Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)
Just Science Podcast: Just Case Studies: A Gruesome Murder in Mesa
Date Published
October 2017
Publication Type
Instructional Material (Programmed),
Case Study
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Efficient sequencing and analysis of degraded and trace DNA samples using a novel targeted ligation-free method
2017-DN-BX-0140
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2017
$993,718
Familial DNA Searching - An Emerging Forensic Investigative Tool, Final Report
Date Published
June 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Understanding Familial DNA Searching: Policies, Procedures, and Potential Impact, Summary Overview
Date Published
August 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Legislation/Policy Description,
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Study of Familial DNA Searching Policies and Practices: National Survey of CODIS Laboratories Brief
Date Published
June 2017
Publication Type
Survey,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Understanding Familial DNA Searching: Coming to a Consensus on Terminology
Date Published
June 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material,
Dictionary
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA.
2015-R2-CX-0023
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$39,569
Uncertainty in the Number of Contributors in the Proposed New CODIS Set
Date Published
November 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Individual Identifiability Predicts Population Identifiability in Forensic Microsatellite Markers
Date Published
April 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Uniting to Solve Sexual Assault Crimes
Date Published
March 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Uniting to Solve Sexual Assault Crimes
Date Published
March 27, 2017
With support from the National Institute of Justice, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the state of Nevada teamed up to reduce the backlog of untested sexual assault kits.
Applying Internal Validation Guidelines for Expanded STR Loci Kits
Date Published
January 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
DNA: A Prosecutor's Practice Notebook
Date Published
July 2007
Publication Type
Training
Agencies
NIJ
Research in Brief: DNA and Property Crimes
Date Published
April 2013
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
DNA from Burned Bone: The application of ancient DNA methods to forensic DNA recovery
2016-DN-BX-0158
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$657,544
An investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe
2015-R2-CX-0023
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$38,683
A New Approach to Utilizing Evidence from Sexual Assault Kits in Texas: Benefits and Costs of a Universal Testing Statute
2016-IJ-CX-0019
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$235,794
Evaluation and Implementation of High Throughput Second Generation Sequencing for Mitochondrial DNA Testing in Missing Persons and Forensic Casework at the UNT Center for Human Identification.
2016-DN-BX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$727,072
Fiscal Year 2014 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities
Date Published
December 2015
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ
Familial DNA Searching: Issues and Answers - Panel Discussion at the 2011 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2011
Publication Type
Presentation,
Issue Overview,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
Cold Case Best Practices - Interview at the 2010 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2010
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Down the Road - Testing Evidence in Sexual Assaults
Date Published
June 2016
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ
Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits in Houston, TX: Case Characteristics, Forensic Testing Results, and the Investigation of CODIS Hits, Executive Summary
Date Published
March 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Untested Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases
Date Published
March 17, 2016
Many jurisdictions across the country are looking at the issue of sexual assault evidence that has not been submitted to a crime lab for testing