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Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing

2019-NE-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$250,636

Combining LC-MS/MS Product-Ion Scan Technology with GC-MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluidsand Tissues

2019-DU-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$372,438

Human Identification from Computed Tomography Derived 3D Models using Part-to-Part Comparison Analysis

2019-DU-BX-0031

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$536,181

Detecting Fentanyl and Major Players in Darknet Drug Markets by Analyzing Drug Networks and Developing a Threat Assessment Tool

2019-R2-CX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$598,637

Fluid Dynamic Studies of Bloody Fingermarks

2019-75-CX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$159,122

Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners

2019-75-CX-0015

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$114,540

Improving Juror Comprehension of Forensic Testimony and Its Effects on Decision-Making and Evidence Evaluation

2019-75-CX-0010

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$497,208

Cold Case Investigations

Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances in DNA technologies have substantially increased the successful DNA analysis of aged, degraded, limited, or otherwise compromised biological evidence. As a result, crime scene samples once thought to be unsuitable for testing may now yield DNA profiles. Additionally, samples that previously generated...

Michael W. Weissberg

Title

Detective; 2019 NIJ LEADS Law Enforcement Officer

Just Science Podcast: Just the Census of Medical Examiners and Coroners

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Interview

Supporting States to Test Sexual Assault Evidence

April 2018

Crime laboratory and law enforcement personnel from three states discuss the value the NIJ-FBI Sexual Assault Kit Partnership to test sexual assault evidence and obtain investigatory leads.

During this partnership, NIJ is working with the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, to test eligible kits from law enforcement agencies and laboratories across the country and develop best practices that can improve the quality and speed of sexual assault kit processing. 

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Wrongful Convictions: The Latest Scientific Research & Implications for Law Enforcement

Event Dates

March 1, 2013, 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Location

Washington, DC

Event Type

Seminar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Research for the Real World

DNA at Our Fingertips

Rapid and Reliable On-Site Drug Detection Using Aptamer-based Sensors

Date Published

March 2018

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Improving the Reliability of Drug Tests Done by Officers

Date Published

November 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Performance Data from the DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program

The National Institute of Justice — At the Forefront of Forensic Science Research

Searching for the Missing in a City of Millions

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Issue Overview

Identifying New Illicit Drugs and Sounding the Alarm in Real Time

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Issue Overview

Forensic Toxicological Screening/Confirmation of 500+ Designer Drugs by LC-QTOF-MS and LC-QqQ-MS Analysis

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forensic Chemistry of Substituted 1-Alkyl-3-Acylindoles: Isomeric Synthetic Cannabinoids

Date Published

December 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Use of Gas Chromatography with Tandem Ultra Violet and Mass Spectrometric Detection for the Analysis of Emerging Drugs. Application to Synthetic Cathinones and Fentanyl Analogues

Date Published

December 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Rapid and Accurate On-site Screening for a Broad Range of Synthetic Cathinones by Electronic Drug Analyzer Based on a Cross-reactive Aptamer

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

NIJ Journal Issue No. 249

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

July 2003

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work

NIJ Journal Issue No. 238

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

January 1999

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work