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Report to Congress: Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices

Date Published

December 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

Characterization and Classification of Sexual Assault Lubricants using Direct Analysis in Real Time-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Shooting Distance Determination: Identifying Variables Affecting Lead Density on a Target

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Success Story: Enabling Forensic Field Testing With Paper Microfluidic Devices

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ R&D Portfolio Management and Technology Transition Support: Report Summary

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

NIJ and Jensen Hughes: Advancing the Forensic Analysis of Ignitable Liquid Fuel Fires

Date Published

February 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Technical Assistance

NIJ and University of Central Florida Fire Research: Identifying Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris and Providing Error Rates for Purposes of Testifying

Date Published

November 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Mobile Evidential Breath Alcohol Instruments

Date Published

December 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Toxicological Drug Screening Using Paper Spray High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HR-MS/MS)

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

June 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Notes from the Field: A Multijurisdictional Team Moved Cold Cases to the Front Burner

Date Published

December 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Beyond DNA - The Role of Biological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Success Story: Advancing 3D Virtual Microscopy for Firearm Forensics

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Beyond DNA - The Impact of Toxicological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Beyond DNA - The Role of Physical Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Conducting a Forensic Facility Needs Assessment Using Lean Facility Design: A Case Example

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Instructional Material, Case Study

Notes from the Field: A Multijurisdictional Team Moved Cold Cases to the Front Burner

Forensic Familial and Moderate Stringency DNA Searches: Policies and Practices in the U.S., England, and Wales

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Post-Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Proxy Couples

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Evaluation and Optimization of DNA Recovery and Amplification From Bullet Cartridge Cases

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Strengthening the Evaluation and Interpretation of Glass Evidence Using Statistical Analysis of Collection Sets and Databases of Refractive Index and Elemental Data

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Law Enforcement Looks to Research to Help Fight the Opioid Crisis

Notes from the Field: Solving Missing Persons Cases in Indian Country

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview