DNA testing
Testing Sexual Assault Kits Saves Money and Prevents Future Sexual Assaults
Will History Repeat Itself? Growth Mixture Modeling of Suspected Serial Sexual Offending Using Forensic DNA Evidence
The National Problem of Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs): Scope, Causes, and Future Directions for Research, Policy, and Practice
How to Right a Wrong: Empirically Evaluating Whether Victim, Offender, and Assault Characteristics can Inform Rape Kit Testing Policies
Why Police "Couldn't or Wouldn't" Submit Sexual Assault Kits for Forensic DNA Testing: A Focal Concerns Theory Analysis of Untested Rape Kits
DNA Backlog Reduction Strategy: Law Enforcement Agency Partnerships for a Successful Biological Screening Laboratory
Evaluation of a Victim-Centered, Trauma-Informed Victim Notification Protocol for Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)
Forgotten Evidence: A Mixed Methods Study of Why Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs) Are Not Submitted for DNA Forensic Testing
Improving Evidence Management: Best Practices for Handling, Preservation, Retention, and Tracking
DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0175-1
Open
Funding First Awarded
2017
$207,700
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.
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Develop non-PCR-based target enrichment reagents and methods for MPS analysis of forensic DNA
2020-R2-CX-0029
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$100,000
Serial Killer Connections Through Cold Cases
National Institute of Justice, Annual Report 2017
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Report (Annual/Periodic),
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NIJ
Establishing a Rank Order for Skeletal Element Sampling: Examining Differential DNA Yield Rates Among and Between Buried Human Skeletal Elements as Compared to Surface Recovered Skeletal Elements
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Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
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NIJ-Sponsored
Beyond DNA - The Role of Biological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations
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Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Forensic Familial and Moderate Stringency DNA Searches: Policies and Practices in the U.S., England, and Wales
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Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
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NIJ-Sponsored
HIrisPlex-S system for eye, hair, and skin color prediction from DNA: Massively parallel sequencing solutions for two common forensically used platforms
Date Published
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science: DNA: Just USACIL and Direct-To-DNA
Date Published
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Advancing the Statistical Interpretation of Forensic DNA Data Samples
Date Published
Agencies
NIJ
Just Science: DNA: Just Improving Workflow Efficiency
Date Published
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Rapid DNA’s Role in Disaster Victim Identification
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Webinar
Open
Just Science: DNA: Just DNA and the Post-Conviction Dynamic
Date Published
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
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NIJ-Sponsored
A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework
2019-DU-BX-0022
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$20,685
Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts
2019-75-CX-0017
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$443,931