Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)
Solving Property Crimes With DNA
Should Rape Kit Testing Be Prioritized by Victim-Offender Relationship? Empirical Comparison of Forensic Testing Outcomes for Stranger and Non-stranger Sexual Assaults
Expansion of DNA Services: Final Program Report
No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2003
Current Sequencing Technology Makes Microhaplotypes a Powerful New Type of Genetic Marker for Forensics
Forensic DNA Testing Program in Connecticut
No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2003
Twenty-Six plex Autosomal STR Assay To Aid Human Identity Testing
Developing Empirically Informed Policies for Sexual Assault Kit DNA Testing: Is It Too Late to Test Kits Beyond the Statute of Limitations?
TECHBeat, June 2019
Investigative Genetic Genealogy: Background and Crime Lab Strategy
Beyond DNA - The Role of Physical Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations
Beyond DNA - The Role of Biological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations
Notes From the Field: Expanding the DNA Database to Solve Cold Cases
Data from the DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Grant Program
The goal of NIJ's DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) program is to assist States and units of local government with existing crime laboratories to increase the capacity of publicly funded forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories to process more DNA samples, thereby helping to reduce the number of forensic DNA and DNA database samples awaiting analysis and/or prevent a backlog of forensic and...
Population Data on the Expanded CODIS Core STR Loci for Eleven Populations of Significance for Forensic DNA Analyses in the United States
Supporting States to Test Sexual Assault Evidence
Crime laboratory and law enforcement personnel from three states discuss the value the NIJ-FBI Sexual Assault Kit Partnership to test sexual assault evidence and obtain investigatory leads.
During this partnership, NIJ is working with the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, to test eligible kits from law enforcement agencies and laboratories across the country and develop best practices that can improve the quality and speed of sexual assault kit processing.
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Strengthening Our Nation's Crime Laboratories
As technology improves, demand for analysis of DNA and other forensic evidence to help solve crimes grows. This video describes some of the challenges crime laboratories face in meeting this demand and how National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funding has strengthened crime labs and encouraged innovation in forensic techniques.
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