Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes

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Advancing Audio Forensics of Gunshot Acoustics

Date Published

August 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Hand-Held Multispectral Camera for Crime Scene Investigation

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Using Isotopes in Human Hair to Reveal Personal Characteristics for Forensic Investigations

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

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

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NIJ

Fiber Impurities Allow for Forensic Fluorescence Comparisons

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

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

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NIJ

Researchers Improve Accuracy by Combining Testing Methods for Emerging Recreational Drugs

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

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

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NIJ

Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Nonhuman Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research

Date Published

March 2018

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

A Quantitative Assessment of Shoeprint Accidental Patterns with Implications Regarding Similarity, Frequency and Chance Association of Features

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

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

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Distinguishing Between Structurally Similar Designer Drugs Using an Advanced Method of Chromatography

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Program/Project Description

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NIJ

NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes

Closing Date

April 24, 2018

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for basic or applied research and development projects. An NIJ forensic science research and development grant supports a discrete, specified, circumscribed project that will: (1) increase the body of knowledge to guide and inform forensic science policy and practice, or (2) lead to the production of useful material(s), device(s), system(s), or method(s) that have the potential for forensic application...

Synthetic Cathinones Stored in Biological Evidence Can Be Unstable

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

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

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NIJ

The Fluid Dynamics of Droplet Impact on Inclined Surfaces With Application to Forensic Blood Spatter Analysis

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Biometrics From the Isotopic Analysis of Amino Acids in Human Hair

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Sensitive Site Exploitation Through Trace Chemical Analysis of Latent Fingerprints (SETCAF)

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Expanding the Smokeless Powder Database

Date Published

December 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Summary), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ

Determining Where A Shoe Last Walked by Measuring "Loosely Held Particles"

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ

Establishing Scientific Criteria for 3-D Analysis of Cartridges

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ

Infrared Thermal Imaging for Use in Restoration of Defaced Serial Numbers

Date Published

October 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

The Analysis of Trace Forensic Evidence Using Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry: Differentiating Fibers

Date Published

October 2017

Publication Type

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

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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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Long-Term Stability of Synthetic Cathinones in Forensic Toxicology Samples

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

A Systematic Evaluation of the Analysis of Drug Microcrystals Using Infrared Microspectroscopy

Date Published

August 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Aptamer-Based, Exonuclease-Amplified, Paper Device for Point of Collection Screening of Cocaine and Methamphetamine in Oral Fluid

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Utility of Ultra High Performance Supercritical Fluid Chromatography for the Analysis of Seized Drugs: Application to Synthetic Cannabinoids and Bath Salts

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Retrospective Identification of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Forensic Toxicology Casework using Archived High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data

2017-R2-CX-0021

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$494,695

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