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The Utility of Expanded Conclusion Scales During Latent Print Examinations

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

March 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Non-contact detection of fentanyl by a field-portable ion mobility spectrometer

Journal

Drug Testing and Analysis

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Infrared Imaging as a Complementary Aid in Estimating Muzzle-to-Target Shooting Distance: An Application on Dark, Patterned and Bloody Sample

Journal

Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Homogeneity assessment of the elemental composition of windshield glass by mu-XRF, LIBS and LA-ICP-MS analysis

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Fast identification of inorganic and organic gunshot residues by LIBS and electrochemical methods

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Determining Informative Microbial Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Human Identification

Journal

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

DNA Aptamer–Cyanine Complexes as Generic Colorimetric Small-Molecule Sensors

Journal

Angeewandte Chemie

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Allele frequencies and minor contributor match statistic convergence using simulated population replicates

Journal

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examination of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques: Assessment of Predictive Fire Algorithms and Models

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

The Characterization of Condom Lubricants and Personal Hygiene Products using DART-TOFMS and GC- MS and The Investigation of Gold Nanoparticle Behavior in Water and the Interaction with Blood Serum Proteins

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Development and Evaluation of a Combinatorial RT-qPCR Multiplex for Forensic Body Fluid Identification

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Chemical Analysis of Firearm Discharge Residues Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Compositionally Aware Phylogenetic Beta-Diversity Measures Better Resolve Microbiomes Associated with Phenotype

Journal

Msystems

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Assessing the environmental ruggedness of paper spray ionization (PSI) coupled to a portable mass spectrometer operated under field conditions

Journal

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Postmortem Skeletal Microbial Community Composition and Function in Buried Human Remains

Journal

Msystems

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Pharmacological Evaluation and Forensic Case Series of N-pyrrolidino Etonitazene (etonitazepyne), a Newly Emerging 2-benzylbenzimidazole 'Nitazene' Synthetic Opioid

Journal

Archives of Toxicology

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comparison of portable and benchtop electrochemical instruments for detection of inorganic and organic gunshot residues in authentic shooter samples

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

July 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Drug Use Impact on Native People in Minnesota

Event Dates

May 10, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Increasing Safety, Speed, Sensitivity, and Selectivity of Controlled Substance Analysis

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Fast Screening of Firearm Discharge Residues by Laser-Based Spectrochemical Methods, Electrochemical Sensors, and Chemometrics

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Evidence We Leave Behind, Part 1

May 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Gregory Dutton, a physical scientist at NIJ, joins science writer Jim Dawson to discuss the microbiome: what it is, how it applies to forensics, and the evolution of its role in forensic science.

Transcript

The Evidence We Leave Behind, Part 1

Audio file

The Evidence We Leave Behind, Part 1

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

Journal

Scientific Reports

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Statistical Infrastructure for the Use of Error Rate Studies in the Interpretation of Forensic Evidence

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Development of CFAST Based Fire Simulation Toolkit for Fire Investigators

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)