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Just Science Podcast: Just Forensic Archaeology and Body Dump Sites

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Date Published

August 2022

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Conference Proceedings: 2022 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Date Published

May 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Large-scale open-source three-dimensional growth curves for clinical facial assessment and objective description of facial dysmorphism

Journal

Scientific Reports

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Conference Proceedings: 2018 Research and Development Symposium

Date Published

April 2018

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Technical Note: A Report on the Forensic Anthropology Database for Assessing Methods Accuracy

Journal

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Date Published

2021

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Acetabular shape and orientation of the spastic hip in children with cerebral palsy

Journal

DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY

Date Published

2021

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Forensic Anthropology Casework Performance: Assessing Accuracy and Trends for Biological Profile Estimates on a Comprehensive Sample of Identified Decedent Cases

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2021

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Recent Applications of Isotope Analysis to Forensic Anthropology

Journal

Forensic Sciences Research

Date Published

2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

Mind the Gap: How Reference Samples Impact Skeletal Age Estimation in Forensic Casework

Journal

Faseb Journal

Date Published

2019

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NIJ

A Decade of Experimental Research on Blunt Force Cranial Fracture

Journal

Faseb Journal

Date Published

2019

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NIJ

Age-at-death patterns and transition analysis trends for three Asian populations: Implications for paleo demography

Journal

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Date Published

October 2021

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Research Methods in Human Skeletal Biology

Date Published

2012

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The Repository of Antemortem Injury Response (REPAIR): an online database for skeletal injuries of known ages

Journal

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Date Published

January 2022

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Standardizing ordinal subadult age indicators: Testing for observer agreement and consistency across modalities

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2021

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Developing the Minimum Dataset for the New Mexico Decedent Image Database

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ Awards Over $14M to Support Forensic Science Research and Development

On December 17, 2022, NIJ, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, announced $14.4 million in funding to support 30 forensic science research and development projects in fiscal year 2021 under its Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through its research and development (R&D) grant funding, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which...

Pre-grouping of commingled human skeletal remains by elemental analysis

15PNIJ-21-GG-04151-SLFO

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$240,594

Improving Age-at-Death Estimates from Human Skeletal Remains Through Spatial Analysis of Intracortical Remodeling Using Geographic Information Systems Software

15PNIJ-21-GG-04136-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$349,970

Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification

15PNIJ-21-GG-04165-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$567,682

Peopling the Americas: Not "Out of Japan"

Journal

PaleoAmerica

Date Published

October 2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Recommended Practices for Macerating Human Thyroid Cartilage

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

DNA methylation-based forensic age estimation in human bone

Journal

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

Morphoscopic ancestry estimates in Filipino crania using multivariate probit regression models

Journal

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset

A Multivariate Approach to Determine the Dimensionality of Human Facial Asymmetry

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored