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Countering Drug-Impaired Driving: Addressing the Complexities of Gathering and Presenting Evidence in Drug-Impaired Driving Cases

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Instructional Material (Programmed), Technical Assistance

Making Use of What’s Not Visible in Trace Evidence Examinations

Date Published

July 6, 2020

Nanoparticles and other subvisible particles potentially present in nearly all trace evidence are often overlooked in forensic investigations. NIJ-supported researchers have characterized several types of particles and developed detection methods.

Digital Evidence Policies and Procedures Manual

Date Published

May 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Training (Handbook/Manual), Reference Material, Legislation/Policy Description

Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices Points to Solutions for a System Under Stress

TECHBeat, February 2018

Date Published

February 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Technical Assistance

TECHBeat, February 2019

Date Published

February 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Technical Assistance

TECHBeat, May 2018

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

May 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Technical Assistance

Hyperspectral Imaging and the Search for Humans, Dead or Alive

Date Published

April 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description, Technical Assistance

Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Program/Project Description

Beyond DNA - The Role of Physical Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Beyond DNA - The Role of Biological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Beyond DNA - The Impact of Toxicological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Post-Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Proxy Couples

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Program/Project Description

Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures

Date Published

January 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Evaluation

Strengthening the Evaluation and Interpretation of Glass Evidence Using Statistical Analysis of Collection Sets and Databases of Refractive Index and Elemental Data

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Evaluation of Gunshot Detection Technology to Aid in the Reduction of Firearms Violence

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Embracing Next Generation Methods for Forensic DNA Sequence Analysis

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Finding the Region of Origin of Blood Spatters in Complex Situations: Novel Physics-Based Methods and Tools

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Extended Development, Verification, and Validation of a Blast Dynamics Simulator for Post-Blast Forensic Investigations

2017-R2-CX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$45,256

Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research

2019-DU-BX-0025

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$808,296

Development of Dual-Resolution 3D Imaging Device and Software Tools for Shoe and Tire Impression Evidence Collection, Visualization, and Recognition

2019-R2-CX-0069

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$823,804

The Impact of Gunshot Detection Technology on Gun Violence in Kansas City and Chicago: A Multi-Pronged Synthetic Control Evaluation

2019-R2-CX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$503,129

Reducing Gun Violence through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis and Sharing

2019-R2-CX-0066

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$288,615

Wrongful Convictions: The Latest Scientific Research and Implications for Law Enforcement

Date Published

March 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Issue Overview