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Success Story: Advancing 3D Virtual Microscopy for Firearm Forensics

Date Published

March 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Post-Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Proxy Couples

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Strengthening the Evaluation and Interpretation of Glass Evidence Using Statistical Analysis of Collection Sets and Databases of Refractive Index and Elemental Data

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation and Optimization of DNA Recovery and Amplification From Bullet Cartridge Cases

Date Published

March 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Quantitative Differentiation of Bloodstain Patterns Resulting From Gunshot and Blunt Force Impacts

Date Published

February 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Determining Gender by Raman Spectroscopy of a Bloodstain

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Quantitative Assessment of Similarity Between Randomly Acquired Characteristics on High Quality Exemplars and Crime Scene Impressions via Analysis of Feature Size and Shape

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

National Institute of Justice: Strengthening Science and Advancing Justice

October 2019

This video, produced for IACPTV, describes the mission of NIJ and highlights body armor research, forensic advancements, human trafficking work, and the Policing Strategic Plan. 

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Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming

Date Published

April 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Characterization and Comparison of Tape Evidence Using Elemental Profiling Methods and Chemometric Analyses

Date Published

June 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Finding the Region of Origin of Blood Spatters in Complex Situations: Novel Physics-Based Methods and Tools

Date Published

April 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science: DNA: Just the Golden State Killer

Date Published

October 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

How It Got There: Associating Individual DNA Profiles with Specific Body Fluids in Mixtures Using Targeted Digital Gene Expression and RNA-SNP Identification

Date Published

September 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Validation of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Whole Mitochondrial Genome Analysis

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Advanced Statistical Population Genetics Methods for Forensic DNA Identification

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science: DNA: Just Investigative Genetic Genealogy

Date Published

October 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Emerging Research in Forensic Chemistry

Event Dates

April 4, 2019, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Portable Advanced 3D Imaging for Footwear and Tire Impression Capture

Event Dates

October 23, 2019, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Nanobiosensor Arrays for On-Site Multiplexed Detection of Protein Markers to Identify Forensically Relevant Body Fluids

2019-NE-BX-0006

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$600,544

Detecting and Processing Clandestine Human Remains with Unmanned Aerial Systems and Multispectral Remote Sensing

2019-DU-BX-0027

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$286,468

Personal Identification and Ancestral Characterization from Genetically Variant Peptides in Human Hair

2019-R2-CX-0051

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$50,000

Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification and Characterization

2019-R2-CX-0035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$150,000

Latent Fingerprint Image Enhancement & Matching Using Deep Generative Adversarial Networks

2019-R2-CX-0041

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$99,618