Phase II Metabolites of Drugs in Hair: A Potential Solution for Environmental Contamination
2019-DU-BX-0021
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$295,625
Evidence analysis and processing
A Multifactorial Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Hispanics Using Cranial and Dental Data
2019-R2-CX-0050
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$150,000
Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls
2019-DU-BX-0029
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$636,419
Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue
2019-R2-CX-0044
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$100,000
Skeletal Trauma in Forensic Anthropology: Improving the Accuracy of Trauma Analysis and Expert Testimony
2019-DU-BX-0040
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$782,183
Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies
2019-DU-BX-0013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$279,983
Development of a Baseline Survey of Random Presence of Glass and Paint for the Interpretation of Evidence in the U.S. Courts
2019-DU-BX-0015
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$326,820
Human Identification from Computed Tomography Derived 3D Models using Part-to-Part Comparison Analysis
2019-DU-BX-0031
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$536,181
Bio-inspired Material-integrated Beads for Differential Extraction of Sperm in Forensic Applications
2019-NE-BX-0003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$499,545
Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Opioid Detection in Seized Substances
2019-DU-BX-0024
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$365,101
Dense DNA Data for Enhanced Missing Persons Identification
2019-DU-BX-0046
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$743,927
Subadult Ancestry Estimation Using Craniometrics, Macromorphoscopics, Odontometrics, and Dental Morphology
2019-DU-BX-0039
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$785,847
Quantifying the Accuracy of Two Innovative Forensic Genetic Identification Techniques: Genealogical Searching and Low-Template DNA Mixture Analysis
2019-DU-BX-0028
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$395,773
Fluid Dynamic Studies of Bloody Fingermarks
2019-75-CX-0018
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$159,122
Strengthening Our Nation's Crime Laboratories
April 2018
As technology improves, demand for analysis of DNA and other forensic evidence to help solve crimes grows. This video describes some of the challenges crime laboratories face in meeting this demand and how National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funding has strengthened crime labs and encouraged innovation in forensic techniques.
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The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault: Implications for Law Enforcement, Prosecution, and Victim Advocacy
December 2012
Series
Dr. Campbell brings together research on the neurobiology of trauma and the criminal justice response to sexual assault. She explains the underlying neurobiology of traumatic events, its emotional and physical manifestation, and how these processes can impact the investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults. Real-world, practical implications are examined for first responders, such as law enforcement, nurses, prosecutors, and advocates.
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Potential Handheld Multispectral Camera for Crime Scene Investigations
Date Published
October 16, 2018
Microbial Communities on Skin Leave Unique Traces at Crime Scenes
Date Published
December 10, 2018
Investigators in two NIJ-supported studies have demonstrated that people carry unique microbial communities on their skin, and traces of those communities, left on touched objects, can be linked to the individual.
Opening the Black Box of NIBIN
July 2014
Series
Bill King discusses the operations of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), a program through which firearms examiners at state and local crime laboratories compare tool marks on fired bullets or cartridges found at a crime scene to digitized images of ballistic evidence in a nationwide database.
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Human Factors in Latent Print Examination
June 2011
The NIJ-sponsored Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Latent Print Analysis is clarifying potential sources of error in pattern recognition analysis. It will develop best practices to remove or minimize these sources. NIJ is addressing recommendations in the 2009 National Academy of Sciences' report titled "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward." Specifically, the panelists focus on recommendation 5, which encourages research programs on human observer bias and sources of human error in forensic examinations.
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Spreading the Word on Novel Drugs
Date Published
August 19, 2019
Impact of Research and Development on Lab Efficiency and Operations
December 2017
Forensic science research and development is critical to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's crime laboratories. Watch how the National Institute of Justice takes an idea from a need to a reality in the laboratory.
You may also be interested in our video Why Is There an Evidence Backlog?
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Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later - Panel at the 2009 NIJ Conference
June 2009
Technological advances have made it possible to detect male DNA in evidentiary samples collected several days after a sexual act has taken place. Panelists will present the research that has led to these findings, followed by a discussion of the potential impact of this work from the perspectives of the sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) and the crime laboratory communities.
Audio file
1 of 4: Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later, Lois Tully, National Institute of Justice
, 2 of 4: Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later, Jack Ballantyne, National Center for Forensic Science
, 3 of 4: Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later, Patricia M. Speck, College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
, 4 of 4: Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later, Mechthild Prinz, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York, N.Y.
Extending the Period for Detecting Illicit Drugs in the Bloodstream
Date Published
July 18, 2019
NIJ-funded researchers adapted a method used to detect human exposure to environmental and occupational chemicals to significantly extend the limited time period when tests can identify evidence of certain illicit drugs in the body.