Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety
Date Published
June 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Medical examiners
Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety, Part 1
June 2022
Series
Research indicates that Native American persons experience crime victimization at higher rates than non-Native people. Furthermore, the unique position of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes as both sovereign nations and domestic dependents of the U.S. creates jurisdictional complexities in responding to crime, justice, and safety. Senior social and behavioral scientist Christine (Tina) Crossland discusses NIJ’s research on these topics, especially on the prevention of violence towards American Indians and Alaska Natives. Communications Assistant Stacy Lee Reynolds hosts.
Transcript
Audio file
Developing a Postmortem CT Service: Practical Considerations for Death Investigation
Date Published
May 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
The Evidence We Leave Behind, Part 2
June 2022
Series
Gregory Dutton, a physical scientist at NIJ, and science writer Jim Dawson continue their conversation on the microbiome: what it is, how it applies to forensics, and the evolution of its role in forensic science.
Transcript
Audio file
Associations Detected between Measures of Neighborhood Environmental Conditions and Human Microbiome Diversity
Journal
Science of the Total Environment
Date Published
November 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Strengthening the Medical Examiner–Coroner System Through NIJ-funded Programs: 2018 Medicolegal Death Investigation Stakeholders’ Meeting
Date Published
September 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Medical Examiner and Coroner Outsourcing Study: A Qualitative Study and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Date Published
January 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Things Are Not What They Seem: A Collection of Interesting Case Studies from the Medical Examiner Scene Queens
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required
The roles of medical examiners in the COVID-19 era: a comparison between the United States and Italy
Journal
Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A Forward-Thinking Approach to Addressing the New Synthetic Opioid 2-Benzylbenzimidazole Nitazene Analogs by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry (LC-QQQ-MS)
Journal
Journal of Analytical Toxicology
Date Published
April 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Metonitazene in the United States-Forensic toxicology assessment of a potent new synthetic opioid using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry
Journal
Drug Testing and Analysis
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The next generation of synthetic cannabinoids: Detection, activity, and potential toxicity of pent-4en and but-3en analogues including MDMB-4en-PINACA
Journal
Drug Testing and Analysis
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Quantitation of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Blow Fly Tissue and Development Effects of Fentanyl on Lucilia Sericata
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Thesis/Dissertation
Evaluation of the Routine Use of CT Scanning to Supplant or Supplement Autopsy in a High-Volume Medical Examiner's Office
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Strengthening the Medicolegal-Death-Investigation System: Improving Data Systems
Date Published
September 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Analysis,
Issue Overview
Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification
15PNIJ-21-GG-04165-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$567,682
Improving Age-at-Death Estimates from Human Skeletal Remains Through Spatial Analysis of Intracortical Remodeling Using Geographic Information Systems Software
15PNIJ-21-GG-04136-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$349,970
Implementing NAGPRA Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners
December 2021
This project is designed to connect tribal partners to ME/C offices to facilitate successful disposition protocols for non-forensically significant Native American remains that are compliant with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA).
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Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required
Advancing mitochondrial genome data interpretation in missing persons casework
Journal
Forensic Science International: Genetics
Date Published
December 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Using postmortem formalin fixed paraffin-embedded tissues for molecular testing of sudden cardiac death: A cautionary tale of utility and limitations
Journal
Forensic Science International
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$300,000
Recommended Practices for Macerating Human Thyroid Cartilage
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
Sequencing of full mitochondrial genomes for NIST population samples
Journal
Forensic Science International: Genetics
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)