Pattern evidence

Just Science Podcast: Episode 31: 2018 IPTES: Just Nature's Patterns

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

New Software Improves Rigor of Latent Fingerprint Examination

Date Published

January 21, 2018

There is no standard method of detailed documentation of the latent print examination process, but researchers have developed software that improves the standardization and quantifiability, implemented as part of the FBI’s Universal Latent Workstation.

A Close Look at 3D Microscopy for Firearms Identification

Event Dates

January 10, 2018, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Developing a Database of Cursive and Printed Handwriting Characteristics

Establishing Scientific Criteria for 3-D Analysis of Cartridges

Comprehensive Modernization of Firearm Discharge Residue Analysis; Advanced Analytical Techniques, Complexing Agents, and Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

October 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sexual Assault Cases: Exploring the Importance of Non-DNA Forensic Evidence

Creating a Portable System for Tool Mark Analysis

Date Published

October 15, 2017

Researchers claim they have developed a prototype system that could enable “low-cost, portable, objective analysis of tool marks.”

Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies

2017-IJ-CX-0024

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$196,415

Statistical Error Estimation for an Objective Measure of Similarity to a Latent Image

2017-IJ-CX-0029

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$470,372

Optimization and Statistical Testing of Experimental and Computer Methodologies for Evaluation of the LIT-MIA Thermal Imaging Method for Recovery of Defaced Serial Numbers

2017-DN-BX-0173

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$199,688

Pressure factors in cartridge case comparisons

2017-DN-BX-0161

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$378,501

Examination of the Use of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques With Furniture Fueled Fires

2017-DN-BX-0163

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$570,790

The Fluid Dynamics of Forensic Bloodstain Analysis: Droplet Impact on Inclined Surfaces

2017-IJ-CX-0028

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$683,619

Development of next-generation fingermark lifters and on-the-spot visualization devices

2017-DN-BX-0167

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$628,327

Testing the Accuracy and Reliability of Palmar Friction Ridge Comparisons: A Black Box Study

2017-DN-BX-0170

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$370,454

Kinematic Validation of FDE Determinations about Writership in Questioned Handprinting and Handwriting

2017-DN-BX-0148

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$464,910

Ultrafast 3D visualization and fluid dynamic mechanisms of blood atomization

2017-DN-BX-0171

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$591,895

Interpretation and Analysis of Recorded Gunshot Sounds

2017-DN-BX-0179

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$236,000

Physical and Chemical Trace Evidence from 3D-Printed Firearms

2017-IJ-CX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$50,000

Wrongful Convictions and DNA Exonerations: Understanding the Role of Forensic Science

2017 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium - Conference Proceedings

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Grants and Funding, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Error and Uncertainty in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Event Dates

February 28, 2017, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Impression, Pattern, & Trace Evidence

Event Dates

March 7, 2017, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Open

Series

NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium: Closing Keynote from Adam Benforado

Event Dates

January 25, 2018, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open