Research and development
Autonomous Vehicles: Expert Panel Lists Top Needs for Law Enforcement as the Dawn of Driverless Roads Inches Closer
Date Published
February 16, 2021
A new age of algorithms taking the wheel en masse is still some years away, but law enforcement must prepare now, an NIJ-sponsored group concludes.
Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool
GS-00F-219CA DJO-NIJ-16-G-0127 FSA2
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$48,100
Evaluation of the Vision X Comparison Microscope to Share Digital Images of Bullets and Shell Casings and the Potential Impact on the Firearms and Tool Marks Community
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Optimizing Juvenile Assessment Performance
Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab
Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Nanoscale Characterization of Forensically Relevant Epithelial Cells and Surface Associated Extracellular DNA
Journal
Forensic Science International
Date Published
August 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Development of a Mobile, Automated Tool Mark Characterization/Comparison System
2011-DN-R-0230-2
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2011
$499,000
Replication Studies are Vital to Science We Can Count On
Science is a cornerstone of the justice system, and reliability is a cornerstone of science. Justice tools we take for granted today, such as crime mapping software, DNA identification of suspects, and automated fingerprint systems, are products of well-tested science. Extraordinary tools are now ordinary features of our justice system because the science has persuaded the courts and law enforcement that those tools, in the...
MicroCantilever (MC) based Robust Sensing Approach for Controlled Substances
2008-DN-R-038
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2007
$685,000
National Firearms Examiner Academy Forensic Science Training
2008-DNR-122
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2008
$500,000
Investigation of a novel approach to forensic analysis using neutron imaging techniques
2008-IJ-R-134-1
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$499,261
Universal IR Fluorescent Latent-Print Detection Method
2008-IJ-R-134-2
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$440,013
Computerized System for Aiding the Expert in Evaluating the Degree of Certainty in 2D Shoeprints
2009-DN-R-090
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2009
$366,009
Improvements to Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry for Quantitative Forensic Analysis Using a Short Pulse (100 Femtosecond) Ultraviolet Laser
2009-DN-R-112
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2009
$237,977