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Research and development

NIJ FY 07/08 ORE W.E.B. DuBois

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NIJ is soliciting applications for funding research to advance knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture, particularly in diverse cultural contexts. Du Bois Fellows will focus on policy-relevant questions in a manner that reflects their saliency as an integral part of the American past, present, and, increasingly, the future. Topics of interest include immigration, crime, and victimization; transnational crime; trafficking in human beings...

NIJ FY 07/08 ORE Data Resources Program

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NIJ is requesting proposals to replicate previous findings and conduct original research extending data from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). NACJD houses quantitative and qualitative data from NIJ-funded research and provides online access to downloadable, machine-readable (SPSS, SAS, or ASCII) files as well as data dictionaries, study abstracts and, in limited cases, MapInfo or ESRI geographic data. The archive is maintained by...

NIJ FY 07 Research and Development in Fire and Arson Investigation: Invited Full Proposals

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With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for research and development in fire and arson investigation for criminal justice purposes. This solicitation is aimed at improving the ability of forensic analysts and investigators to locate and identify probative evidence from fire scenes and to enhance the ability of crime laboratories to analyze fire evidence. NIJ is particularly interested in the following areas: •New or improved tools...

NIJ FY 07 Research and Development on Crime Scene Tools, Techniques and Technologies: Invited Full Proposals

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With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for research and development to enhance forensic crime scene examinations. This solicitation focuses on: •Small, rugged, less costly, and less labor-intensive non-destructive analytical tools and technologies for the onsite presumptive and/or confirmatory analysis of forensic evidence at a crime scene. •Sample location, identification, capture, and stabilization technology suitable for recovery of trace particulate, liquid, chemical, and biological evidence at...

NIJ FY 07 Research and Development on Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals

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With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for research and development to enhance crime laboratories’ ability to identify, characterize, capture, visualize, and preserve impression evidence. This solicitation focuses on: •Faster, reliable, widely applicable, less costly, and less labor-intensive tools and technologies for the identification, collection, preservation, and analysis of impression evidence. •Tools that provide a quantitative measure or statistical evaluation of forensic comparisons. •The effect of...