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Implications of Two Backward Blood Spatter Models Based on Fluid Dynamics for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Improving the Collection of Digital Evidence

Date Published

December 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Notes From the Field: Using Forensic Intelligence to Drive Gun Crime Investigations

Date Published

June 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind

Date Published

June 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Juvenile Arrests, 2019

Date Published

May 2021

Agencies

NIJ, OJJDP

Publication Type

Statistics

Genetic Variants Linked to Sudden Unexplained Deaths

Date Published

May 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents

Date Published

January 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Instilling a Culture of Continuous Learning from Criminal Justice Systems Errors: A Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review Process in Philadelphia

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0002-1

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$649,938

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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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

Post-mortem Changes and Translocation of Bacterial Community Structure and Function for Use in Criminal Investigations

Date Published

August 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Clearing the DNA Logjam

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Fear in the Neighborhoods - An Investigation of the Impact of Crime

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

1980

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Eyewitness Responses to Leading and Misleading Questions under the Cognitive Interview

Journal

Journal of Police Science and Administration

Date Published

1986

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Time Proves the Crime

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Crimes Committed by Terrorist Groups: Theory, Research, and Prevention

Journal

Trends in Organized Crime

Date Published

2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An Optimized DNA Analysis Workflow for the Sampling, Extraction, and Concentration of DNA obtained From Archived Latent Fingerprints

Journal

Journal of Forensic Science

Date Published

January 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Development of DNA Identification Techniques for Forensically Important Insects; Molecular Phylogeny of Chrysomya Albiceps and C. Rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Nebraska Corrections Agency Uses Contraband Cellphones to "Take a Snapshot" of Inmates

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

March 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Putting Research to Work - Tools for the Criminal Justice Professional

Date Published

1983

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Bibliography

Digging the Connections

Date Published

October 2006

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Elimination of 7-Aminoflunitrazepam and Flunitrazepam in Urine After a Single Dose of Rohypnol

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Taking the Byte Out

Date Published

2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical)