Opioid epidemic
The Current Community Context of Overdose Deaths: Relations among Drug Types, Drug Markets, and Socioeconomic Neighborhood Characteristics
Non-contact detection of fentanyl by a field-portable ion mobility spectrometer
Medical Examiner and Coroner Outsourcing Study – A Qualitative Study and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Quantitation of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Blow Fly Tissue and Development Effects of Fentanyl on Lucilia Sericata
Concentrations of Para-Fluorofuranylfentanyl in Paired Central and Peripheral Blood Collected during Postmortem Death Investigations
Death Certification by the Medical Examiner/Coroner in Drug-Related Deaths
Revisiting Neighborhood Context and Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests Under the Opioid Epidemic
Just Science Podcast: Just Polysubstance Use and the Importance of Data Trends
Just Science Podcast: Just the Intersection of Opioids and Illicit Stimulants: Part 1
Expanding Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System
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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Life course and intergenerational effects of criminal justice involvement: Identifying risks, the search for resilience, and the impact of rise in opioid misuse and the Covid-19 pandemic
Fiscal Year 2019 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
TECHBeat, March 2018
TECHBeat, November 2017
TECHBeat, June 2019
TECHBeat, October 2018
Video: Incorporating Research and Data Into Criminal Justice Agencies - NIJ LEADS Alumni Spotlight
Video: Advances in Investigative Techniques: Drug Monitoring Programs
Advances in Investigative Techniques: Drug Monitoring Programs
Lieutenant Piotrowski, New Jersey State Police, discusses drug monitoring programs. With this program, his agency collects multiple drug-related data sets to ultimately have an impact on mitigating the impact of drugs in his community. Topics include the benefits of implementing a drug monitoring program, some of the outcomes of the program, and how federal funding can help an agency start such a program.
Lieutenant Piotrowski participated in an NIJ Day panel at the 2019 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Expo.
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Incorporating Research and Data Into Criminal Justice Agencies - NIJ LEADS Alumni Spotlight
Sergeant Jeffery Egge of the Minneapolis Police Department, and NIJ LEADS Scholar alum, discusses his experience with leads including how the program benefited his agency and his use of date to address gun violence and the opioid epidemic and the city's sentinel events review of overdose fatalities. Sergeant Egge also discusses his current work looking at investigative closures.
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