Research and development
Looking for the Link: The Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhood Crime Rates
Three NIJ-funded studies can help community stakeholders better understand the complex relationship between foreclosures and crime levels in neighborhoods.
Landscape Study of DNA Mixture Interpretation Software
Development of a SNP Assay Panel for Ancestral Origin Inference and Individuals Somatic Traits
Improving Information-Sharing Across Law Enforcement - Why Can't We Know?
Elder Abuse Computerized Decision Support System
Law Enforcement Perspectives on Sex Offender Registration and Notification Preliminary Survey Results
Optimizing Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs To Support Law Enforcement Activities
Support for Forensic Science Research: Improving the Scientific Role of the National Institute of Justice
Visiting Fellows Program (original)
Director's Message: Statement on Support for Forensic Science Research: Improving the Scientific Role of NIJ
On behalf of the Office for Investigative and Forensic Sciences at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), I wish to thank the National...
How Reliable Are Latent Fingerprint Examiners?
Brian Cerchiai discusses a NIJ-supported a study conducted by the Miami-Dade Police Department on the accuracy of fingerprint examiners. The study found that fingerprint examiners make extremely few errors. Even when examiners did not get an independent second opinion about their decisions, they were remarkably accurate. But when decisions were verified by an independent reviewers, examiners had a 0% false positive, or incorrect identification, rate and a 3% false negative, or missed identification, rate.
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