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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

Global mtDNA Databasing Project

2005-DN-R-086-1

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2005

$350,000

Global mtDNA Databasing Project

2005-DN-R-086-1

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2005

$2,572,553

Global mtDNA Databasing Project

2005-DN-R-086-1

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2005

$1,891,390

Global mtDNA Databasing Project

2005-DN-R-086-1

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2004

$180,000

Improving identification of unknown American Indians and Hispanic/Latinx Americans

15PNIJ-21-GG-04139-SLFO

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$532,833

Webinar Transcript: W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021

Following is a transcript of a webinar hosted by NIJ in support of the funding opportunity "W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021."

DARYL FOX: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to today’s webinar, Funding Opportunities Through NIJ, the W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in...

Artificially intelligent scoring and classification engine for forensic identification

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Advancing mitochondrial genome data interpretation in missing persons casework

Date Published

December 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Cases Associated with Violence in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs): The Examination of Circumstances & Characteristics Project

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing for Missing Persons Identification

Date Published

February 2020

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Utility of the Ion S5 (TM) and MiSeq FGx (TM) sequencing platforms to characterize challenging human remains

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Working Towards Implementation of Whole Genome Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing into Routine Casework

Date Published

December 2007

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

2016-MU-BX-K007

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$3,341,165

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

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Body mass estimation using bone micro- and macro-structure: a practical approach using CT imaging and computer analysis

2020-R2-CX-0048

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$683,542

Interpretation of Y chromosome STRs for missing persons cases

2020-DQ-BX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$198,362

Efficient and Effective SNP System for Analysis of Highly Degraded DNA Samples

2020-DQ-BX-0005

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$444,723

Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

2016-MU-BX-K007

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$4,288,461

Develop non-PCR-based target enrichment reagents and methods for MPS analysis of forensic DNA

2020-R2-CX-0029

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$100,000

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

Frequency of Heteroplasmy in the HVII Region of mtDNA Differs Across Tissue Types and Increases with Age

Date Published

March 2000

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Serial Killer Connections Through Cold Cases