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Review, prioritization, investigation and prosecution of over 170 unsolved homicide cases in Tacoma, Pierce County and surrounding areas.

2012-DN-BX-K013

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$224,850

NYC Law Enforcement Collaboration for Solving Cold Cases with DNA

2012-DN-BX-K032

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$500,000

Joint Proposal of the Allegheny County Police and Allegheny County Medical Examiner to Solve Cold Cases with DNA.

2012-DN-BX-K012

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$169,536

Risk Terrain Modeling Experiment: A Multi-Jurisdictional Place-Based Test of an Environmental Risk-Based Patrol Deployment Strategy

2012-IJ-CX-0038

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$499,633

Ocala Police Department Cold Case Homicide Project

2012-DN-BX-K015

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$81,939

The MPD seeks to review, prioritize, examine and evaluate its existing cold cases in an effort to identify physical evidence with the potential to yield DNA that can be submitted for testing.

2012-DN-BX-K016

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$500,000

Cold Case Squad and DNA Project

2012-DN-BX-K014

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$242,300

Forensic Investigation Techniques for Inspecting Electrical Conductors Involved in Fire

Date Published

July 2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Reducing Uncertainty of Quantifying the Burning Rate of Upholstered Furniture

Date Published

May 2012

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Establishing the Quantitative Basis for Sufficiency Thresholds and Metrics for Friction Ridge Pattern Detail and the Foundation for a Standard

Date Published

May 2012

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Spontaneous Ignition in Fire Investigation

Date Published

April 2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Thermal Properties Database

Date Published

July 2012

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases: Executive Summary

Date Published

April 2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluating High Dynamic Range (HDR) Processing with Regards to the Presence of Individualizing Characteristics in Shoeprint Impressions

Date Published

2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Enhancing Scene Processing Protocols to Improve Victim Identification and Field Detection of Human Remains in Mass Fatality Scenes

Date Published

January 2012

Publication Type

Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Case Characteristics of Untested Sexual Assault Kits in Los Angeles

Specific Heat Capacity Thermal Function of the Cyanoacrylate Fingerprint Development Process, 2012

Date Published

March 2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Cold-Case Investigations: An Analysis of Current Practices and Factors Associated with Successful Outcomes

Date Published

January 2011

Publication Type

Survey, Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Cold Case Investigations: An Analysis of Current Practices and Factors Associated with Successful Outcomes, Executive Summary

Date Published

October 2011

Publication Type

Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

Closing Date

May 29, 2012

NIJ seeks proposals for funding to: (1) assist eligible entities in performing DNA analysis on unidentified human remains and/or reference samples to support the efforts of States and units of local government to identify missing persons, (2) enter the resulting DNA profiles into the FBI's National DNA Index System using the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) version 7.0, and (3) enter any relevant case information...

NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA

Closing Date

May 21, 2012

NIJ seeks proposals from States and units of local government for funding to identify, review, and investigate "violent crime cold cases" that have the potential to be solved using DNA analysis, and to locate and analyze the biological evidence associated with these cases. Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults...

Toward a Better Way to Interview Child Victims of Sexual Abuse

Date Published

March 2011

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

Utility of Whole-Body Computed Tomography Imaging in Post Mortem Detection of Elder Abuse and Neglect: Comparison With and Potential Substitution for Standard Autopsy

Date Published

December 2011

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Identifying Missing Persons and Unidentified Decedents

NIJ FY 12 Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition

Closing Date

April 24, 2012

NIJ seeks proposals for funding research to replicate the study, "Police Decision Making in Sexual Assault Cases: An Analysis of Crimes Reported to the Los Angeles Police Department, 2006-2008" (NIJ grant 2009-WG-BX-0009) in six to eight sites. Sites should cover urban, suburban, and rural areas. Proposals should, to the extent possible, replicate the mixed-methods design and analytic approach found in the final technical report and...