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Raman spectroscopic signature of semen and its potential application to forensic body fluid identification

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

December 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examination of amino acid hydrogen isotope measurements of scalp hair for region-of-origin studies

Journal

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

February 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Effects of obesity on talar micro- and macro-morphology

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

March 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Driving Down Gun Violence, Part 2

June 2023

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Three LEADS Scholars serving in different law enforcement agencies and positions discuss their experiences with identifying and implementing evidence-based interventions to reduce gun violence. NIJ Senior Advisor Dr. Tamara Herold hosts this conversation with guests Police Chief Cecilia Ashe (Milford Delaware Police Department), Chief of Staff Lieutenant Matthew Barter (Manchester, NH Police Department), and Analytical Services Manager Mr. Jason Schiess (Durham, NC Police Department).

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Shared heritability of human face and brain shape

Journal

Nature Genetics

Date Published

April 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Time is Now for Ubiquitous Forensic mtMPS Analysis

Journal

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs)

Date Published

May 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Testing the impact of trait prevalence priors in Bayesian-based genetic prediction modeling of human appearance traits

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

January 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Skater: An R Package for SNP-based Kinship Analysis, Testing, and Evaluation

Journal

F1000Research

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Re: Riman et al. Examining performance and likelihood ratios for two likelihood ratio systems using the PROVEDIt dataset

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

July 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Streamlining the decision-making process for international DNA kinship matching using Worldwide allele frequencies and tailored cutoff log(10)LR thresholds

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Logical Framework for Forensic DNA Interpretation

Journal

Genes

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Juvenile Residential Facility Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19), 2020

Date Published

May 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Data Snapshot, Statistics

Novel cellular signatures for determining time since deposition for trace DNA evidence

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forensic Tools for Species Identification of Skeletal Remains: Metrics, Statistics, and OsteoID

Journal

Biology

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as a Model System for Longitudinal Experimental Opioid Treatments: Implications for Orthopedic and Biomedical Research

Journal

Osteology

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

First Record of the Oriental Latrine Fly, Chrysomya Megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), in Tennessee, USA

Journal

Acta Parasitologica

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Rearing Container Size Impacts Immature Development Time of Phormia Regina (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Time of Colonization Estimations

Journal

Journal of Forensic Entomology

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Utility of Non-Identifiable Fingermarks

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

February 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Phenotypic Variations in Carriers of Predicted Protein-truncating Genetic Variants in MYBPC3 an Autopsy-based Case Series

Journal

Cardiovascular Pathology

Date Published

December 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Population Genetic Data for 15 X Chromosomal Short Tandem Repeat Markers in Three U.S. Populations

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

January 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Optimized Development of Sebaceous Fingermarks on Nonporous Substrates with Conformal Columnar Thin Films

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

January 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comparing the Effects of Weathering and Microbial Degradation on Gasoline Using Principal Components Analysis

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

January 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Raman Spectroscopy as a Simple, Rapid, Nondestructive Screening Test for Methamphetamine in Clandestine Laboratory Liquids

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

November 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Persistence of Touch DNA for Analysis

Date Published

June 5, 2023

NIJ-funded research reveals how long DNA is detectable on various surfaces under different conditions.