Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories
2013-DNR-5042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$344,000
Evaluation
National Footwear Database Evaluation
2016-DNR-5470
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$1,500,000
Black Box and White Box Forensic Examiner Evaluations - Understanding the Details
DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0010
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$141,856
Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 1
November 2020
In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.
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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
Webinar: Research Assistantship Program, Academic Year 2021-2022
NIJ held a webinar on November 12, 2020, to discuss the academic year 2021-2022 Research Assistantship Program. The following is a transcript of that webinar.
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ANGELA M. MOORE: Good afternoon, everyone. Before we get into the meat of the presentation, I first want to thank everyone for joining us and for your interest in NIJ's Research Assistantship Program. In addition, I just want to...
Anti-Bullying Intervention for Teachers Shows Positive, Short-Term Outcomes
Date Published
November 13, 2020
The Bullying Classroom Check-Up — an integrated coaching and mixed-reality simulator strategy — has potential for coaching teachers to detect and identify bullying in the classroom, but the effects were not sustained by the end of the second school year.
Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against Extremism
Date Published
October 26, 2020
Can the wealth of existing research on criminal gang members point to better solutions to violent extremism in the United States? A study finds only limited parallels.
Expanded Quantitative Cannabinoid Testing in Biological Specimens to Combat the Ever Changing Cannabis Landscape
2020-DQ-BX-0017
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$290,353
Evaluation of Digital Evidence Processing Efficiencies in Publicly Funded Crime Laboratories
2020-DQ-BX-0016
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2020
$348,052
Evaluation of nuclear DNA from rootless hair for forensic purposes
2020-DQ-BX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$747,384
Evaluation of the Simultaneous Analysis of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues Within a Large Population Data Set Using Electrochemical Sensors
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Date Published
August 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Evaluation
Efficient Casework Policy To Address Emerging Challenges in Seized Drugs
Date Published
September 30, 2020
The substances tested in cases involving seized drugs are always evolving. By establishing policies on the most critical samples to test and maintaining ongoing communication with stakeholders, laboratories can more efficiently manage a backlog.
Randomized Controlled Trials in Correctional Settings
Date Published
September 23, 2020
Examining the Black Box: A Formative and Evaluability Assessment of Cross-sectoral Approaches for Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence
2020-VA-CX-0003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$539,232
Developmental evaluation of a combinatorial qPCR multiplex for forensic body fluid identification
2020-R2-CX-0031
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$49,994
Statistical evaluation of forensic sequencing profiles
2020-R2-CX-0040
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$107,205