Medicolegal death investigations

Postmortem CT Scans: Can They Effectively Replace Full Autopsies?

NCJ Number

305000

Date Published

July 2022

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NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the Investigation and Prosecution of Heroin-Related Overdose, Research Abstract

NCJ Number

305021

Date Published

2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the Investigation and Prosecution of Heroin-Related Overdose: Summary Overview of the HIDI Protocol and Recommendations for Law Enforcement

NCJ Number

304990

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the Investigation and Prosecution of Heroin-Related Overdose: Final Research Overview Report

NCJ Number

304989

Date Published

2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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Meeting the Forensic Challenges of Subadult Skeletons

Developing a Postmortem CT Service: Practical Considerations for Death Investigation

NCJ Number

304948

Date Published

May 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Positional Asphyxia--Sudden Death

NCJ Number

206121

Date Published

June 1995

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Factsheet

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Death Investigation: A Guide for the Scene Investigator

NCJ Number

167568

Date Published

November 1999

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Research Report

Publication Type

Guideline

2024 version (PDF) | 2011 version (PDF) | 1999 version (PDF)

National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Strategic Research Plan, 2022-2026 (Version 1.1)

NCJ Number

304856

Date Published

January 2025

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NIJ

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Postmortem Skeletal Microbial Community Composition and Function in Buried Human Remains

NCJ Number

304812

Journal

Msystems

Date Published

March 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Pharmacological Evaluation and Forensic Case Series of N-pyrrolidino Etonitazene (etonitazepyne), a Newly Emerging 2-benzylbenzimidazole 'Nitazene' Synthetic Opioid

NCJ Number

304811

Journal

Archives of Toxicology

Date Published

April 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Multidisciplinary Team Works to Reduce Preventable Deaths of Older Adults

Associations Detected between Measures of Neighborhood Environmental Conditions and Human Microbiome Diversity

NCJ Number

304748

Journal

Science of the Total Environment

Date Published

November 2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Strengthening the Medical Examiner–Coroner System Through NIJ-funded Programs: 2018 Medicolegal Death Investigation Stakeholders’ Meeting

NCJ Number

304669

Date Published

September 2018

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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FLN-TWG: LC-MS-Based Forensic Toxicology Screening

NCJ Number

304668

Date Published

February 2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Medical Examiner and Coroner Outsourcing Study: A Qualitative Study and Cost-Benefit Analysis

NCJ Number

304630

Date Published

January 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Things Are Not What They Seem: A Collection of Interesting Case Studies from the Medical Examiner Scene Queens

Event Dates

May 19, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Unseen Threats: A Webinar Series from the AAFS Opioids and Emerging Drugs Ad-Hoc Committee

The roles of medical examiners in the COVID-19 era: a comparison between the United States and Italy

NCJ Number

304597

Journal

Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Aquatic Death and Homicidal Drowning Investigation

NCJ Number

304581

Date Published

April 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Interaction of age and temperature on heat shock protein expression, sperm count, and sperm viability of the adult black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

NCJ Number

304548

Journal

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Effects of Extended Postmortem Interval on Microbial Communities in Organs of the Human Cadaver

NCJ Number

304546

Journal

Frontiers in Microbiology

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Toxicological and Pharmacological Characterization of Novel Cinnamylpiperazine Synthetic Opioids in Humans and in Vitro Including 2-methyl AP-237 and AP-238

NCJ Number

304525

Journal

Archives of Toxicology

Date Published

March 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Metonitazene in the United States-Forensic toxicology assessment of a potent new synthetic opioid using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

NCJ Number

304510

Journal

Drug Testing and Analysis

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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The next generation of synthetic cannabinoids: Detection, activity, and potential toxicity of pent-4en and but-3en analogues including MDMB-4en-PINACA

NCJ Number

304509

Journal

Drug Testing and Analysis

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Quantitation of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Blow Fly Tissue and Development Effects of Fentanyl on Lucilia Sericata

NCJ Number

304483

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

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