Notes from the Field: How Grantsmanship Can Help a Tribal Police Department
Date Published
January 2020
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NIJ
Law enforcement
Reflecting on my Time as Director So Far — And Envisioning the Future
NIJ recently celebrated a milestone birthday — 50 years of scientific efforts to advance the field of criminal justice. Now is a great time for us to look back at all that we’ve accomplished. You can read about some of our most groundbreaking research and accomplishments in the 50th Anniversary Issue of the NIJ Journal.
Given all we know, and still don’t know, about...
Determining the Age of a Sample Using RNA Sequencing
Date Published
January 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Summary),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Assessing the Impact of Individual-, School, and District-Level Factors on School-Based Arrests to the Department of Juvenile Justice
Date Published
December 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Civil Citation as an Alternative to Arrest among Youth Apprehended by Law Enforcement
Date Published
December 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Robust STR Calling From High-Throughput Sequencing Technologies
Date Published
February 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Establishing a Rank Order for Skeletal Element Sampling: Examining Differential DNA Yield Rates Among and Between Buried Human Skeletal Elements as Compared to Surface Recovered Skeletal Elements
Date Published
March 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Development and Validation of Two Innovative Quantitative Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methods for Forensic Toxicology Laboratories
Date Published
December 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Liquid Chromatography-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) as a Replacement Screening Tool in a Full-Service, State Forensic Toxicology Laboratory
Date Published
June 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Intra-Bone Variation of Recoverable Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA from Human Skeletal Material
Date Published
August 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation of High Density SNP Microarrays to Obtain Phenotypic and Ancestry Information From Skeletal Remains
Date Published
November 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Report to Congress: Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices
Date Published
December 2019
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ
Characterization and Classification of Sexual Assault Lubricants using Direct Analysis in Real Time-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
Date Published
August 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis
Date Published
August 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Shooting Distance Determination: Identifying Variables Affecting Lead Density on a Target
Date Published
May 2019
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue
Date Published
June 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Scholars Program for Civilians
New scholars selected!
Meet the 2024 class of scholars.
NIJ typically accepts applications for new scholars in the spring.
The Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Civilians program offers a unique opportunity to engage and partner with other NIJ LEADS Scholars, all of whom are mid-career police officers, fellow civilians, and academics dedicated to advancing the police profession through science.
The program has...
Success Story: Enabling Forensic Field Testing With Paper Microfluidic Devices
Date Published
April 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ R&D Portfolio Management and Technology Transition Support: Report Summary
Date Published
July 2014
Publication Type
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ and Jensen Hughes: Advancing the Forensic Analysis of Ignitable Liquid Fuel Fires
Date Published
February 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Mobile Evidential Breath Alcohol Instruments
Date Published
December 2016
Publication Type
Report (Technical),
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ and University of Central Florida Fire Research: Identifying Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris and Providing Error Rates for Purposes of Testifying
Date Published
November 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Factsheet
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored