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The Effect of Fingerprint Chemicals on the Chemical Analysis and Comparison of Duct and Cloth Tapes

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Open

Series

Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

Elemental Analysis of Adhesive Tapes as Forensic Evidence by LA-ICP-MS and LIBS

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Open

Series

Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

Evaluation of Field-Portable GC-MS with SPME Sample Collection for Investigator Use at Fire Scenes

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Series

Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

Untangling the Relationship between Hair Microstructure and Ancestry

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Open

Series

Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

Sufficiency and Complexity Factors in Handwriting Examination

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Open

Series

Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

Evaluation of Error Rates in the Determination of Duct Tape Fracture Matches

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Open

Series

Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

Further Persistence Studies of PDMS Condom Lubricants

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Open

Series

Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

Statistical Error Estimation for an Objective Measure of Similarity to a Latent Image

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Open

Series

Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

Synthetic Cathinones Stored in Biological Evidence Can Be Unstable

New Software Improves Rigor of Latent Fingerprint Examination

DNA Methylation-Based Age Prediction & Body Fluid ID

Event Dates

December 6, 2017, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Forensic DNA: The Beginning of the SNP Era Webinar Series

Just Science Podcast: Episode 26: Special Release Season: Just Servant Leadership

Date Published

December 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Issue Overview, Interview, Instructional Material

Why Is There an Evidence Backlog?

December 2017

An influx of funding and improvements in efficiency can help reduce backlogs for forensic evidence, but if the capacity of labs does not continue to increase to keep up with demand, evidence will continue to pile up.

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Fast and Versatile Forensic Analysis of Ink and Paper with an Easily Operated Laser

Expanding the Smokeless Powder Database

Date Published

December 3, 2017

Researchers  expanded the National Center for Forensic Science Smokeless Powders Database from 100 to more than 800 entries.

Determining Where A Shoe Last Walked by Measuring "Loosely Held Particles"

Developing a Database of Cursive and Printed Handwriting Characteristics

Establishing Scientific Criteria for 3-D Analysis of Cartridges

The Analysis of Trace Forensic Evidence Using Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry: Differentiating Fibers

Date Published

October 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Sexual Assault Cases: Exploring the Importance of Non-DNA Forensic Evidence

Creating a Portable System for Tool Mark Analysis

Retrospective Identification of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Forensic Toxicology Casework using Archived High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data

2017-R2-CX-0021

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$494,695

Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies

2017-IJ-CX-0024

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$196,415

The Use of Gas Chromatography with Tandem Ultra Violet and Mass Spectrometric Detection for the Analysis of Emerging Drugs. Application to Synthetic Cathinones and Fentanyl Analogs.

2017-R2-CX-0028

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$275,221

Determination of Key Factors in Particle Combination Analysis to Enable Systematic Improvement, Optimization and Transition to Practice

2017-IJ-CX-0030

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$951,264