Coroner Liaison
Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open
Coroners
A Data-Informed Response to Emerging Drugs
December 2023
The emerging drug crisis in the U.S. touches both criminal justice and public health, and experts from both fields came together at NIJ’s 2023 National Research Conference to discuss strategies and tools to fight this problem. Dr. Frances Scott, NIJ scientist and program manager, continues the conference discussion with two fellow panelists: Ciena Bayard, the Method Development and Validation Program Manager for D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and Haley Greene, the Deputy Epidemiologist for the Central Region for the Virginia Department of Health. Read the transcript.
Research From Records: Retrieving and Sharing Useful Data From a Non-research Database
Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Strengthening the Medicolegal-Death-Investigation System: Accreditation and Certification - A Path Forward
Date Published
December 2016
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Legislation/Policy Analysis,
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ
Strengthening the Medicolegal-Death-Investigation System: Improving Data Systems
Date Published
September 2016
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Legislation/Policy Analysis,
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ
Implementing NAGPRA Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners
December 2021
This project is designed to connect tribal partners to ME/C offices to facilitate successful disposition protocols for non-forensically significant Native American remains that are compliant with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA).
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Standardizing Data From the Dead
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Development of a Large-Scale, Whole-Body CT Image Database
Date Published
2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner (ME/C) Offices (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Provides data on the personnel, budgets, and workload of medical examiner and coroner offices by type of office and size of jurisdiction. The census gathers information on the number of unidentified human decedents handled by these offices, record-keeping practices, and use of national databases for unidentified remains.
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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Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
2016-MU-BX-K007
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2020
$4,288,461
Fiscal Year 2019 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
Date Published
September 2020
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ
Are Arrest Statistics a Valid Measure of Illicit Drug Use?: The Relationship Between Criminal Justice and Public Health Indicators of Cocaine, Heroin, and Marijuana use
Date Published
1999
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
FTCoE Takes New Approach to Informing Stakeholders
Date Published
November 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Forensic Pathology on Both Sides of the Pond, presented by Drs. Michael Baden and Peter Dean
Date Published
April 2005
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Presentation (Multimedia),
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material,
Historical Overview,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices Points to Solutions for a System Under Stress
Date Published
May 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
NIJ National Center on Forensics, Fiscal Year 2020
Closing Date
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals from qualified applicants to establish and operate the NIJ National Center on Forensics to facilitate a partnership amongst a full-service State department of forensic science with a medical examiner function, an accredited university of higher education with affiliate medical and law schools, and a statewide district attorneys association.
The purpose of this partnership is to provide medico-legal learning opportunities...
Just the NIJ Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices
Date Published
January 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Report to Congress: Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices
Date Published
December 2019
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ
Fiscal Year 2017 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ
Fiscal Year 2018 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ
Handling Difficult and Disturbing Forensic Cases for Coroners and Medical Examiners
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open