Improving Analysis of "Trace DNA" Evidence
Date Published
January 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Forensic sciences
Improving Analysis of “Trace DNA” Evidence
Date Published
January 16, 2024
Researchers try a new way to maximize DNA in low-yield situations and reduce costs.
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
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
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
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
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
Cold Cases and Serial Killers (Part Two)
Date Published
December 2023
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ
A Study of PCR Inhibition Mechanisms Using Real Time PCR
Date Published
2010
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Incarceration and Desistance: Evidence from a Natural Policy Experiment
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Phase II Metabolites of Drugs in Hair: A Potential Solution for Environmental Contamination
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Theory of Invertible and Injective Deep Neural Networks for Likelihood Estimation and Uncertainty Quantification
Date Published
June 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Development and Evaluation of a Contrastive Learning Framework with Applications to Micromorphometry of Aluminum Powder used in Explosives
Date Published
June 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Detection and Characterization of Subpopulations and the Study of Algorithmic Bias in Forensic Identification of Source Problems
Date Published
June 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Forensic Evidence from Chemical Imaging of Triacylglycerols in Latent Fingerprints
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Probabilistic Foundations for the use of the Logistic Regression Bayes Factor in Forensic Source Identification
Date Published
August 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Quadruplex Real-Time qPCR Assay for the Simultaneous Assessment of Total Human DNA, Human Male DNA, DNA Degradation and the Presence of PCR Inhibitors in Forensic Samples: A Diagnostic Tool for STR Typing
Date Published
March 2008
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Increased Value of Forensic Science to Lead Gun Crime Investigations Part I
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open