Forensic Science
Date Published
2011
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evidence analysis and processing
Base Composition Profiling of Human Mitochondrial DNA Using Polymerase Chain Reaction and Direct Automated Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Date Published
2009
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The effect of uncertainty in calibration data on burning rate predictions
Date Published
February 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A complete pipeline enables haplotyping and phasing macrohaplotype in long sequencing reads for polyploidy samples and a multi-source DNA mixture
Date Published
January 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification, and Characterization for Forensic Purposes
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Exonuclease Digestion Assay for Streamlining Aptamer Characterization, Engineering, and Sensor Development
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
GeoFOR: A collaborative forensic taphonomy database for estimating the postmortem interval
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Visualization of partial bloody fingerprints on nonporous substrates using columnar thin films
Date Published
2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation of the Identification Power of RPLC Analyses in the Screening for Drug Compounds
Date Published
2010
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Multiplex Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping Utilizing Ligase Detection Reaction Coupled Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Date Published
2010
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Generalized Temperature Measurement Equations for Rhodamine B Dye Solution and Its Application to Microfluidics
Date Published
2009
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Dual-Domain Microchip-Based Process for Volume Reduction Solid Phase Extraction of Nucleic Acids from Dilute, Large Volume Biological Samples
Date Published
2010
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Police Crime Lab Accreditation Initiative
Date Published
January 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
What's Known and Unknown about Marijuana (Part Two)
January 2024
Marijuana legalization poses many challenges — especially those related to drug chemistry and toxicology — for researchers, law enforcement, and policy makers. In the latest episode of Justice Today, NIJ Communications Assistant Josh Mondoro hosts a conversation with NIJ Scientist Frances Scott about marijuana toxicology, including comparing its effects to alcohol, measuring impairment, and maintaining public safety as more and more states legalize recreational marijuana.
NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding basic or applied research and development in forensic science for criminal justice purposes. NIJ’s Forensic Science Strategic Research Plan and Forensic Science Research and Development Technology Working Group (TWG) identify current research priorities and technology challenges encountered in operational forensic science laboratories. Research-based knowledge and newly developed tools that work towards addressing these priorities and resolving these...
Improving Analysis of "Trace DNA" Evidence
Date Published
January 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us
Date Published
January 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Combining LC/MS/MS Product-ion Scan Technology with GC/MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluids and Tissues
Date Published
February 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
FBI subaward to NIST project GOJPNIJ24000016 "Comparison of Examiner Conclusions with Score-based Likelihood Ratios for Cartridge Case Evidence
O2309-015-015-012545
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$120,000
Comparison of Examiner Conclusions with Score-based Likelihood Ratios for Cartridge Case Evidence
GOJPNIJ24000016
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$409,578
FBI subaward to SDSU project 15PNIJ-23-GG-04232-MUMU "Statistical Foundations of Score-Based Methods in Forensic Identification of Source Problems"
O2308-015-015-012164
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$59,332
What's Known and Unknown about Marijuana (Part One)
January 2024
Marijuana poses many challenges for researchers, law enforcement, and policy makers, challenges that fall into two fields: drug chemistry and toxicology. NIJ scientist Dr. Frances Scott joins this episode to explain the complications in drug chemistry and how difficulties defining marijuana lead to backlogs in crime labs around the country. NIJ Communications Assistant Josh Mondoro hosts.
Reading and Resources from NIJ:
Cold Cases and Serial Killers (Part Two)
Date Published
December 2023
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ
A Study of PCR Inhibition Mechanisms Using Real Time PCR
Date Published
2010
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Incarceration and Desistance: Evidence from a Natural Policy Experiment
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored