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Do impact spatters depend on impact velocity, impact energy or impactor shape?

Date Published

2021

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

The Influence of Temperature on the Polymerization of Ethyl Cyanoacrylate from the Vapor Phase

Date Published

August 2011

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

The relation between sensitivity, similar non-matches and database size in fingerprint database searches

Date Published

2014

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Discovering Correspondences between Fingerprints Based on the Temporal Dynamics of Eye Movements from Experts

Date Published

2011

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

An objective fingerprint quality grading system

Date Published

September 2013

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic interlaboratory evaluations of a systematic method for examining, documenting, and interpreting duct tape physical fits

Date Published

July 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Estimate of the Random Match Frequency of Acquired Characteristics in a Forensic Footwear Database

Date Published

May 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

A study on the occurrence of glass and paint across various cities in the United States-Part I: Background presence of glass in the general population

Date Published

July 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Utility of Non-Identifiable Fingermarks

Date Published

February 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic Identification of Blood in the Presence of Contaminations Using Raman Microspectroscopy Coupled with Advanced Statistics: Effect of Sand, Dust, and Soil

Date Published

September 2013

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Ultra-sensitive, rapid detection of dried bloodstains by surface enhanced Raman scattering on Ag substrates

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Validity of forensic cartridge-case comparisons

Date Published

May 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Effect of secondary atomization on blood backspatter affected by muzzle gases

Date Published

April 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

2023 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Date Published

April 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Digital In-Line Holography of Blood Atomization

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Publication, Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

The Bayes Decision Rule Induced Similarity Measures

Date Published

June 2007

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

June 2008

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NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Study Assesses the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Study Assesses the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Date Published

December 14, 2022

Black box study of bloodstain pattern analysts finds contrasting conclusions due to terminology; highlights importance of establishing consensus standards.

2D image database indexing: a coefficient-based approach

Date Published

2007

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NIJ-Sponsored

Robust hand geometry measurements for person identification using active appearance models

Date Published

2007

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NIJ-Sponsored

Discriminative Face Alignment

Date Published

2009

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NIJ-Sponsored

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. 

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...