Crime Scene

NIJ's Innovative Research Spans Variety of Forensic Fields

NCJ Number

241928

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

July 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence Proceedings Meeting 9: Regal Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago, Illinois, April 9 - 10, 2000

NCJ Number

241602

Date Published

April 2000

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Conference Material

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National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence Proceedings Meeting 8, Hotel Madison, Mount Vernon A + B Washington, DC January 16 - 17, 2000

NCJ Number

241603

Date Published

January 2000

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Conference Material

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Significance of Elemental Analysis from Trace Evidence

NCJ Number

242325

Date Published

October 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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A Sexual Assault Kit Partnership

November 2015

NIJ Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Director Gerald LaPorte and Deputy Director Heather Waltke, along with Heather LaSalle, Forensic Examiner, DNA Casework Unit, and Tina Delgado, Chief, Biometrics Division from the FBI Laboratory discuss why the NIJ-FBI Sexual Assault Kit Partnership was created and how the partnership plans to shed light on the complexities of sexual assault cases, particularly kits that

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Development of a SNP Assay Panel for Ancestral Origin Inference and Individuals Somatic Traits

NCJ Number

249206

Date Published

October 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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How Reliable Are Latent Fingerprint Examiners?

September 2015

Brian Cerchiai discusses a NIJ-supported a study conducted by the Miami-Dade Police Department on the accuracy of fingerprint examiners. The study found that fingerprint examiners make extremely few errors. Even when examiners did not get an independent second opinion about their decisions, they were remarkably accurate. But when decisions were verified by an independent reviewers, examiners had a 0% false positive, or incorrect identification, rate and a 3% false negative, or missed identification, rate.

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Forensic Identification Using Individual Chemical Signatures

2015-DN-BX-K047

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$1,518,268

FY15 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency

2015-DN-BX-0059

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$595,727

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

2015

$37,788

Human Hair Proteomics - Improved Evidence Discrimination

NCJ Number

249102

Date Published

August 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program

2015-CD-BX-0016

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$150,900

Improving the Timeliness and Accuracy of Forensic Firearms Examinations at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office

2015-CD-BX-0074

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$175,000

Expansion and Development of the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office Forensic Section

2015-CD-BX-0076

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$133,397

Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations

2015-DN-BX-K073

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$517,243

FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program

2015-CD-BX-0027

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$63,705

Assessing the Quality of 3-Dimensional Imaging on the BrassTrax HD3D System and Validating an In-Silico Solution to Confirm NIBIN Hits

2015-DN-BX-K034

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$79,150

Further Development of Raman Spectroscopy for Body Fluid Investigation: Method Advancement and Validation

2015-R2-CX-0019

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$42,520

Analytical Validation and Impact Assessment of On-Site Evidence Screening via Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry

2015-IJ-CX-K011

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$299,753

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

2013-DN-BX-K025

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$188,198

FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Austin

2015-DN-BX-0065

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$196,262

FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program

2015-DN-BX-0113

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$558,280

A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics

2015-DN-BX-K030

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$564,735

Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation

2015-DN-BX-K027

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$140,949

FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program-Iowa Department of Public Safety

2015-DN-BX-0032

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$472,787