Articles Published by NIJ

Igor Lednev, a SUNY chemistry professor, and several of his students, won top awards for their Raman spectroscopy research at the recent SCIX conference.

Through the funding of rigorous research and evaluation, NIJ is committed to assisting with the detection, measurement, and prevention of human trafficking and with identifying best practice services for people who are victims of trafficking.

The FBI's black box study on latent prints continues to influence the criminal justice system's understanding of the validity and reliability of forensic testimony.

NIJ-supported research offers new workflow for complicated drug analysis, improves upon traditional workflow.

Study examines the impact of CT scans on workflow and tallies the cost savings of postmortem CT in lieu of full autopsy.

Seized drug analysis aided by the development and release of new data interpretation software.

Determining sex, age, and other forensic information from the skeleton of a young person has stymied investigators for decades.

The importance of non-targeted testing to keep pace with a rapidly evolving synthetic opioid market.

Introduction to the National Best Practices for Improving DNA Laboratory Process Efficiency

New systems allow high-definition scans of bullets and cartridge cases to be shared and compared virtually.

NIJ-funded researchers developed a novel metric to assess probability that an unknown sample of a drug matches a library sample, with profound implications for standardization of mass spectrometry results.