Medicolegal death investigations

Exploring Cranial Growth Patterns from Birth to Adulthood for Forensic Research and Practice

NCJ Number

310636

Journal

Forensic Sciences

Date Published

July 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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ALS Sheds a Different Light on Crime Scenes

NCJ Number

251556

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

February 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Instructional Material

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Forgotten Spaces: The Structural Disappearance of Migrants in South Texas, chapter in The Marginalized in Death: A Forensic Anthropology of Intersectional Identity in the Modern Era

NCJ Number

310627

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publisher site

The Texas Landscape: Accounting for Migrant Mortality and the Challenges of a Justice of the Peace Medicolegal System

NCJ Number

310626

Journal

Journal on Migration and Human Security

Date Published

October 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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New and Emerging “Nitazene” Analogues Appearing in Medicolegal Death Investigations

NCJ Number

310615

Journal

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Date Published

June 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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The Effect of Altitude on Decomposition: Toward an Understanding of the Postmortem Interval in the Rocky Mountain Region of Colorado

NCJ Number

310348

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

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Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Search and Documentation of Clandestine Remains

NCJ Number

310507

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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White Paper – Information Sharing Between Medicolegal Death Investigation Offices And Organ And Tissue Recovery Organizations

NCJ Number

310579

Date Published

December 2023

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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The Rapid Spread of a Novel Adulterant in the US Illicit Drug Supply—BTMPS

NCJ Number

310576

Journal

JAMA Internal Medicine

Date Published

July 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Issue Overview

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Reevaluating skeletal sex estimation practices in forensic anthropology

NCJ Number

310351

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

March 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Beyond Mortality: Advancements in Post-Mortem Iris Recognition through Data Collection and Computer-Aided Forensic Examination

NCJ Number

310561

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science

Date Published

July 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Improving Reliability of Forensic Isotope Analysis of Bone: Method Evaluation, Potential Reference Materials, and Suitability of Application

NCJ Number

310560

Date Published

2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

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Musculoskeletal Markers in Historic and Modern Populations: Investigating Relationships of Human Activity Levels and Osseous Change at Entheseal Sites

NCJ Number

310559

Date Published

May 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

HTML

Study of Pelvic Growth and Development Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Skeletal Sex and Age Estimation

NCJ Number

310557

Date Published

2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Thesis/Dissertation

PDF

Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD) Data Collection Protocol: Amira

NCJ Number

310526

Date Published

August 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Data-driven standards for infant skull thickness distributions in computational modeling and analysis

NCJ Number

310531

Journal

Journal of Anatomy

Date Published

June 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

An Interdisciplinary Review of the Thanatomicrobiome in Human Decomposition

NCJ Number

254307

Journal

Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Literature Review

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Identification of Cadaveric Liver Tissues Using Thanatotranscriptome Biomarkers

NCJ Number

254699

Journal

Scientific Reports

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Use of Canines to Solve Crime

August 2023

Series

National Center on Forensics

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Coroner Liaison

August 2023

Series

National Center on Forensics

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Digital Evidence 101

August 2023

Series

National Center on Forensics

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Current Concepts: Body Farm and Benefits to Law Enforcement

June 2024

Series

National Center on Forensics

George Mason University and the National Association of Attorneys General presents the National Center on Forensics Continued Training Plan to provide additional training sessions for more advanced information on the topics covered in the conference.

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