Forensic examiners

A Sexual Assault Kit Partnership

November 2015

NIJ Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Director Gerald LaPorte and Deputy Director Heather Waltke, along with Heather LaSalle, Forensic Examiner, DNA Casework Unit, and Tina Delgado, Chief, Biometrics Division from the FBI Laboratory discuss why the NIJ-FBI Sexual Assault Kit Partnership was created and how the partnership plans to shed light on the complexities of sexual assault cases, particularly kits that

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FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program

2015-CD-BX-0027

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$63,705

DNA Capacity and Backlog

2015-DN-BX-0118

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$1,450,000

Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation of Toolmark Imaging, Virtual Casing Comparison, and In-Lab Verification for Firearms Forensics

2015-DN-BX-K032

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$217,450

The WI Department of Justice, Crime Laboratory Bureau (WI-DOJ CLB) is applying for the 2015 Paul Coverdell Grant to improve the quality and timeliness of forenisc science and medical examiner services

2015-CD-BX-0047

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$137,241

WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project: Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent in Michigan

2015-DY-BX-K008

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$418,099

FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program

2015-CD-BX-0078

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$77,063

West Virginia's FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Grant

2015-CD-BX-0051

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$63,705

A Macromorphoscopic Databank: Establishing the Statistical Analysis of Macromorphoscopic Data in Forensic Anthropology

2015-DN-BX-K012

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$423,959

2015 Coverdell Forensic Science Grant

2015-CD-BX-0031

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$73,856

Strengthening the evaluation and interpretation of glass evidence using statistical analysis of collection sets and databases of refractive index and elemental data (uXRF, ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS)

2015-DN-BX-K049

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$230,471

FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Second Competitive Grant

2015-CD-BX-0072

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$224,835

Cognitive Human Factors and Forensic Document Examiner Methods and Procedures

2015-DN-BX-K069

Open

Funding First Awarded

2015

$728,615

Maryland's Forensic Science Program

2015-CD-BX-0054

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$314,430

NYS 2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program

2015-CD-BX-0049

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$469,628

The Florida Missing and Unidentified Persons Cold Case Program

2015-DN-BX-K041

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$386,537

2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program

2015-CD-BX-0048

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$467,279

Improving the Quality and Timeliness of Forensic Science in Massachusetts

2015-CD-BX-0059

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$159,947

Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examination Research Forum: Summary of Research Questions Identified

Date Published

March 2012

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description, Issue Overview, Conference Material

Agencies

OVC, NIJ

Coordinated Community Efforts To Respond to Sexual Assault: A National Study of Sexual Assault Response Team Implementation

Date Published

October 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Digital Evidence and the U.S. Criminal Justice System - Identifying Technology and Other Needs to More Effectively Acquire and Utilize Digital Evidence

Date Published

January 2015

Series

NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Organizing and Transferring SANE/SAFE/SART Knowledge and Best Practices

Date Published

November 2014

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Validity, Reliability, Accuracy, and Bias in Forensic Signature Identification

Date Published

January 2014

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Demystifying Vacuum Metal Deposition

Event Dates

January 21, 2015, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Evaluation of Statistical Measures for Fiber Comparisons: Interlaboratory Studies and Forensic Databases

Date Published

May 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored