Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)

Organizational and Environmental Determinants of Ballistics Imaging Productivity in United States Crime Laboratories

NCJ Number

253290

Journal

Journal of Crime & Justice

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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Three Steps towards Metrological Traceability for Ballistics Signature Measurements

NCJ Number

304342

Journal

Measurement Science Review

Date Published

2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF

National Firearms Examiner Academy Forensic Science Training

2008-DN-R-122

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2008

$500,000

Traceability for ballistics signature measurements in forensic science

NCJ Number

303989

Journal

Measurement

Date Published

August 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Evaluation of Heat Flux Profiles Through Walls in Support of Fire Model Validation

15PNIJ-21-GG-04167-RESS

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2021

$335,000

The Fight Against Rampant Gun Violence: Data-Driven Scientific Research Will Light the Way

Date Published

December 2, 2021

Gun Violence (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)

Provides statistics on firearm possession, theft and loss, and manufacture and export, as well as state-by-state data on firearm tracing.

Burn Chamber Test of Ex Situ Thermal Impulse Sensors

NCJ Number

301015

Journal

Applied Spectroscopy

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

National Firearms Examiner Academy Forensic Science Training

2008-DNR-122

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2008

$500,000

Development and Delivery of Knowledge-based Forensic Science Curricula

2013-DNR-4876

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$450,000

Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

Date Published

October 21, 2020

Integrating forensic evidence into the intelligence process is an evolutionary next step in reducing, disrupting, and preventing violent crime.

Second National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC-2)

NCJ Number

249412

Journal

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Date Published

January 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Test/Measurement, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic)

HTML

Optical Topography Increases Potential for Firearms Identification

NCJ Number

250923

Date Published

May 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Technical Assistance, Instructional Material

PDF

Ballistic Fingerprints on File

NCJ Number

211931

Date Published

2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Program/Project Evaluation

PDF

Juvenile Gun Violence and Gun Markets in Boston

NCJ Number

184375

Date Published

March 1997

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Research Preview

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF

Development of an Interactive Database of Contemporary Material Properties for Computer Fire Modeling

2019-DU-BX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$583,545

Opening the Black Box of NIBIN

July 2014

Series

Research for the Real World

Bill King discusses the operations of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), a program through which firearms examiners at state and local crime laboratories compare tool marks on fired bullets or cartridges found at a crime scene to digitized images of ballistic evidence in a nationwide database.

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Agencies Collaborating in the Development of NIJ Standards

Illegal Firearms Trafficking

Matthew Barter

Sergeant; 2018 NIJ LEADS Law Enforcement Officer

U.S. DOJ Violence Reduction Network Shows Promise in Early Stages

Date Published

December 14, 2017

BJA’s Violence Reduction Network (VRN)[1] has improved communication between federal and local law enforcement agencies, but it is too early to measure its impact on crime rates.

Opening the Black Box of NIBIN - Research for the Real World Seminar

NCJ Number

248510

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Program/Project Description

Video

Study Identifies Ways To Improve ATF Ballistic Evidence Program

NCJ Number

247878

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

October 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF | HTML

Director's Message: Statement on Support for Forensic Science Research: Improving the Scientific Role of NIJ

On behalf of the Office for Investigative and Forensic Sciences at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), I wish to thank the National...

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