Crime scene analysis

Wrongful Convictions: The Latest Scientific Research & Implications for Law Enforcement

March 2013

Series

What does science tell us about case factors that can lead to a wrongful conviction? Dr. Jon Gould of American University will discuss the findings of the first large-scale empirical study that has identified ten statistically significant factors that distinguish a wrongful conviction from a "near miss." (A "near miss" is a case in which an innocent defendant was acquitted or had charges dismissed before trial). Following Dr. Gould's presentation, Mr. John R.

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Raman Spectroscopy for Analyzing Body Fluid Traces: Moving Towards a Practical Forensic Application

Date Published

July 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Post-Blast Investigative Tools for Structural Forensics by 3D Scene Reconstruction and Advanced Simulation

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Human Microbiome Species and Genes for Human Identification

Date Published

September 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

LIBS for Soil Screening Study of Matrix Effects on Elemental Profiling

Date Published

March 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Seven Research Articles Resulting from NIJ Grants Make Forensic Chemistry's List of 25 Most Cited Papers

Date Published

May 13, 2019

Combined Genetic and Micro-Chemical Analysis of Household Dust as a Definitive Trace Identified of a Room and its Occupants

Date Published

March 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sexual Violence and Evidence Collection - Expert Chat Webinar, NIJ and Harvard's Government Innovators Network

Date Published

August 2008

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Raman Spectroscopy For Analyzing Body Fluid Traces, Stain Aging, Differentiation Between Races, Genders And Species

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

On-Site Confirmatory Test for Tissue Type and Specimen Age

Date Published

July 2014

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Microbial Communities on Skin Leave Unique Traces at Crime Scenes

Date Published

December 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ

Characterizing Microbial Assemblages as Trace Evidence as Following Residential Burglaries

Date Published

November 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Potential Handheld Multispectral Camera for Crime Scene Investigations

Date Published

October 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ

Cost/Benefit Analysis Tools Helps Agencies Decide "2D" or "3D"

Date Published

September 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices

2018-DU-BX-0226

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$171,041

Estimating the Postmortem Interval at Longer Timescales Using Bone

2018-R2-CX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$150,000

Evaluating the Skin Microbiome as Trace Evidence

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Solving Crimes with Soil Bacteria

Date Published

September 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Episode 34: 2018 IPTES: Just Shoeprint Statistics

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Linking Suspects to Crime Scenes With Particle Populations

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ

Why Is There an Evidence Backlog?

December 2017

An influx of funding and improvements in efficiency can help reduce backlogs for forensic evidence, but if the capacity of labs does not continue to increase to keep up with demand, evidence will continue to pile up.

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