Wrongful Conviction: What Does Science Tell Us About the Causes?
Date Published
2013
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Evidence analysis and processing
Improved Detection of Synthetic Cathinones in Forensic Toxicology Samples: Thermal Degradation and Analytical Considerations
Date Published
March 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Forensic Optical Topography Working Group Meeting, March 17-18, 2015
Date Published
April 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Issue Overview
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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TECHBeat, September/October 2015
Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
October 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Fighting Crime With Science
Journal
NIJ Journal
Date Published
November 2015
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Landscape Study of DNA Mixture Interpretation Software
Date Published
July 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Development of a SNP Assay Panel for Ancestral Origin Inference and Individuals Somatic Traits
Date Published
October 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
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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Evaluating the effectiveness of liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) as a replacement screening tool.
2015-DN-BX-K055
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$150,000
Low-Template DNA Mixture Interpretation: Determining the Number of Contributors
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Highly efficient sperm cell separation from sexual assault samples for DNA analysis using novel polymer filter technology
2015-DN-BX-K072
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$348,796
Wide-scale, Agentless, and Rapid collection of Digital Evidence from Networks (WARDEN)
2015-IJ-CX-K003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$276,431
Accelerating Digital Evidence Analysis Using Recent Advances In Parallel Processing
2014-IJ-CX-K102
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$119,345
FY14 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Abstracts
Date Published
September 2015
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
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
2015 Postconviction DNA Testing Program
2015-DY-BX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$565,639
Human Hair Proteomics - Improved Evidence Discrimination
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Resolution of DNA Mixtures and Analysis of Degraded DNA Using the 454 DNA Sequencing Technology
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Tools for Improving the Quality of Aged, Degraded, Damaged, or Otherwise Compromised DNA Evidence, 2014
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Automated Derivatization and Identification of Controlled Substances via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME) and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
2015-DN-BX-K058
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$190,223
Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations
2015-DN-BX-K073
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$517,243