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Strengthening the Medical Examiner–Coroner System Through NIJ-funded Programs: 2018 Medicolegal Death Investigation Stakeholders’ Meeting
Strengthening the Medicolegal-Death-Investigation System: Accreditation and Certification - A Path Forward
Strengthening the Medicolegal-Death-Investigation System: Improving Data Systems
FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
Standardizing Data From the Dead
Development of a Large-Scale, Whole-Body CT Image Database
Research From Records: Retrieving and Sharing Useful Data From a Non-research Database
Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner (ME/C) Offices (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Provides data on the personnel, budgets, and workload of medical examiner and coroner offices by type of office and size of jurisdiction. The census gathers information on the number of unidentified human decedents handled by these offices, record-keeping practices, and use of national databases for unidentified remains.
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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Fiscal Year 2019 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
Forensic Pathology on Both Sides of the Pond, presented by Drs. Michael Baden and Peter Dean
Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices Points to Solutions for a System Under Stress
NIJ National Center on Forensics, Fiscal Year 2020
Just the NIJ Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices
Report to Congress: Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices
Fiscal Year 2017 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
Fiscal Year 2018 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
Handling Difficult and Disturbing Forensic Cases for Coroners and Medical Examiners
Understanding Work-Related Stress among Medicolegal Death Investigators: A National Survey and Mixed-Methods Impact Study
Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners
Just Science Podcast: Just the Census of Medical Examiners and Coroners
Using Advanced Imaging Technologies To Enhance Autopsy Practices
Is It Old Age, Abuse or Homicide? Using Forensic Markers and Technology to Detect Elder Abuse and Neglect
Panelists will present results from NIJ-funded studies on bruising and CT scanning and discuss the important role of forensic information and technology in effectively investigating violent crimes against the elderly.