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NamUs Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report

Date Published

January 2024

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Report (Annual/Periodic)

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NIJ

Microhaplotypes in forensic genetics

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Comparative Tolerance of Two Massively Parallel Sequencing Systems to Common PCR Inhibitors

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gender-Based Violence and the Latinx Community

September 2022

In this webinar, a panel of experts will share what the field currently knows about gender-based violence in the Latinx community.

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Gender-Based Violence and American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

November 2022

Objectives:

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On Assessing the Scope of Missing Native Americans in Nebraska: Results From a State-Wide Study and Recommendations for Future Research

Date Published

October 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

How Prevalent is Violence in Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases?

Date Published

February 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

A Descriptive Analysis of Missing and Murdered Native Women and Children in Nebraska, Barriers to Reporting and Investigation, and Recommendations for Improving Access to Justice

Date Published

December 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Improving identification of unknown American Indians and Hispanic/Latinx Americans

15PNIJ-21-GG-04139-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$532,833

Reporting and Investigating Missing Persons: A Background Paper On How To Frame The Issue

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Recent Developments in Y-short Tandem Repeat and Y-single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis

Date Published

July 2003

Publication Type

Literature Review, Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Application of Novel Mini-Amplicon STR Multiplexes to High Volume Casework on Degraded Skeletal Remains

Date Published

2007

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Loudoun County Using Project Lifesaver sUAS

Date Published

March 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Want To Start a UAS Program? The Arlington Police Department Has Lessons Learned To Share

Date Published

January 2016

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored

TECHBeat, March 2018

Date Published

March 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored

Hyperspectral Imaging and the Search for Humans, Dead or Alive

Cold Case Investigation Units and Advances in Investigative Techniques

March 2020

Sergeant Jason Moran of the Cook County (IL) Sheriff’s Office discusses the current situation of cold cases in the United States, why it’s important to establish cold case units, how current tools and technology can help solve cold cases, and what National Institute of Justice resources are available to assist in solving cold cases.

Sergeant Moran was a participant on an NIJ Saturday Session panel at IACP 2019.

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Notes from the Field: Solving Missing Persons Cases in Indian Country

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Notes from the Field: Solving Missing Persons Cases in Indian Country

Dense DNA Data for Enhanced Missing Persons Identification

2019-DU-BX-0046

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$743,927

Searching for the Missing in a City of Millions

Date Published

May 2019

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description, Issue Overview, Historical Overview

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ Journal Issue No. 256

Date Published

January 2007

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ Journal Issue No. 264

Date Published

November 2009

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ Journal Issue No. 279

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

Solving the Missing Indigenous Person Data Crisis: NamUs 2.0