Articles Published by NIJ

Identifying high-priority needs to reduce mortality in correctional facilities

NIJ-funded researchers adapted a method used to detect human exposure to environmental and occupational chemicals to significantly extend the limited time period when tests can identify evidence of certain illicit drugs in the body.

Forensic scientists have explored whether lifted and archived fingerprints retain forensically useful amounts of DNA.

For the last decade, researchers have been steadily moving toward DNA phenotyping — predicting appearance by analyzing the unique features of their DNA. Two NIJ research grants have laid the groundwork for ongoing research into forensic phenotyping.