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Reducing Gun Violence Through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Sharing

Date Published

June 20, 2024

Multi-pronged approach of data integration, collaboration, and intelligence-led policing has helped reduce gun violence in New Jersey.

Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences (Part One)

March 2023

Series

Justice Today Podcast

The scientific basis of several aspects of forensic evidence was first called into question by the 2009 National Research Council report. That report had an immediate impact on law enforcement, crime labs, courtrooms, and the broader scientific community. 

2022 UPDATE: 3D IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES AND VIRTUAL COMPARISON MICROSCOPY FOR FIREARMS EXAMINATION, A LANDSCAPE STUDY

Date Published

August 2022

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Consequences of Disregarding Contemporary Forensic Standards (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice, P 380-390, 2004, Gorazd Mesko, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-207973)

Date Published

September 2004

Publication Type

Case Study

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NIJ

Success Story: Advancing 3D Virtual Microscopy for Firearm Forensics

Date Published

March 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Expanding the Scope and Efficiency of 3D Surface Topography Analysis in Firearm Forensics

Date Published

September 2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

A Century of Ballistics Comparison Giving Way to Virtual 3D Methods

Introduction and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Three-Dimensional Imaging and Analysis System for Firearm Forensics

Date Published

2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Development and Validation of a Virtual Examination Tool for Firearm Forensics

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

An Empirical Study to Improve the Scientific Foundation of Forensic Firearm and Tool Mark Identification Utilizing 10 Consecutively Manufactured Slides

Date Published

2013

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Three Steps towards Metrological Traceability for Ballistics Signature Measurements

Date Published

2010

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Knowledge Is Power: Using Technology to Gain Forensic Intelligence

Date Published

August 2016

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Issue Overview, Instructional Material

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NIJ

Identification of polymers and organic gunshot residue in evidence from 3D-printed firearms using DART-mass spectrometry: A feasibility study

Date Published

2017

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NIJ-Sponsored

Results of the 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy Error Rate (VCMER) Study for firearm forensics

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Addressing Quality Assurance Issues in 3D Firearm and Toolmark Imaging

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Traceability for ballistics signature measurements in forensic science

Date Published

December 2009

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of the Vision X Comparison Microscope to Share Digital Images of Bullets and Shell Casings and the Potential Impact on the Firearms and Tool Marks Community

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab

Date Published

December 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored

Addendum B to NIJ Standard-0101.04: Ballistic Resistance of Personal Body Armor

Date Published

May 2003

Publication Type

Policy/Procedure Handbook/Manual

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NIJ-Sponsored

Optical Topography Increases Potential for Firearms Identification

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material

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NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ (National Institute of Justice) Standard for Ballistic Helmets

Date Published

December 1981

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NIJ

Striation Density for Predicting the Identifiability of Fired Bullets with Automated Inspection Systems

Date Published

September 2010

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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NIJ-Sponsored

NIST Random Profile Roughness Specimens and Standard Bullets, NIJ Report 601-00

Date Published

July 2000

Series

NIJ Research Report

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ

Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Viability of Virtual Peer Review and Microscopic Verification Versus Traditional On-site Review

2019-DU-BX-0001

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Funding First Awarded

2019

$611,226