Medicolegal death investigations
Evaluation of Missing Data Imputation Methods for Human Osteometric Measurements
Distinguishing Infested Flour from Uninfested Flour through Chemometric Processing of DART-HRMS Data─Revealing the Presence of Tribolium castaneum, the Red Flour Beetle
A case study for local data surveillance in opioid overdose fatalities in Cuyahoga County, OH 2016-2020
Simplified COI barcoding of blow, flesh, and scuttle flies encountered in medicolegal investigations
OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains
NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research
On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.
Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023
Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...
Modern Death Investigation: Hub and Spoke Models for Adequate Workforce
Quantitative Assessment of Fracture Characteristics in Blunt Force Skeletal Trauma for Forensic Interpretations
Mechanics of Retinal Hemmorhage in Abusive Head Trauma
Evaluating the reliability and accuracy of multiple geophysical methods in the search for clandestine graves
Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation
Fighting the Uphill War Against Illicit Drugs and Overdose Deaths: Detecting Emerging Designer Drugs and Opioid Analogs
Ontogenetic Study of the Pelvis Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Sex and Age Estimation
Sampling and Selection Bias in Research using Documented Skeletal Collections
Molecular genetic characterization of sudden deaths due to thoracic aortic dissection or rupture
A novel method for sorting and reassociating commingled human remains using deviation analysis
Molecular Autopsy Implementation Expert Panel
Delayed insect access alters carrion decomposition and necrophagous insect community assembly
Holistic Approach to Determine Cause of Autopsy-Negative Sudden Natural Death
A method for the development of cranial fracture histology slides
Coral Genus Differentiation Based on Direct Analysis in Real Time-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry-Derived Chemical Fingerprints
Musculoskeletal Differences Between Amputated and Non-Amputated Lower Limbs
Estimating Age of Death from Subadult Remains (Part Two)
The long-standing problem of estimating the age and sex of subadult skeletal remains has been significantly "solved" with the advances in understanding the growth and development patterns in the skeletons of young people. This is the second half of the conversation with Kyra Stull, an anthropologist and forensic researcher at University of Nevada, Reno, Danielle McLeod-Henning, a physical scientist at NIJ, host Jim Dawson.