Director's Message: Statement on Support for Forensic Science Research: Improving the Scientific Role of NIJ
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Forensic sciences
How Reliable Are Latent Fingerprint Examiners?
September 2015
Brian Cerchiai discusses a NIJ-supported a study conducted by the Miami-Dade Police Department on the accuracy of fingerprint examiners. The study found that fingerprint examiners make extremely few errors. Even when examiners did not get an independent second opinion about their decisions, they were remarkably accurate. But when decisions were verified by an independent reviewers, examiners had a 0% false positive, or incorrect identification, rate and a 3% false negative, or missed identification, rate.
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Evaluating the effectiveness of liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) as a replacement screening tool.
2015-DN-BX-K055
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$150,000
Low-Template DNA Mixture Interpretation: Determining the Number of Contributors
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Highly efficient sperm cell separation from sexual assault samples for DNA analysis using novel polymer filter technology
2015-DN-BX-K072
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$348,796
FY2015 DNA Arrestee Collection Process Implementation Grants Program - Arkansas State Crime Laboratory
2015-DN-BX-K074
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$338,322
Wide-scale, Agentless, and Rapid collection of Digital Evidence from Networks (WARDEN)
2015-IJ-CX-K003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$276,431
Michigan State Police DNA Arrestee Collection Project
2015-DN-BX-K075
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$338,134
Research Assistantship Program, VAIW
2015-IJ-CX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$72,446
Accelerating Digital Evidence Analysis Using Recent Advances In Parallel Processing
2014-IJ-CX-K102
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$119,345
FY14 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Abstracts
Date Published
September 2015
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Forensic Identification Using Individual Chemical Signatures
2015-DN-BX-K047
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$1,518,268
FY15 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency
2015-DN-BX-0059
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$595,727
An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe.
2015-R2-CX-0023
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$37,788
2015 Postconviction DNA Testing Program
2015-DY-BX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$565,639
Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases
2015-R2-CX-0041
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$39,823
Defining a Face: What Can DNA Phenotyping Really Tell Us About An Unknown Sample?
Date Published
August 31, 2015
Human Hair Proteomics - Improved Evidence Discrimination
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Resolution of DNA Mixtures and Analysis of Degraded DNA Using the 454 DNA Sequencing Technology
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Tools for Improving the Quality of Aged, Degraded, Damaged, or Otherwise Compromised DNA Evidence, 2014
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Statistical and Mass Spectral Tools for the Identification and Characterization of Synthetic Phenethylamines
2015-IJ-CX-K008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$239,652
Automated Derivatization and Identification of Controlled Substances via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME) and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
2015-DN-BX-K058
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$190,223
Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations
2015-DN-BX-K073
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$517,243
FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
2015-CD-BX-0016
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$150,900
Improving the Timeliness and Accuracy of Forensic Firearms Examinations at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
2015-CD-BX-0074
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$175,000