Lending an Ear in the Courtroom: Forensic Acoustics
Date Published
2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
National Research Council
Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences (Part Two)
Date Published
April 2023
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ
Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences (Part Two)
April 2023
The scientific basis of several aspects of forensic evidence was first called into question by the 2009 National Research Council report. That report had an immediate impact on law enforcement, crime labs, courtrooms, and the broader scientific community.
Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences (Part One)
Date Published
March 2023
Agencies
NIJ
Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences (Part One)
March 2023
Series
The scientific basis of several aspects of forensic evidence was first called into question by the 2009 National Research Council report. That report had an immediate impact on law enforcement, crime labs, courtrooms, and the broader scientific community.
The Slow but Steady March Towards a More Reliable Forensic Science
Date Published
December 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Credibility and Use of Scientific and Technical Information in Science Policy Making: An Analysis of the Information Bases of the National Research Council’s committee reports
Date Published
2017
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Success Story: Advancing 3D Virtual Microscopy for Firearm Forensics
Date Published
March 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Contributions to ROC Curve and Likelihood Ratio Estimation for Forensic Evidence Interpretation
Date Published
2020
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Advances toward validating examiner writership opinion based on handwriting kinematics
Date Published
January 2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Recidivism Forecasting Challenge
Learn about the winners and challenge results -
- A Synthesis of the 2021 NIJ Forecasting Challenge Winning Reports: published in January 2024, this paper aims to add to the knowledge of risk assessment creation by synthesizing the 25 winning, nonstudent papers.
- NIJ 2021 Forecasting Challenge: Filtering Winners by Year, Variables, and Methods: a dashboard below allows you to filter down the winning submissions...
Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation
2019-DU-BX-4011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$495,056
Elder Abuse in Residential Long-Term Care: An Update to the 2003 National Research Council Report
Date Published
July 2013
Publication Type
Research (Theoretical),
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
DNATYPE for Windows 95/NT: User Manual and Guide
Date Published
1999
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Understanding the Statistics Behind Forensic Conclusions Workshop Series
Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Workshop
Registration Status
Open
NIJ Journal Issue No. 268
Date Published
October 2011
Series
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
The Evaluation of NIJ by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences: NIJ's Response
June 2011
The National Academies conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the National Institute of Justice. This panel provides an overview of the evaluation and NIJ's response to it. NIJ has accepted many of the recommendations in the NRC report, and you will learn what the agency is doing to implement them. A few of the recommendations were challenging and created considerable debate within NIJ. Plans to address these thorny issues also are discussed.
First Progress Report: NIJ's Response to "Strengthening the National Institute of Justice"
Message from NIJ Director John Laub in response to the report Strengthening the National Institute of Justice by the Committee on Assessing the Research Program of the National Institute of Justice at the National Research Council
I read the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on the National Institute of Justice when...
Second Progress Report: NIJ's Response to "Strengthening the National Institute of Justice"
Message from NIJ Director John H. Laub in response to the report Strengthening the National Institute of Justice by the Committee on Assessing the Research Program of the National Institute of Justice at the National Research Council.
This page provides updates on our response to the results of an evaluation by The National Academy of Sciences that examined NIJ capacity for meeting the needs of...
Third Progress Report: NIJ's Response to "Strengthening the National Institute of Justice"
Message from NIJ Director John H. Laub in response to the report Strengthening the National Institute of Justice by the Committee on Assessing the Research Program of the National Institute of Justice at the National Research Council.
Responding to the NRC Report
This page provides updates on our response to the results of an evaluation by The National Academy of Sciences's National Research Council that...
Discussing the Future of Justice-Involved Young Adults
September 2015
New science in brain development is transforming young adult involvement with the justice system. On Tuesday, September 8, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, and experts from NIJ and the Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice who serve on the Executive Session on Community Corrections discussed the future of justice-involved young adults.
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The Genetic Structure of Native Americans in North America Based on the Globalfiler (R) STRs
Date Published
November 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Validating Conclusion Scales in the Forensic Sciences
2018-DU-BX-0212
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$249,206
Smokeless Powder Reference Collection and SWGFEX Smokeless Powders Database Expansion
Date Published
July 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Measuring the Frequency Occurrence of Handwriting and Hand-Printing Characteristics
Date Published
January 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored