Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes

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Identifying PCP and four PCP analogs using the gold chloride microcrystalline test followed by raman microspectroscopy and chemometrics

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The wicking of volatile drops on thin porous substrates

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A genetic study of the development of Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae): Ecological, evolutionary, and forensic importance of the secondary screwworm

Date Published

2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Analyst and machine learning opinions in fire debris analysis

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Cross-Reactivity of Cannabinoid Analogs (Delta-8-THC, Delta-10-THC and CBD), Their Metabolites and Chiral Carboxy HHC Metabolites in Urine of Six Commercially Available Homogeneous Immunoassays

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Strontium Interference in Calcium Measurement Procedures and Content in Supplements as Measured by ICP-MS

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

TRcaller: A Novel Tool for Precise and Ultrafast Tandem Repeat Variant Genotyping in Massively Parallel Sequencing Reads

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Fingerprint Analysis: Moving Toward Multiattribute Determination via Individual Markers (Thesis Document)

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Predicting Fingerprint Age Based on Ozonolysis Kinetics of Unsaturated Triacylglycerol Degradation

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Microbial Ecology of Vertebrate Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Extending the discrete Laplace method: Incorporating multi-copy loci, partial repeats and null alleles

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Missing Data Imputation Methods for Human Osteometric Measurements

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Distinguishing Infested Flour from Uninfested Flour through Chemometric Processing of DART-HRMS Data─Revealing the Presence of Tribolium castaneum, the Red Flour Beetle

Date Published

May 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of the long-term stability of select phenylacetylindole, cycloalkylindole, quinolinyl, and carboxamide synthetic cannabinoids using LC–MS/MS

Date Published

September 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Physics and Statistical Models for Physical Match Analysis Utilizing 3D Microscopy of Fracture Surfaces

Date Published

October 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy enables confirmatory detection of dyes on hair submerged in hypolimnion water for up to twelve weeks

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Simplified COI barcoding of blow, flesh, and scuttle flies encountered in medicolegal investigations

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Response to commentary on "Transfer and persistence studies of inorganic and organic gunshot residues using synthetic skin membranes"

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Raman Spectroscopy to Enhance Investigative Lead Information in Automotive Clearcoats

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Preanalytical Stability of Emerging Cannabinoid Analogs (Delta-8 THC and its Metabolites, Delta-10 THC and Carboxy-HHC) in Urine

Date Published

October 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of uncertainty in direct measurement for parameterization of pyrolysis models, Part I: Thermal analysis

Date Published

December 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A four-channel paper microfluidic device with gold nanoparticles and aptamers for seized drugs

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research

On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.

Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023

Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...

Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories

DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$400,000

Diastereofacial Selectivity of A-aminonitrile Formation from Substituted Cyclohexanones

Date Published

September 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored