Working Together on a Criminal Case: Agency Communications
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Location
Online
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Webinar
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Not Required
Medical examiners
Discovery, Disclosure and Ethical Considerations
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Online
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Direct-Injection Mass Spectrometric Method for the Rapid Identification of Fentanyl and Norfentanyl in Postmortem Urine of Six Drug-Overdose Cases
Date Published
October 2007
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Direct Injection Mass Spectrometric Confirmation of Multiple Drugs in Overdose Cases From Postmortem Blood Using ESI-MS-MS and MS3
Date Published
October 2008
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Genetic Testing in Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young: New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner's Experience and Perspective
Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Establishing Standards for Side-by-Side Radiographic Comparisons
Date Published
June 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Need to Rethink Harm Reduction for People Using Drugs Alone to Reduce Overdose Fatalities
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Combining LC/MS/MS Product-ion Scan Technology with GC/MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluids and Tissues
Date Published
February 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Increased Value of Forensic Science to Lead Gun Crime Investigations Part II
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Eastern
Location
Online
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Webinar
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Open
The Increased Value of Forensic Science to Lead Gun Crime Investigations Part I
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Eastern
Location
Online
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Webinar
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Open
A Landscape Study of Computed Tomography Scanners for Postmortem Applications
Date Published
December 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A Data-Informed Response to Emerging Drugs
Date Published
December 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
A Data-Informed Response to Emerging Drugs
December 2023
The emerging drug crisis in the U.S. touches both criminal justice and public health, and experts from both fields came together at NIJ’s 2023 National Research Conference to discuss strategies and tools to fight this problem. Dr. Frances Scott, NIJ scientist and program manager, continues the conference discussion with two fellow panelists: Ciena Bayard, the Method Development and Validation Program Manager for D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and Haley Greene, the Deputy Epidemiologist for the Central Region for the Virginia Department of Health. Read the transcript.
A case study for local data surveillance in opioid overdose fatalities in Cuyahoga County, OH 2016-2020
Date Published
September 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Multi-isotopes in human hair: A tool to initiate cross-border collaboration in international cold-cases
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains
Date Published
November 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
NIJ Announces $1.9M to Fund Research in Public Forensic Laboratories in 2023
On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $1.9 million in funding to support five new projects under its Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories (Public Labs R&E) program. Through its forensic science research funding, NIJ continues to improve the examination and interpretation of physical evidence across the community of practice through identification of the most efficient...
New Synthetic Opioid Protonitazene Increasing in Prevalence as “Nitazenes” Gain Traction Across the United States and Canada
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
New High Potency Synthetic Opioid N-Pyrrolidino Etonitazene (Etonitazepyne) Linked to Overdoses Across United States
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Modern Death Investigation: Hub and Spoke Models for Adequate Workforce
Analytical Challenges with Proliferating THC Analogues
15PNIJ-23-GG-01421-COAP
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$726,360
FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$300,000
Research and Development of an Approach for Non-invasive Determination of Cannabis Ingestion for Forensic Science Purposes
15PNIJ-23-GG-04236-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$291,801
Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US
15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2023
$492,810