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Forensic entomology

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.

Identification of the Species Constituents of Maggot Populations Feeding on Decomposing Remains -- Facilitation of the Determination of Post Mortem Interval and Time Since Tissue Infestation Through Application of Machine Learning and Direct Analysis in Real Time-Mass Spectrometry

NCJ Number
254645
Date Published
February 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description