Notes from the Field: A Multijurisdictional Team Moved Cold Cases to the Front Burner
Date Published
December 2019
Agencies
NIJ
Cold cases
Notes From the Field: Expanding the DNA Database to Solve Cold Cases
Date Published
November 2019
Agencies
NIJ
National Institute of Justice: Strengthening Science and Advancing Justice
October 2019
This video, produced for IACPTV, describes the mission of NIJ and highlights body armor research, forensic advancements, human trafficking work, and the Policing Strategic Plan.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
Just Science: DNA: Just the Golden State Killer
Date Published
October 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed),
Case Study
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Notes From the Field: Expanding the Cold Case Team Beyond Law Enforcement
Date Published
October 2019
Agencies
NIJ
Just Science: DNA: Just Investigative Genetic Genealogy
Date Published
October 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Notes From the Field
Those working in the criminal justice system should always use research and evidence to inform their policies, practices, and work. However, leaders often need to make decisions based on limited information and under unpredictable or even volatile circumstances. Sometimes there simply isn’t research available yet to help inform decisions on emerging issues.
Notes From the Field is not a research-based publication. Instead, it presents lessons...
The Impact of National Institute of Justice's Solving Cold Cases With DNA Program
Date Published
July 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material (Programmed),
Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Expert Panel Issues New Best Practices Guide for Cold Case Investigation
Date Published
September 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Cold Case Investigations
Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances in DNA technologies have substantially increased the successful DNA analysis of aged, degraded, limited, or otherwise compromised biological evidence. As a result, crime scene samples once thought to be unsuitable for testing may now yield DNA profiles. Additionally, samples that previously generated...
NIJ Journal Issue No. 260
Date Published
July 2008
Series
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
NIJ Journal Issue No. 273
Date Published
April 2014
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
The Importance and Impact of Cold Case Units
Date Published
July 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Opening the Black Box of NIBIN
July 2014
Series
Bill King discusses the operations of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), a program through which firearms examiners at state and local crime laboratories compare tool marks on fired bullets or cartridges found at a crime scene to digitized images of ballistic evidence in a nationwide database.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
Don't Jump the Shark: Understanding Deterrence and Legitimacy in the Architecture of Law Enforcement
November 2010
Series
Deterrence theory dominates the American understanding of how to regulate criminal behavior but social psychologists' research shows that people comply for reasons that have nothing to do with fear of punishment; they have to do with values, fair procedures and how people connect with one another. Professor Meares discussed the relevance of social psychologists' emerging theory to legal theory and practice and how deterrence and emerging social psychology theories intertwine.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
Impact of Research and Development on Lab Efficiency and Operations
December 2017
Forensic science research and development is critical to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's crime laboratories. Watch how the National Institute of Justice takes an idea from a need to a reality in the laboratory.
You may also be interested in our video Why Is There an Evidence Backlog?
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
The Impact of National Institute of Justice’s Solving Cold Cases with DNA Program
July 2019
Practitioners from across the criminal justice system speak to the impact of NIJ's Solving Cold Cases with DNA grant program.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
The Importance and Impact of Cold Case Units
July 2019
Practitioners from across the criminal justice system speak to the importance of cold case units and the impact they can have.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
"Sentinel Event" Review in the Criminal Justice System
January 2014
Listen to James Doyle discuss the basics of a "sentinel event" review in the criminal justice system. This learning-from-error approach borrows from principles that medicine, aviation and other high-risk enterprises have successfully used. Former NIJ Fellow Doyle offers the basics to understand this innovative idea that takes a system-wide perspective of error, bringing all stakeholders together in a non-blaming, forward-looking way after a bad outcome, such as a wrongful conviction, occurs.
Familial DNA Searching: Issues and Answers
June 2011
Familial DNA searching is the practice of creating new investigative leads in cases where DNA evidence found at the scene of a crime strongly resembles that of an existing DNA profile but is not an exact match. Panelists will explain how the technology works, provide examples of successful convictions obtained through familial searches, and discuss the various misconceptions and concerns regarding this practice.