Forensic sciences

Ancestry Estimation Using Cranial and Postcranial Macromorphoscopic Traits

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Detection in seized samples, analytical characterization, and in vitro metabolism of the newly emerged 5-bromo-indazole-3-carboxamide synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Western Eurasian Male Is Found in 2000-Year-Old Elite Xiongnu Cemetery in Northeast Mongolia

Date Published

2010

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Informatics Approaches to Forensic Body Fluid Identification by Proteomic Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Improving Analysis of "Trace DNA" Evidence

Date Published

January 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

Improving Analysis of “Trace DNA” Evidence

Qualifications of an Expert Witness for Legal Professionals—The Daubert and Frye Standards

Date Published

December 2023

Publication Type

Publication

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us

Date Published

January 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis (Article)

Date Published

June 2023

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us

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

Date Published

February 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

FBI subaward to NIST project GOJPNIJ24000016 "Comparison of Examiner Conclusions with Score-based Likelihood Ratios for Cartridge Case Evidence

O2309-015-015-012545

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$120,000

Comparison of Examiner Conclusions with Score-based Likelihood Ratios for Cartridge Case Evidence

GOJPNIJ24000016

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$409,578

FBI subaward to SDSU project 15PNIJ-23-GG-04232-MUMU "Statistical Foundations of Score-Based Methods in Forensic Identification of Source Problems"

O2308-015-015-012164

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$59,332

NIJ co-sponsorship of the Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS)

GOJPNIJ23000040

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$600,000

What's Known and Unknown about Marijuana (Part One)

January 2024

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Marijuana poses many challenges for researchers, law enforcement, and policy makers, challenges that fall into two fields: drug chemistry and toxicology. NIJ scientist Dr. Frances Scott joins this episode to explain the complications in drug chemistry and how difficulties defining marijuana lead to backlogs in crime labs around the country. NIJ Communications Assistant Josh Mondoro hosts.

NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship

Closing Date

April 17, 2024

Grants.gov Deadline

April 10, 2024

Application JustGrants Deadline

April 17, 2024

The Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program provides grants to accredited academic institutions to support outstanding doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to criminal or juvenile justice. Applicant academic institutions are eligible to apply only if 1) the student is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the sciences or engineering; 2) the student’s proposed dissertation research has demonstrable relevance to preventing and controlling crime, advancing knowledge...