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Success Story: NIJ and The Virginia Department of Forensic Science Advancing Drug Analysis in Forensic Toxicology for Enhanced Judicial Outcomes

Date Published

July 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Forensic Examination and Comparison of Plastic Garbage Bags

Event Dates

August 20, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Extending the Discussion on Inconsistency in Forensic Decisions and Results

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Using Objective Criteria for Bloodstain Pattern Classification

Event Dates

August 1, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Personal Identification Using Frontal Sinus Coding Methods: The Effect of Mixed Image Modality Comparisons

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

April 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model)

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Evaluating a Statistical Method for Comparison of Mass Spectra of Novel Psychoactive Substance

Event Dates

July 25, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

2024 Cannabinoid Conundrum Webinar Series

DNA Mixtures

Event Dates

May 16, 2024

Location

Online

Event Type

Course

Registration Status

Not Required

Collaborative Exercise: Analysis of Age Estimation Using a QIAGEN Protocol and the PyroMark Q48 Platform

Journal

Forensic Sciences Research

Date Published

March 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Association of Depression, Comorbidities, and Sociodemographic Factors among Home Healthcare Recipients

Journal

Clinical Gerontologist

Date Published

March 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Targeted Recovery of Male Cells in a Male and Female Same-cell Mixture

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

March 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Reassociation of Skeletal Remains Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

mtDNA-based Identification of Lucilia Cuprina (Wiedemann) and Lucilia Sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Continental United States

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

October 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Experimental Investigation of Cranial Fracture Initiation in Blunt Human Head Impacts

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

July 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Just Science Podcast: Just Improving Forensic Toxicology Testing In DC

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Reducing Gun Violence Through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Sharing

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Hidden Markov Models for DNA Sequencing

Date Published

2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Virtual Workshop Series: 3D Firearm Imaging

Event Dates

August 21, 2024 – September 11, 2024

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

New Screening Method to Detect Drugs and Poisons Postmortem

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

New Screening Method to Detect Drugs and Poisons Postmortem

Date Published

June 11, 2024

The Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office has developed a quick method to screen fluids for hundreds of drugs simultaneously, improving workflow.

Assessment of Performance Rates on the Elemental Comparison of Small and Irregular Glass Fragments Using μ-XRF and LIBS

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

May 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Fire Safety Research Institute Materials and Products database-A resource to support fire modeling

Journal

Journal of Fire Sciences

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Medetomidine Rapidly Proliferating Across USA — Implicated In Recreational Opioid Drug Supply & Causing Overdose Outbreaks

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Detecting Drugs in Hair: Is it Drug Use or Environmental Contamination?

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

What You Can’t Buy, Can’t Kill You

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)