Pattern evidence

The Bayes Decision Rule Induced Similarity Measures

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

Date Published

June 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Clarification of Assumptions in the Relationship Between the Bayes Decision Rule and the Whitened Cosine Similarity Measure

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

Date Published

June 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Poisson Processes and Randomly Acquired Characteristics: Are Wear Features on Footwear Randomly Distributed?

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Study Assesses the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Study Assesses the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

2D image database indexing: a coefficient-based approach

Date Published

2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Robust hand geometry measurements for person identification using active appearance models

Date Published

2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Discriminative Face Alignment

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

Date Published

2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

National Institute of Justice 2023 Research Conference

Event Dates

May 23, 2023 – May 25, 2023

Location

Arlington, VA

Event Type

Conference

Registration Status

Not Required

2023 NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Event Dates

February 14, 2023

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Shedding Light on Assault

November 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Senior Science Writer Maya Pilkington is joined by “the Paintball Lady” – Dr. Katherine Scafide. Dr. Scafide shares how her research on detecting bruises and skills as a forensic nurse help pediatric and adult assault and domestic violence victims by providing clear documentation.

Transcript

Shedding Light on Assault

Audio file

Shedding Light on Assault

NIJ Awards Over $11 Million to Support Forensic Science Research and Development in 2022

On September 30, 2022, NIJ announced $11.6 million in funding to support 23 projects under the “NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes” solicitation. Through its research and development grant funding, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the...