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Why Is There an Evidence Backlog?

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

Training (Aid/Material), Technical Assistance, Issue Overview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

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NIJ

The Impact of Forensic Evidence on Arrest and Prosecution

Date Published

April 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Date Published

August 2017

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

Standardized Process Developed for Identifying Dyes in Fibers

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ

Just Science Podcast: Just Blood Spatter

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Interview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

2017 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium - Conference Proceedings

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Grants and Funding, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evidential Value of Particle Combination Profiles on Common Items of Evidence

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for Law Enforcement

Date Published

September 2013

Publication Type

Policy/Procedure Handbook/Manual

Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders, Second Edition

Date Published

April 2008

Series

NIJ Research Report

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

DNA: A Prosecutor's Practice Notebook

Date Published

July 2007

Publication Type

Training

Agencies

NIJ

Guide for the Selection of Commercial Explosives Detection Systems for Law Enforcement Applications: NIJ Guide 100-99

Date Published

December 1999

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance)

Agencies

NIJ

Laboratory Auditing and Accreditation: A CD-Based Workshop

Date Published

January 2001

Publication Type

Guideline

Agencies

NIJ

Degraded Ignitable Liquids Database: An Applied Study of Weathering and Bacterial Degradation on the Chromatographic Patterns of ASTM E 1618 Ignitable Liquid Classes

Date Published

December 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Expert Assisting Computerized System for Evaluating the Degree of Certainty in 2D Shoeprints

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Isotope Analyses of Hair as a Trace Evidence Tool to Reconstruct Human Movements: Establishing the Effects of the "Human Ecosystem" On Strontium and Oxygen Isotope Ratios

Date Published

April 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Research in Brief: DNA and Property Crimes

Date Published

April 2013

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

From the Acting Director: Findings of the 2007 Forensic Evidence NIJ-Funded Survey

Date Published

April 2010

Publication Type

Survey, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

From the Deputy Director: Supporting the Effort To Exonerate the Wrongfully Convicted

Date Published

April 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Surveying the Total Microbiome as Trace Evidence for Forensic Identification

2016-DN-BX-0196

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$637,735

Occurrence and Utility of Latent Print Correspondences that are Insufficient for Identification

2016-R2-CX-0060

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$883,694

Fiscal Year 2015 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Evaluation, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

Fiscal Year 2014 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities

Date Published

December 2015

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

How Reliable Are Latent Fingerprint Examiners?

Date Published

September 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Presentation (Multimedia), Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ

The Importance of Victim Cooperation in Solving Sexual Assaults - Interview With Dr. Bill Wells

Date Published

April 2014

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Impression Evidence: Strengthening the Disciplines of Fingerprints, Firearms, Footwear, and Other Pattern and Impression Sciences Through Research - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ