Forensic sciences
Advancing the Statistical Interpretation of Forensic DNA Data Samples
Date Published
October 2019
Agencies
NIJ
National Institute of Justice: Strengthening Science and Advancing Justice
October 2019
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Just Science: DNA: Just Improving Workflow Efficiency
Date Published
October 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming
Date Published
April 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Characterization and Comparison of Tape Evidence Using Elemental Profiling Methods and Chemometric Analyses
Date Published
June 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation, and Use
Date Published
October 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Finding the Region of Origin of Blood Spatters in Complex Situations: Novel Physics-Based Methods and Tools
Date Published
April 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations
Date Published
January 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A Brief History of NIJ
Date Published
October 2019
Publication Type
Historical Overview
Agencies
NIJ
Data from the DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Grant Program
Program Moved
This program was transferred to the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Learn more about the program on BJA.ojp.gov.
The goal of NIJ's DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) program is to assist States and units of local government with existing crime laboratories to increase the capacity of publicly funded forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories to process more DNA samples, thereby helping...
Population Data on the Expanded CODIS Core STR Loci for Eleven Populations of Significance for Forensic DNA Analyses in the United States
Date Published
November 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science: DNA: Just the Golden State Killer
Date Published
October 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed),
Case Study
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Best Practices in Novel Psychoactive Substances Testing for Laboratory Practitioners
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed),
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Notes From the Field: Expanding the Cold Case Team Beyond Law Enforcement
Date Published
October 2019
Agencies
NIJ
Internal Validation of STRmix (TM) for the Interpretation of Single Source and Mixed DNA Profiles
Date Published
July 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
How It Got There: Associating Individual DNA Profiles with Specific Body Fluids in Mixtures Using Targeted Digital Gene Expression and RNA-SNP Identification
Date Published
September 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Validation of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Whole Mitochondrial Genome Analysis
Date Published
October 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Advanced Statistical Population Genetics Methods for Forensic DNA Identification
Date Published
January 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science: DNA: Just Investigative Genetic Genealogy
Date Published
October 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Powerful Forensic Markers Optimized for Massively Parallel Sequencing
Date Published
May 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science: DNA: Just Genetic Variation
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Interview,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored