GIS Application for Building a Nationally Representative Forensic Taphonomy Database
Date Published
2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Coroners
A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered during Medicolegal Casework
Date Published
July 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Improving and Evaluating Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Investigation of Fatalities Involving Suspected Head Trauma
Date Published
2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Solving Cases of Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young through Comprehensive Postmortem Genetic Testing
Date Published
2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
MDI Myth: Nobody Cares About or Uses MDI Data
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required
Advancing Justice for the Missing and Unidentified Through Research - 2024 NIJ Research Conference
September 2024
Forensic science research is developing essential knowledge to fill in the holes in death investigations, creating new ways to identify challenging skeletal remains. These methods inform cause of death, time of death, and familial relationships to guide investigations, identify suspects, support prosecutions, and bring justice to families.
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The Impact of Processing and Sampling Procedures on the Integrity of Forensically Relevant Biomolecules in Bones
15PNIJ-24-GG-03841-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$823,669
Medetomidine Rapidly Proliferating Across USA — Implicated In Recreational Opioid Drug Supply & Causing Overdose Outbreaks
Date Published
2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Daunting Task of Strengthening Medical Examiner and Coroner Investigations Across Hundreds of Jurisdictions
Date Published
April 2024
Agencies
NIJ
Interactive Map: Medicolegal Death Investigation Data Flow
Date Published
December 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Coroner Liaison
Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required
A Data-Informed Response to Emerging Drugs
December 2023
Series
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.
Transcript
Audio file
OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains
Date Published
November 2023
Agencies
NIJ
New Synthetic Opioid Protonitazene Increasing in Prevalence as "Nitazenes" Gain Traction Across the United States and Canada
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored