The NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence hosted the JustScience podcast from 2017 to 2025. NIJ has posted episodes that were released from 2022 and 2025 and will post the remaining episodes over the coming months.
Novel Forensic Chemistry Research from Early-Career Scientists
This online session will be a platform for early-career forensic chemists to present their research to the FTCoE audience.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on September 19, 2018.
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The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit – An Evidence-informed Resource For Organizations
Participants will learn about the Vicarious Trauma Organizational Readiness Guide (VT-ORG), an evidence-informed assessment of an organization’s current capacity to address vicarious trauma.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on September 13, 2018.
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Small Bloodstains on Textiles – What Can They Tell Us?
This webinar will explore the interaction of blood with the multiple structures that occur within a simple textile and how these structures affect small bloodstains.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on September 12, 2018.
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3D-ID-Geometric Morphometric Classification of Crania for Forensic Scientists Software Best Practices
Attendees will be introduced to the new features of the new software release, how to maximize results, and how to best interpret results for forensic casework application.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on August 16, 2018.
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Identifying Seized Drugs using Mass Spectral Library Searching
The rapid spread of designer drugs has introduced significant identification challenges to the forensic science community. This webinar discusses how Mass Spectrometry and the “Hybrid Search” can be used to get a head start on identifying novel opioids.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on August 7, 2018.
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Synthetic Cannabinoids - Best Practices to Perform Relevant Toxicological Testing
This recording one of a group of presentations on Interpretative Toxicology for NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session III of the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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An LC-MS-MS Method for the Analysis of Fentanyl in Postmortem and Impaired Driving Cases
This recording one of a group of presentations on Analysis of NPS – Practical Considerations and Analytical Approaches, which is session II in the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Screening Workflows for the Identification of NPS in Forensic Toxicology Casework Using High Resolution Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectroscopy (QTOF)
This recording one of a group of presentations on The Synthetic Drug Crisis – Identifying NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session I in Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives & Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic
This recording one of a group of presentations on Interpretative Toxicology for NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session III of the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Qualitative Method Development and Validation for Synthetic Cannabinoids and Experience with Casework Samples
This recording one of a group of presentations on Analysis of NPS – Practical Considerations and Analytical Approaches, which is session II in the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Outcomes Based Approaches to Toxicological Interpretation and NPS in Particular
This recording one of a group of presentations on Interpretative Toxicology for NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session III of the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Development of a Standard for Confirmatory Method Validation in Forensic Toxicology
This recording one of a group of presentations on Analysis of NPS – Practical Considerations and Analytical Approaches, which is session II in the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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A Working Model for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Combatting the Synthetic Drug Crisis
This recording one of a group of presentations on The Synthetic Drug Crisis – Identifying NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session I in Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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General Approaches to Toxicological Interpretation in MDI with a Focus on NPS Cases, Robert Middleberg
This recording one of a group of presentations on Interpretative Toxicology for NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session III of the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combating the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Summaries of Case Reports and Drug Concentrations of Major NPS Categories: Opioids
This recording one of a group of presentations on Interpretative Toxicology for NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session III of the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Quantitative Method Development and Validation for 18 Fentanyl Analogs and Experience with Casework Samples
This recording one of a group of presentations on Analysis of NPS – Practical Considerations and Analytical Approaches, which is session II in the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Advances in Forensic Urine Drug Testing - Threshold Accurate Calibration (TAC)
This recording one of a group of presentations on The Synthetic Drug Crisis – Identifying NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session I in Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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A Medical Examiner's Perspective on the Use of Toxicology in NPS Related Cases
This recording one of a group of presentations on Interpretative Toxicology for NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session III of the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Practical Considerations in Designing Methods Validation Studies for NPS Assays
This recording one of a group of presentations on Analysis of NPS – Practical Considerations and Analytical Approaches, which is session II in the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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SWGDRUG Recommendations for Identification of Novel Psychoactive Substance Seized in Drug Casework
This recording one of a group of presentations on The Synthetic Drug Crisis – Identifying NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session I in Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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General Approaches to Toxicological Interpretation in MDI with a Focus on NPS Cases, Barry Logan
This recording one of a group of presentations on Interpretative Toxicology for NPS in Forensic Casework, which is session III of the Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combating the Synthetic Drug Epidemic Online Workshop Series.
The workshop was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 25, 2018.
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Census and Surveillance Efforts in the Medicolegal Death Investigation System
Census and Surveillance Efforts: Insight into the U.S. Medicolegal Death Investigation System Presenters: Dr. Jeri Ropero-Miller & Dr. Hope Smiley-McDonald In 2015, nearly 2.5 million people died in the United States. Of these, about one million were referred to the nation’s medical examiner and coroner offices (MECs), which accepted about half of these cases. MEC caseloads are at all-time high because many of these deaths require a complex, in-depth investigation.
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Ethics & Report Writing in Medicolegal Death Investigations
Ethics & Report Writing Presenter: Mr. Paul Parker There are currently many resources that explore ethics within law enforcement, but there is a lack of resources on ethics within the field of medicolegal death investigation (MDI). MDI personnel are placed in a position of public trust, and it is necessary that there is a focus on the ethics, character, and behavior of MDI personnel. This session discusses professional ethics, ethical and unethical behaviors, and fostering and maintaining professional integrity.
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NIJ’s Role in Strengthening the ME-Coroner System
Medicolegal death investigators serve a fundamental role for public safety and ensuring justice by conducting death scene investigations and providing investigation services for suspected homicides and violent deaths, sudden and unexpected deaths, and deaths due to suspicious circumstances, as well as deaths related to drugs, drug overdoses, terrorism, and mass fatality incidents.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence in July 2018.
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Update on Legalized Marijuana from the Mile High City
Update on Legalized Marijuana from the Mile High City Presenter: Dr. James Caruso In 2012, the state of Colorado passed amendment 62, which allowed the possession, recreational use, production, distribution, and personal cultivation of marijuana. Since then, other states have also legalized marijuana for medical and recreational uses. This session covers the history, “discovery,” criminalization, and legalization of marijuana in Colorado and other states.
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