Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes

Accelerated aging of forensically relevant biological materials on swabs

Journal

Biotechniques

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Intraskeletal Consistency in Patterns of Vascularity within Bat Limb Bones

Journal

Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Socioeconomic and geographic implications from carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur isotope ratios in human hair from Mexico

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Determination of seventeen major and trace elements in new float glass standards for use in forensic comparisons using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Journal

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Development of DNA methylation markers for sperm, saliva and blood identification using pyrosequencing and qPCR/HRM

Journal

Analytical Biochemistry

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Spicy Story of Cannabimimetic Indoles

Journal

Molecules

Date Published

October 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Accurate profiling of forensic autosomal STRs using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION device

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

November 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An interlaboratory study to evaluate the forensic analysis and interpretation of glass evidence

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

November 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Metrology Foundation for 3D Ballistic Imaging

Date Published

September 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Determining the Region of Origin of Blood Spatter Patterns Considering Fluid Dynamics and Statistical Uncertainties

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Charts Based on Millions of Fluid Dynamics Simulations Provide a Simple Tool To Estimate How Far From Its Source a Specific Blood Stain Can Be Found

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Auto-deconvolution and molecular networking of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry data.

Journal

Nature Biotechnology

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Building a Unified Statistical Framework for the Forensic Identification of Source Problems

Journal

Law Probability & Risk

Date Published

June 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

NIJ Awards Over $14M to Support Forensic Science Research and Development

On December 17, 2022, NIJ, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, announced $14.4 million in funding to support 30 forensic science research and development projects in fiscal year 2021 under its Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through its research and development (R&D) grant funding, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which...

NIJ Funds Almost $17M in Forensic Science Research and Development

NIJ announced almost $17 million in funding to support 36 forensic science research and development projects in fiscal year 2020 under its Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes (Forensic Science R&D) program. Through its R&D grant funding, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.

“Since the 2009 NAS report...