The Effectiveness of Forensic Genetic Genealogy Techniques for Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color
15PNIJ-22-GG-04394-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$556,300
Autopsies
FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$300,000
Postmortem CT Scans: Can They Effectively Replace Full Autopsies?
Date Published
July 25, 2022
Study examines the impact of CT scans on workflow and tallies the cost savings of postmortem CT in lieu of full autopsy.
Postmortem CT Scans: Can They Effectively Replace Full Autopsies?
Date Published
July 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Strengthening the Medical Examiner–Coroner System Through NIJ-funded Programs: 2018 Medicolegal Death Investigation Stakeholders’ Meeting
Date Published
September 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The roles of medical examiners in the COVID-19 era: a comparison between the United States and Italy
Journal
Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Evaluation of the Routine Use of CT Scanning to Supplant or Supplement Autopsy in a High-Volume Medical Examiner's Office
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Determining the temperature-dependence of tissue relaxation times (T1 and T2) for prospective optimization of post-mortem magnetic resonance (PMMR) image contrast
Journal
Journal of forensic Radiological Imaging
Date Published
2013
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Quantitation and Validation of 34 Fentanyl Analogs from Liver Tissue Using a QuEChERS Extraction and LC-MS-MS Analysis
Journal
Journal of Analytical Toxicology
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Eutylone Intoxications-An Emerging Synthetic Stimulant in Forensic Investigations
Journal
Journal of Analytical Toxicology
Date Published
August 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Developing the Minimum Dataset for the New Mexico Decedent Image Database
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$300,000
Recommended Practices for Macerating Human Thyroid Cartilage
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
Dysbiosis in the Dead: Human Postmortem Microbiome Beta-Dispersion as an Indicator of Manner and Cause of Death
Journal
Frontiers in Microbiology
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A Mechanism-Based Forensic Investigation into the Postmortem Redistribution of Morphine.
Journal
Journal of Analytical Toxicology
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Enhancing Molecular Autopsies through Function Assays and Family Studies of Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Variants in Sudden Unexplained Deaths
Date Published
March 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Genetic Variants Linked to Sudden Unexplained Deaths
Date Published
May 2021
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Comparison of the Lund and Browder Table to Computed Tomography Scan Three-dimensional Surface Area Measurement for a Pediatric Cohort
Journal
Journal of Surgical Research
Date Published
January 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
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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Potential Postmortem Microbial Biomarkers of Infant Death Investigation
2020-75-CX-0012
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$530,242
Evaluation of nuclear DNA from rootless hair for forensic purposes
2020-DQ-BX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$747,384
NIJ National Center on Forensics
2020-MU-CX-0001
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2020
$2,000,000
Lateral Clavicular Epiphysis: Fusion Timing and Age Estimation
Journal
International Journal of Legal Medicine
Date Published
March 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)