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Experimental study of how far blood spatter stains on fabrics can be found from the blood source, and relevance to crime scene reconstruction

Journal

Experiments in Fluids

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Characterization of Thermally Induced Runaway in Pouch Cells for Propagation

Journal

Fire Technology

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind

Improving Estimates of the Postmortem Interval with Metagenomics and Metabolomics

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Cost-Benefit Analysis of 3D Imaging Technology as a Crime Scene Investigation Tool

Date Published

December 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Development of a Novel Human Materials Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Tool for Forensic Investigations and Operations for U.S. Law Enforcement

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Aerial Remote Sensing with Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Forensic Crime-Scene Reconstruction

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Spectrochemical mapping using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy as a more objective approach to shooting distance determination

Journal

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Discriminant Analysis of Raman Spectra for Body Fluid Identification for Forensic Purposes

Journal

Sensors

Date Published

2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Liquid Fuel Spill Fire Dynamics

Journal

Fire Technology

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Fast and Portable Drug Testing: Dual-Method Prototype Shows Promise for Court-Admissible Drug Testing

Date Published

March 12, 2021

Researchers integrate two independent, validated drug-testing techniques – mass spectrometry and Raman spectroscopy – onto a single platform prototype for fast and accurate analysis of seized substances.

Fast and Portable Drug Testing: Dual-Method Prototype Shows Promise for Court-Admissible Drug Testing

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comparison of the Lund and Browder Table to Computed Tomography Scan Three-dimensional Surface Area Measurement for a Pediatric Cohort

Journal

Journal of Surgical Research

Date Published

January 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Ultrahigh Speed Direct PCR, A Method for Obtaining STR Genotypes in 6 Minutes

Date Published

February 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of the Vision X Comparison Microscope to Share Digital Images of Bullets and Shell Casings and the Potential Impact on the Firearms and Tool Marks Community

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Development of a Mobile, Automated Tool Mark Characterization/Comparison System

2011-DN-R-0230-2

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$499,000

National Footwear Database Evaluation

2016-DNR-5470

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$1,500,000

Quantitative Measures for Footwear Impression Comparisons

DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0202

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$598,315

Fentanyl Contamination

DJO-NIJ-18-RO-0506

Open

Funding First Awarded

2018

$500,000

Quantitative Evaluation of Footwear Evidence: Advancing the Footwear Impression Comparison System (FICS) towards Casework Application

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0010

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$609,700

The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Microspectrophotometry (MSP) of Dyed Fibers

Date Published

October 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Determination of Material Property Input for Fire Modeling

Date Published

January 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Notes From the Field: Improving the Analysis and Collection of Trace Evidence Samples

Date Published

November 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Case Study