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Shooting Distance Determination: Identifying Variables Affecting Lead Density on a Target

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May 2019

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Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue

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June 2019

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NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Scholars Program for Civilians

New scholars selected!

Meet the 2024 class of scholars.

NIJ typically accepts applications for new scholars in the spring.

The Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Civilians program offers a unique opportunity to engage and partner with other NIJ LEADS Scholars, all of whom are mid-career police officers, fellow civilians, and academics dedicated to advancing the police profession through science. 

The program has...

Success Story: Enabling Forensic Field Testing With Paper Microfluidic Devices

Date Published

April 2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ R&D Portfolio Management and Technology Transition Support: Report Summary

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July 2014

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Mobile Evidential Breath Alcohol Instruments

Date Published

December 2016

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NIJ and Jensen Hughes: Advancing the Forensic Analysis of Ignitable Liquid Fuel Fires

Date Published

February 2018

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NIJ and University of Central Florida Fire Research: Identifying Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris and Providing Error Rates for Purposes of Testifying

Date Published

November 2016

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Toxicological Drug Screening Using Paper Spray High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HR-MS/MS)

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June 2018

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Beyond DNA - The Role of Physical Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

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January 2019

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Beyond DNA - The Role of Biological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

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January 2019

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Beyond DNA - The Impact of Toxicological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations

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January 2019

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Success Story: Advancing 3D Virtual Microscopy for Firearm Forensics

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March 2019

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Conducting a Forensic Facility Needs Assessment Using Lean Facility Design: A Case Example

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January 2019

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Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material, Case Study

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Leveraging Technology To Enhance Community Supervision: Identifying Needs To Address Current and Emerging Concerns

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November 2019

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NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

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Identifying Law Enforcement Needs for Conducting Criminal Investigations Involving Evidence on the Dark Web

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November 2019

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Forensic Familial and Moderate Stringency DNA Searches: Policies and Practices in the U.S., England, and Wales

Date Published

May 2019

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Sentinel Events Approach to Jail Suicide and Self-Harm

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June 2019

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Post-Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Proxy Couples

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May 2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Offender Decision-Making: Decision Trees and Displacement

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December 2017

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Evaluating the Impact of Probation and Parole Home Visits

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December 2018

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Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

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Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures

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January 2018

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Analysis of DNA From Post-blast Pipe Bomb Fragments for Identification and Determination of Ancestry

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January 2019

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HIrisPlex-S system for eye, hair, and skin color prediction from DNA: Massively parallel sequencing solutions for two common forensically used platforms

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November 2019

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Does the Use of Probabilistic Genotyping Change the Way We Should View Sub-threshold Data?

Date Published

January 2017

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