How Things Burn: Developing Realistic Models of How Materials Combust and Degrade in a Fire
Date Published
February 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Research and development
Creation of School Shooting Open-Source Database Fuels Understanding
Date Published
February 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Crime Scene Documentation: Weighing the Merits of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning
Date Published
January 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings
Date Published
February 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of a Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings with Firearms, Generating Psychosocial Histories
Date Published
February 3, 2022
A troubled past and leaked plans are common to those who take part in mass shootings. Most use handguns, NIJ-supported research shows.
Analysis of electrostatic coupling throughout the laboratory evolution of a designed retroaldolase
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Detecting Chemical Vapor Diffusion through Firefighter Turnout Gear
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Quantification of Tool Markings
2004-IJ-R-088
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2004
$390,000
Method Development for Objective Physical Matching: Meeting Daubert
2005-IJ-R-051-3
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2005
$25,000
U.S. National Footwear Database System Feasibility Study
Date Published
December 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science Podcast: Just Supporting Evidence Collection in Sexual Assault Cases
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Date Published
January 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Rapid DNA Crime Scene Sample Multi-Laboratory Evaluation Project
DJO-NIJ-21-RO-0004
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$475,000
Forensic STR Sequencing Nomenclature Resource
DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0004
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$541,034
Breath Measurements of Acute Cannabis Use (BACE): Towards Reliable Determination of Recent Use
DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0003
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$1,450,809
Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories
DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$463,932
What if They Are All High-Risk for Attrition? Correlates of Retention in a Longitudinal Study of Reentry from Prison
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ Announces $4.5M in New Funding for the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
In January 2022, NIJ, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, announced $4.5 million for two new awards under its Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) program. The FTCOE program serves as the bridge between NIJ’s investments in research and development and forensic science laboratories, particularly at the state and local levels, by helping to transition products from those investments into operational use. In...