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NIJ Training Course for Law Enforcement Officers: Sexual Assault Relaying Details to Investigator

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June 2021
An interactive tool used in supplement to the NIJ online training course entitled 'What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence'. This video reenactment demonstrates how to relay details to an investigator in a sexual assault case. 

NIJ Training Course for Law Enforcement Officers: Questioning Witnesses on Violent Crimes

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June 2021
An interactive tool used in supplement to the NIJ online training course entitled 'What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence'. This is a reenactment video of how to question witnesses on violent crimes. 

Expanding Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System

December 2020

In 2004, the National Institute of Justice created the social science research on forensic sciences (SSRFS) research program to explore the impact of forensic sciences on the criminal justice system and the administration of justice. Much of the early research from the SSRFS program focused on DNA processing and the use of DNA in investigations and prosecutions.

Dual System Youth: At the Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Delinquency

December 2020

Across the country, child welfare and juvenile justice systems now recognize that youth involved in both systems (i.e., dual system youth) are a vulnerable population who often go unrecognized because of challenges in information-sharing and cross system collaboration. In light of these challenges, national incidence rates of dual system youth are not known.

NIJ Training Course for Law Enforcement Officers: Sexual Assault Scenario

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October 2020
An interactive tool used in supplement to the NIJ online training course entitled 'What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence'. This video simulation contains evidence that would be found at an actual crime scene. 

NIJ Training Course for Law Enforcement Officers: Burglary Scene

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September 2020
An interactive tool used in supplement to the NIJ online training course entitled 'What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence'. This video simulation contains evidence that would be found at a burglary crime scene.