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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

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

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Date Published

December 2022

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Just Science Podcast: Just Forensic Archaeology and Body Dump Sites

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Date Published

August 2022

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What’s Possible with Rapid DNA Technology?

August 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

NIJ scientist Tracey Johnson joins science writer Sarah Michaud in this episode. They discuss Rapid DNA technology, and Tracey explains the complexities of this technology – its pitfalls and its possibilities.

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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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Serial Killer Connections Through Cold Cases

Date Published

June 2020

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

Date Published

December 2019

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

Date Published

November 2019

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

Date Published

October 2019

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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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