Probabilistic genotyping
Embodying Evidence to Action: Tracking the Impact of Three Key NIJ Research Investments; Opening Plenary of the 2023 NIJ Research Conference
This plenary featured three significant areas of NIJ research investment that have had a tremendous impact on both the research community and the field of practice: advances in forensic DNA, police body armor standards, and place-based analyses of public safety. Each topic was explored by a collection of people representing the researcher, practitioner, policymaker, and advocacy perspectives, exploring how evidence generation resulted in changes that improved public safety and yielded more equitable criminal justice outcomes.
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Success Story: Advancing Mixture Interpretation Analysis with NOCIt
The effect of a user selected number of contributors within the LR assignment
DNA Mixture Study: Novel Metrics to Quantify the Intra- and Inter-Laboratory Variability in Forensic DNA Mixture Interpretation
NIJ Announces $1.3M to Fund Research in Public Forensic Laboratories
On January 11, 2022, NIJ announced $1.3 million in funding to support 5 new projects under its Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories (Public Labs R&E) program. Through its funding of forensic science grants, NIJ, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, continues to improve the examination and interpretation of physical evidence across the...