Assessment of analytical workflows of gunshot residue evidence and strategies for implementation of advanced technology in crime laboratories
Date Published
2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evidence processing
The New DNA: Recommendations for Agencies to Consider Implementing to Improve Digital Evidence Processing and Analysis
Date Published
November 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Unwinding the Impact of Body Worn Camera Evidence on Prosecutor Workload
15PNIJ-24-GG-01793-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$612,685
Reducing Collateral Consequences with Records Relief: Organizational Readiness for Implementing Strategies in State Courts
15PNIJ-24-GG-02869-NIJB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$422,100
Closing Cases Using Gunshot Residue
May 2024
Series
Not every crime scene will have definitive evidence, such as DNA, to link an individual to a crime. In those cases, law enforcement relies on other evidence to build the burden of proof. NIJ graduate research fellow Dr. Shelby Khandasammy developed a tool to analyze organic gunshot residue and distinguish between different firearms calibers and manufacturers. She joins Marie Garcia, office director for the Office of Criminal Justice Systems at NIJ, to talk about her work and experience as a research fellow.
Transcript
Audio file
Leaving Gangs and Desisting from Crime Using a Multidisciplinary Team Approach: A Randomized Control Trial Evaluation of the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver
Date Published
March 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Application of a Modified 3D-PCSI-MS Ion Source to On-Site, Trace Evidence Processing via Integrated Vacuum Collection
Date Published
January 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
An Image Analysis Framework for Objective Color Interpretation of Seized Drug Tests
15PNIJ-23-GG-04210-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$392,196
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the Investigation and Prosecution of Heroin-Related Overdose, Research Abstract
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Complex Drug Mixtures Analysis, Using Open-Source Search Software and Library Building Tool
Date Published
June 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Fingerprint Sourcebook - Chapter 11: Equipment
Date Published
March 2011
Agencies
NIJ
No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2001 (Connecticut)
Date Published
May 2004
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Comparative Evaluation of Genotyping Technologies for Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Sexual Assault Casework
15PNIJ-21-GG-04143-MUMU
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2021
$437,383
A Unique Approach to a Crime Gun Intelligence Center with the Inclusion and Support of 3D Virtual Comparison Technologies
Event Dates
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Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required