Forensic sciences

Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab

NCJ Number

255942

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation

NCJ Number

255944

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Differences in Cannabis Impairment and its Measurement Due to Route of Administration

NCJ Number

255884

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Toxicological Time Travel: Retrospective Datamining of Analytical Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (TOFMS) Data for Evaluating the Rise and Fall of Novel Opioid and Fentanyl Analog Use in the United States

NCJ Number

255883

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Just Science Podcast: Just Erroneous Identification

NCJ Number

255971

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Rapid Differentiation of Epithelial Cell Types in Aged Biological Samples Using Autofluorescence and Morphological Signatures

NCJ Number

253142

Journal

PLoS ONE

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2

November 2020

In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.

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Emerging Methods for Body Fluid Analysis

Event Dates

January 14, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Simplification of Complex DNA Profiles Using Front End Cell Separation and Probabilistic Modeling

NCJ Number

253495

Date Published

September 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Nanoscale Characterization of Forensically Relevant Epithelial Cells and Surface Associated Extracellular DNA

NCJ Number

252435

Date Published

August 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Forward-Scatter and Side-Scatter Dataset for Epithelial Cells From Touch Samples Analyzed by Flow Cytometry

NCJ Number

255197

Date Published

March 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Development of a Mobile, Automated Tool Mark Characterization/Comparison System

2011-DN-R-0230-2

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$499,000

Replication Studies are Vital to Science We Can Count On

Science is a cornerstone of the justice system, and reliability is a cornerstone of science. Justice tools we take for granted today, such as crime mapping software, DNA identification of suspects, and automated fingerprint systems, are products of well-tested science. Extraordinary tools are now ordinary features of our justice system because the science has persuaded the courts and law enforcement that those tools, in the...