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Evaluation of the Vision X Comparison Microscope to Share Digital Images of Bullets and Shell Casings and the Potential Impact on the Firearms and Tool Marks Community

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab

Date Published

December 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Just Erroneous Identification

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Development of a Mobile, Automated Tool Mark Characterization/Comparison System

2011-DN-R-0230-2

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$499,000

National Footwear Database Evaluation

2016-DNR-5470

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$1,500,000

Quantitative Measures for Footwear Impression Comparisons

DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0202

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$598,315

Fentanyl Contamination

DJO-NIJ-18-RO-0506

Open

Funding First Awarded

2018

$500,000

Quantitative Evaluation of Footwear Evidence: Advancing the Footwear Impression Comparison System (FICS) towards Casework Application

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0010

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$609,700

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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Just Science Podcast: Just the Grim Sleeper Serial Killer

Date Published

December 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Microspectrophotometry (MSP) of Dyed Fibers

Date Published

October 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Determination of Material Property Input for Fire Modeling

Date Published

January 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Just the Jodi Arias Case

Date Published

November 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Just the Story Behind Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Date Published

November 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Just Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior

Date Published

November 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Notes From the Field: Improving the Analysis and Collection of Trace Evidence Samples

Date Published

November 2020

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

Agencies

NIJ

Development of a Quantifiable Confirmatory Test to Detect Fly Artifacts Contaminating Bloodstain Evidence

Date Published

August 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Efficient and Effective SNP System for Analysis of Highly Degraded DNA Samples

2020-DQ-BX-0005

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$444,723

3D morphology of blood stain can provide critical information missed in standard bloodstain analysis

2020-DQ-BX-0006

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$361,656

A Rapid, Microfluidic Transcriptomic Method for Body Fluid Identification from Forensic Samples

2020-DQ-BX-0027

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$436,934

Tracing and fingerprinting source material and printer of additively manufactured weapons and objects

2020-DQ-BX-0029

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$270,000

Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

Proteomic and microRNA Markers of Fly Development: Stable Correlates of Insect Age To Improve Forensic Entomology Casework

Date Published

April 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

ICPUTRD: Image Cloud Platform for Use in Tagging and Research on Decomposition, Final Report

Date Published

September 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Human Decomposition: A Mosaic Model for Community Succession and Implications for Future Forensic Research

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored