICING JUSTICE SYSTEMS CORRECTIONS COURTS
  OFFENDER TREATMENT CRIME PREVENTION VIOLENCE
  AND VICTIMIZATION ALCOHOL DRUGS
  CRIMETERRORISM EVALUATION TECHNIQUES
• DISSERTATION CHAIR SUPPORT
• 10 AWARDS _at_20,000 PER IN 2006
• NEXT DEADLINE (9/15/05)
• URLS WWW.OJP.USDOJ.GOV/NIJ WWW.OJP.USDOJ.GOV/NIJ
  /FUNDING.htm

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DISSERTATION SUPPORT

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
• MENTAL HEALTH DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS TO
  INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH
  ARENA (R03)
• FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH RELATED VIOLENCE RESEARCH
• UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY AS DEFINED BY YOUR
  UNIVERSITY
• 30,000 PER YEAR 2 YEAR PROJECT, INCLUDING 19,968
  FOR PI (YOU) DUE 12/22/05
• URLS http//grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files
  /PAR-03-110.html

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DISSERTATION SUPPORT

• HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
• FOCUS ON VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION POLICY FOCUS
• 21 AWARDS _at_15,000 PER YEAR IN 2004/5 APPLY TO
  SUPPORT FINAL YEAR OF DISSERTATION TO INSURE
  COMPLETION DUE 2/1/06
• TO SUPPORT WRITING DATA COLLECTION SHOULD BE
  COMPLETED CAN BE COMBINED
• CAN BE COMBINED WITH OTHER FUNDING
• URL WWW.HFG.ORG/DF/PRINT.HTM

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DISSERTATION SUPPORT

• SAMHSA DISSERTATION GRANTS
• Analysis in Substance Abuse
• Need for, access to, barriers to, quality of,
  cost of, effectiveness of substance abuse
  treatment connections to criminal justice, faith
  based, minority populations, youth, poor, rural,
  prevention secondary analysis encouraged
• 20-30k per year, up to 2 years 5 awards
• URL http//alt.samhsa.gov/2004/nofa/pa04001.htm

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PREDOCTORAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
• APPLY DURING YOUR 1ST YEAR OF GRADUATE SCHOOL
  DUE 11/2005
• 3 YEARS OF SUPPORT _at_30,000 STIPEND PLUS 10,500
  COST OF EDUCATION ALLOWANCE 1000 FOR
  INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
• 1000 GIVEN EACH YEAR IN ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE
• URL WWW.NSF.GOV/FUNDING/PRM_SUMM.JSP?PIMS_ID1620
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PREDOCTORAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
• VERY SPECIALIZED
• HIGHLIGHTS
• PREDOC FOR MINORITY STUDENTS
• PREDOC FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
• URL HTTP//www.nigms.nih.gov/funding/trngmech/htm
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POSTDOCTORAL SUPPORT

• NIH INDIVIDUAL POST DOC (F32)
• NIH SUPPLEMENTS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED POST DOCS
• TIED TO EXISTING NIH GRANT
• NIH INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING GRANTS (T32)
• URL HTTP//www.nigms.nih.gov/funding/trngmech/htm
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NOW THAT YOUR FUNDED, WHAT TO DO?

• OBVIOUSLY YOU ALREADY TOLD THE AGENCY WHAT YOU
  INTEND
• YOU CAN COLLECT YOUR OWN DATA, BUT
• COST
• PROBLEMS
• ACCESS
• CHANGING ADMINISTRATIONS

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USE A NATIONALDATA SET

• USE SOME ONE ELSE'S DATA
• ALREADY COLLECTED
• COSTS USUALLY MINIMUM
• CAN ACTUALLY GET THE DATA IN TIME TO DO THE
  PROJECT
• ACCESS TO REPRESENTATIVE NATIONAL SAMPLES
• OVER-SAMPLES OF MINORITIES

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WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUTH VIOLENCE?

• CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveys
• FBI UCR Supplemental Homicide Report
• Census Data 2000 Neighborhood Change Data Base
• ADDHealth Survey
• Monitoring the Future Survey

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CDC YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEYS

• SAMPLE SIZE 15,420 (67)
• POPULATION IN SCHOOL, 12-18
• VIOLENCE INDICATORS
• WEAPONS (CARRY THREATENED BY) IN FIGHTS
  INJURIES FROM FIGHTS HURT BY BOYFRIEND FORCED
  SEX SCHOOL VIOLENCE
• SPECIAL FEATURES OVER-SAMPLING AFRICAN AMERICANS
  LATINOS
• URL WWW.CDC.GOV/HEALTHYYOUTH/YRBS/INDEX.HTM

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FBI SUPPLEMENTAL HOMICIDE REPORT

• SAMPLE SIZE EVERY HOMICIDE IN A CALENDAR YEAR
  (2003 latest available 14421)
• POPULATION ALL HOMICIDE VICTIMS
• VIOLENCE INDICATORS
• AGE (10.7 18 or under) GENDERRACEETHNICITY
  (VICTIM/OFFENDER-IF KNOWN) WEAPON PRIOR
  RELATIONSHIP CIRCUMSTANCE ADDITIONAL
  VICTIM/OFFENDERS
• URL http//webapp.icprs.umich.edu/cocoon/nacjd-sd
  a/04125.xml

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US CENSUS NCDB

• SAMPLE ENTIRE US LONG FROM DATA FROM 2000
  CENSUS 197019801990
• POPULATION STATES COUNTIES MSA PMSA ALL BY
  CENSUS TRACKS
• SPECIAL FEATURES
• SOFTWARE WITH MAPS DBF FUNCTION RADIUS
  SAMPLING cost 1595.00
• URL http//www.geolytics.com/uscensus,neighborhoo
  d-change-database-1970-2000,products.asp

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ADD HEALTH LONGITUDINAL DATA

• SAMPLE 6500 IN TWO WAVES 4882 IN THREE
• POPULATION GRADES 7-12, 1994
• VIOLENCE INDICTORS
• WEAPON USE/THREATS GANG MEMBERSHIP FIGHTS,
  VICTIM/OFFENDER INJURIES FROM VIOLENCE
• SPECIAL FEATURES RESTRICTED USE SAMPLE-750.00
  OVER-SAMPLED AFRICAN AMERICANS
• URL http//www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth
  www.socio.com

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MONITORING THE FUTURE

• SAMPLE 3 SURVEYS, 8TH (18000 IN 150 SCHOOLS)
  10TH, 17000 IN 140 12TH, 16000 IN 133
• POPULATION IN SCHOOL 13-18
• VIOLENCE INDICATORS
• VICTIMIZATION WEAPONS CARRYING AND USE
  FIGHTING, GANG FIGHT, HIT SUPERVISOR
• SPECIAL FEATURES
• ANNUAL TRENDS ANALYSIS, MERGE YEARS FOR RARE
  INCIDENTS BEAU COUP DRUG/ALCOHOL MEASURES
• URL www.monitoringthefuture.org

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IN CONCLUSION

• PERSISTENCE, PERSISTENCE, PERSISTENCE!