National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Highlighting Significant NIJ Forensic Science Investments: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Site Visit
Technological Solutions for Rural Medical Examiner Facilities
Cold Cases and Serial Killers (Part 1)
In April 2018, the Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo was arrested. NIJ support helped lead to his arrest, and in the aftermath of the arrest, NIJ Social Science Analyst Eric Martin was among those tasked with finding other cases NIJ helped law enforcement solve. Eric joins the show to talk about some of those cases, and answer some broader questions about serial killers: What is a serial killer? Are they on the rise? How do we know how many serial killers are currently active?
Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety (Part 2)
Stacy Lee Reynolds and Christine (Tina) Crossland continue their discussion of tribal crime, justice, and safety, including how Native American persons experience crime victimization at higher rates than non-Native people and the jurisdictional complexities in responding to tribal crime, justice, and safety. Read the transcript.
Listen to the first half of Stacy and Tina’s discussion.
Reading and Resources from NIJ
Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants
National Institute of Justice Annual Report 2007
Strengthening the Medical Examiner–Coroner System Through NIJ-funded Programs: 2018 Medicolegal Death Investigation Stakeholders’ Meeting
How Prevalent is Violence in Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases?
Cases Associated with Violence in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs): The Examination of Circumstances & Characteristics Project
Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Reporting and Investigating Missing Persons: A Background Paper On How To Frame The Issue
Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Serial Killer Connections Through Cold Cases
Cold Case Investigation Units and Advances in Investigative Techniques
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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Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Searching for the Missing in a City of Millions
NIJ Journal Issue No. 264
Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
Thank you, and good morning. My name is Howard Spivak and I am the Principal Deputy Director of the National Institute of Justice, NIJ.
For those of you who aren’t familiar, NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. We use science to inform and advance criminal justice policies and practices across the country. To do this, we provide...