Postcranial Sex Estimation of Individuals Considered Hispanic
Date Published
January 2013
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Forensic anthropology
Association of Commingled Human Skeletal Remains by Their Elemental Profile Using Handheld Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Date Published
November 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Identifying Skeletal Trauma Distribution Patterns by Event Type: A Comparison Between Blast and Non-Blast Events With Similar Physical Etiologies
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Thesis/Dissertation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
An Interdisciplinary Review of the Thanatomicrobiome in Human Decomposition
Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Literature Review
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Optimizing the Analysis of DNA from Burned Bone Using Ancient DNA Techniques
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A Virtual Anthropological Approach to the Study of Commingled Human Remains
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Thesis/Dissertation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Overview of Forensic Anthropology
Forensic anthropologists examine skeletal human remains to assess age at death, sex, stature, and ancestry; identify injuries; and estimate the time since death to provide investigators with information that can assist in identifying a decedent.
Forensic odontologists examine the development, anatomy, and any restorative dental corrections of the teeth, such as fillings or extractions, to make a comparative identification of a person.
Bones and teeth are...
Skeletal Trauma in Forensic Anthropology: Improving the Accuracy of Trauma Analysis and Expert Testimony
Date Published
January 2024
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Learning from Our Casework: The Forensic Anthropology Database for Assessing Methods Accuracy
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Off-season of Dental Cementum Investigations. A Critical Appraisal of Season-of-death Prediction in Medico-legal Investigations
Date Published
August 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Postmortem CT Scans Supplement and Replace Full Autopsies
Date Published
November 12, 2024
As medical examiner and coroner offices nationwide face a severe shortage of forensic pathologists, New Mexico has pioneered the use of CT scans to reduce autopsy numbers and reduce costs.
Advancing Justice for the Missing and Unidentified Through Research - 2024 NIJ Research Conference
September 2024
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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Estimation of Sex Assigned at Birth Using Dental Crown and Cervical Measurements in a Modern Global Sample
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
MOSAIC: Unifying Methods of Sex, Stature, Affinity, & Age for Identification through Computational Standardization
15PNIJ-24-GG-03840-NIJB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$2,062,069
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Evaluate Microscopic Characteristics of Skeletal Trauma
15PNIJ-24-GG-03844-MUMU
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$691,362
Stature Estimation Equations for Modern American Indians in the American Southwest
Date Published
August 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A Multi-Method Genetic, Craniometric, and Isotopic Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Unidentified Latinx Remains
15PNIJ-24-GG-01578-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$180,000
Enhancing Equitable Forensic Identification: An Evaluation of Pelvic Morphology for Parity Detection and Age Estimation in Unidentified Skeletal Remains
15PNIJ-24-GG-01579-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$180,000
Reassociation of Skeletal Remains Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Date Published
June 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Sequence-based Population Structure, Relatedness, and Inbreeding Estimates for Forensic Autosomal STR Markers
Date Published
March 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Webinar Transcript: FY 2024 NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Deadline notice
The deadline to submit an application under the solicitation discussed below has passed.
NIJ held a webinar on February 14, 2024, gave an overview of NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship opportunity, which invites applications for doctoral dissertation research that is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, advancing knowledge of victimization and effective victim services, or ensuring the fair and impartial administration...
The Over-citation of Daubert in Forensic Anthropology
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
ICPUTRD: Image Cloud Platform for Use in Tagging and Research on Decomposition
Date Published
December 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Highlighting Significant NIJ Forensic Science Investments: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Site Visit
Date Published
February 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored