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The Daunting Task of Strengthening Medical Examiner and Coroner Investigations Across Hundreds of Jurisdictions

Date Published

April 2024

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Determining the Age-At-Death of Infants, Children, and Teens

Date Published

April 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ

Just Science Podcast: Just Identifying Gacy's Victims Part 2

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Some content in this podcast may be considered sensitive and may evoke emotional responses, or may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

Date Published

December 2022

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Just Science Podcast: Just Forensic Archaeology and Body Dump Sites

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Some content in this podcast may be considered sensitive and may evoke emotional responses, or may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

Date Published

August 2022

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Lull Before the Storm: Adult Children Who Kill Their Parents

Date Published

2008

Publication Type

Instructional Material

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Creating a 3D microbial and chemical snapshot of a human habitat

Date Published

2018

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Just Science Podcast: Just Fingerprints and Lasers

Date Published

November 2020

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

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This Isn't CSI: Estimating the National Backlog of Forensic DNA Cases and the Barriers Associated With Case Processing

Date Published

March 2006

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Report Examines Cold Case Investigative Practices and Outcomes

Date Published

May 2012

Publication Type

Overview Text

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Field Documentation of Unusual Post-Mortem Arthropod Activity on Human Remains

Date Published

January 2015

Publication Type

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

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Carcass Mass Has Little Influence on the Structure of Gravesoil Microbial Communities

Date Published

January 2016

Publication Type

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

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Novel Approach To Determine Post Mortem Interval Using Neutron Radiography

Date Published

June 2015

Publication Type

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

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An Evaluation of Sampling Methods Used To Produce Insect Growth Models for Postmortem Interval Estimation

Date Published

March 2015

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

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Influence of Forensic Evidence on the Case Outcomes of Homicide Incidents

Date Published

November 2010

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Discordance Between Morphological Species Identification and mtDNA Phylogeny in the Flesh Fly Genus Ravinia (Diptera : Sarcophagidae)

Date Published

March 2015

Publication Type

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

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Time Proves the Crime

Date Published

2002

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

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IMPACT OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS ON POLICE-REPORTED RATES OF GANG AND NONGANG HOMICIDES

Date Published

1986

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Serial Killer Connections Through Cold Cases

Date Published

June 2020

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NIJ

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

Date Published

December 2019

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NIJ

Notes From the Field: Expanding the DNA Database to Solve Cold Cases

Date Published

November 2019

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NIJ

Notes From the Field: Expanding the Cold Case Team Beyond Law Enforcement

Date Published

October 2019

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NIJ

How It Got There: Associating Individual DNA Profiles with Specific Body Fluids in Mixtures Using Targeted Digital Gene Expression and RNA-SNP Identification

Date Published

September 2018

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The Impact of National Institute of Justice's Solving Cold Cases With DNA Program

Date Published

July 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed), Grants and Funding

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Expert Panel Issues New Best Practices Guide for Cold Case Investigation

Date Published

September 2019

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NIJ Journal Issue No. 243

Date Published

April 2000

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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NIJ