Forensic sciences
Implementation Strategies: Next Generation Sequencing for DNA Analysis
Addressing the Challenges of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
Improving Sexual Assault Kit Outcomes
Researchers have identified connections between the development of a CODIS-eligible DNA profile and attributes associated with sexual assault victims and assault characteristics.
Child Trauma: Determining Accidental Injury From Intentional Abuse
NIJ has funded academic institutions and medical examiners’ offices to research the determination of intentional versus accidental trauma in infants and children.
NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE)
NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply – Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program
2024 NIJ Forensic Science Graduate Research Symposium
Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles - Draft Final Report, January 1, 2021 - June 30, 2023
Technology Use Among the Nation’s Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices: Data from the 2018 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices
The Impacts of Governing Agency: A Comparison of Resources in the Patchwork of Medicolegal Death Investigation Systems
Improved Nucleic Acid Recovery From Trace and Degraded Samples Using Affinity Purification
Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics
What’s That Drug? Fast Screening of Seized Drugs
What’s That Drug? Fast Screening of Seized Drugs
NIJ-funded scientists from West Virginia University develop quick, easy, and accurate drug tests.
Laboratory Information Management Systems in Forensic Science Service Provider Laboratories: Current State and Next Generation
Success Story: NIJ and The Virginia Department of Forensic Science Advancing Drug Analysis in Forensic Toxicology for Enhanced Judicial Outcomes
The Forensic Examination and Comparison of Plastic Garbage Bags
Extending the Discussion on Inconsistency in Forensic Decisions and Results
Just Science Podcast: Just Increasing Access To Drug-Checking Services
Using Objective Criteria for Bloodstain Pattern Classification
Three-Dimensional-Printed Instrument for Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification with Real-Time Colorimetric Imaging
Personal Identification Using Frontal Sinus Coding Methods: The Effect of Mixed Image Modality Comparisons
Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model)
Evaluating a Statistical Method for Comparison of Mass Spectra of Novel Psychoactive Substance