Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Forensic science research is developing essential knowledge to fill in the holes in death investigations, creating new ways to identify challenging skeletal remains. These methods inform cause of death, time of death, and familial relationships to guide investigations, identify suspects, support prosecutions, and bring justice to families.

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Research and Practitioner Perspectives on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremists

Date Published

April 8, 0024

Research and practitioners’ experiences provide insight into building capacity for working with violent extremists and meeting their specialized needs.

FY 2022 Report for Committees on Appropriations Native Hawaiians in the Criminal Justice System

Date Published

October 2023

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NIJ

Criminal Investigative Effort in Sexual Assaults: Findings from a Sample of Cases with Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits

Journal

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

An objective fingerprint quality grading system

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

September 2013

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NIJ-Sponsored

Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods

Date Published

December 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Internal Validation of the Applied Biosystems® GlobalFilerTM Express PCR Amplification Kit

Date Published

2012

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NIJ-Sponsored

Agroterrorism: Why We're Not Ready: A Look at the Role of Law Enforcement

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

June 2007

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NIJ

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NIJ Journal

Calculation of likelihood ratios in forensic glass comparisons: Introduction to a R code and Shiny app applied to existing background glass elemental databases

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

March 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Best Practices for DNA Laboratory Efficiency

Date Published

May 26, 2022

Introduction to the National Best Practices for Improving DNA Laboratory Process Efficiency

Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism

Date Published

2017

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NIJ-Sponsored

U.S. National Footwear Database System Feasibility Study

Date Published

December 2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

LatentSleuth: A Case Study on the Impact of Federal R&D Funding

Date Published

September 2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Expanded CODIS STR allele frequencies - Evidence for the irrelevance of race-based DNA databases

Journal

Legal Medicine

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

Hate crime statistics (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

FBI Civil Rights Program combats hate crime by investigating crimes, including cold cases; assisting and training state and local law enforcement; and conducting public outreach.

National DNA Database Statistics (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

The National DNA Index (NDIS) contains over 14,541,796 profiles of those convicted of a crime, 4,341,864 profiles of those arrested and 1,103,683 forensic profiles as of April 2021. Ultimately, the success of the CODIS program will be measured by the crimes it helps to solve. CODIS's primary metric, the "Investigation Aided," tracks the number of criminal investigations where CODIS has added value to the investigative...