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Forensic biology

Solving Missing Persons Cases

Date Published
May 24, 2010

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System has helped agencies solve cases and allowed families to find resolution.

Becoming a Peer Reviewer for NIJ

NIJ draws reviewers for both its ad hoc and standing review panels from diverse backgrounds and regions who have research knowledge, professional expertise and/or lived experience in across a wide range of justice-relevant areas, including, but not limited to:

  • Crime control and prevention
  • Community-based violence reduction
  • Criminology, law enforcement, or corrections
  • Criminal justice reform
  • Computer sciences
  • Investigative and forensic science and technology, including DNA analysis...