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Using Isotopes in Human Hair to Reveal Personal Characteristics for Forensic Investigations

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ

Operational Evaluation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Crash Scene Reconstruction, Operational Evaluation Report, Version 1.0

Date Published

January 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Establishing a "Microbial Clock" To Improve Time of Death Prediction

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Nonhuman Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research

Date Published

March 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY18 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices

Closing Date

May 14, 2018

With this solicitation, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposal for research and/or evaluation projects to examine the impact of police crime-reduction practices and strategies on four variables. Those are: (1) crime, (2) officer safety, (3) criminal investigations, and (4) criminal prosecutions. NIJ will accept proposals for research examining person- or place-based practices and strategies. NIJ is particularly interested in examining the practice of...

Genes of a Feather Stick Together: Evaluating Linked Markers

Event Dates

March 28, 2018, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

A Quantitative Assessment of Shoeprint Accidental Patterns with Implications Regarding Similarity, Frequency and Chance Association of Features

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Creating a 3D Microbial and Chemical Snapshot of a Human Habitat

Date Published

February 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Real Time Crime Forecasting Challenge: Post-Mortem Analysis Challenge Performance

Date Published

January 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ and Synercon Technologies: Improving the Reliability of Forensic Data From Vehicle Data Records

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Measurement/Evaluation Device, Instructional Material, Grants and Funding, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ and University of South Florida: Creating an International Databank of Skeletal Biomarkers for Human Identification

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Social Support Can Diminish Negative Effects of Elder Abuse

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Literature Review, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Fluid Dynamics of Droplet Impact on Inclined Surfaces With Application to Forensic Blood Spatter Analysis

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic Hair Differentiation Using Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR FT-IR) Spectroscopy

Date Published

July 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Linking Suspects to Crime Scenes With Particle Populations

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ

Biometrics From the Isotopic Analysis of Amino Acids in Human Hair

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sensitive Site Exploitation Through Trace Chemical Analysis of Latent Fingerprints (SETCAF)

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Race Differentiation by Raman Spectroscopy of a Bloodstain for Forensic Purposes

Date Published

August 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Expanding the Smokeless Powder Database

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Summary), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Research on the Impact of Technology on Policing Strategy in the 21st Century, Final Report

Date Published

May 2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Analysis of Trace Forensic Evidence Using Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry: Differentiating Fibers

Date Published

October 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Comprehensive Modernization of Firearm Discharge Residue Analysis; Advanced Analytical Techniques, Complexing Agents, and Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

October 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Long-Term Stability of Synthetic Cathinones in Forensic Toxicology Samples

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Just Case Studies: Derrick Todd Lee - Baton Rouge Serial Killer

Date Published

October 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Theory-Driven Algorithm for Real-Time Crime Hot Spot Forecasting, Report to NIJ

Date Published

October 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored