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Current Concepts: Key Forensic Cases and Common Pitfalls to Avoid

Event Dates

April 22, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Course

Registration Status

Not Required

Meet the OJP Science Directors: Nancy La Vigne and Alex Piquero Discuss the Future of Research and Statistics at the 2023 NIJ Research Conference

August 2023

Series

NIJ Research Conference

The directors of the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics reflect on where they see the future of research and statistics and take questions from the audience, prioritizing those from student attendees.

Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy

NSF co-funded project - Sex Estimation in Forensic Anthropology: Taking a Legally-lnformed Approach to Method Development

DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0007

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$100,000

Who Wrote It? Steps Toward a Science of Authorship Identification

Date Published

September 1997

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance)

Agencies

NIJ

Linguistic Authentication and Reliability

Date Published

1999

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ

DNA Technology in Forensic Science

Date Published

1992

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ

DNA Profiling: For Positive Identification

Date Published

1990

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ

Kinematic Validation of FDE Determinations About Writership in Questioned Handprinting and Handwriting

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Assessing the Admissibility of a New Generation of Forensic Voice Comparison Testimony

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Improving the Collection of Digital Evidence

Date Published

December 16, 2021

Two NIJ-funded projects introduce new methods and tools for collecting and processing digital evidence in cases involving child sexual abuse materials and large-scale computer networks.

Comments on the Draft Home Office Guidelines

Date Published

1988

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Search Warrants, Motions to Suppress, and "Lost Cases": The Effects of the Exclusionary Rule in Seven Jurisdictions

Date Published

1991

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Law's the Law, but Fair is Fair: Rape Shield Laws and Officials' Assessments of Sexual History Evidence

Date Published

1991

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Cut Above: Sharpening the Accuracy of Knife and Saw Mark Analysis

Date Published

June 2006

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

STUDYING THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE IN SEARCH AND SEIZURE

Date Published

1970

Publication Type

Statistics

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Just Digital Evidence in the Courts of Appeals

Date Published

July 2020

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Neuroscience of Evidentiary Rules: The Case of the Present Sense Impression

2017-IJ-CX-0007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$49,998

Probabilistic Genotyping of Evidentiary DNA Typing Results - Module 8: Summation and Special Topics

Event Dates

July 17, 2019, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Fingerprint Identification: The Role of Research in Fortifying the Forensic Sciences - Expert Chat Webinar, NIJ and Harvard's Government Innovators Network

Date Published

May 2007

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview, Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

New Approaches to Digital Evidence Acquisition and Analysis

The Neuroscience of Evidentiary Rules: The Case of the Present Sense Impression

2017-IJ-CX-0007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$49,616

Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court

Date Published

February 2006

Publication Type

Training (Aid/Material)

Agencies

NIJ

The Neuroscience of Evidentiary Rules: The Case of the Present Sense Impression

2017-IJ-CX-0007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$49,898

File Toolkit for Selective Analysis & Reconstruction (File TSAR) for Large Scale Computer Networks

2016-MU-MU-K091

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$487,440

The Combination of Cranial Morphoscopic and Dental Morphological Methods to Improve the Forensic Estimation of Ancestry

2016-DN-BX-0003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$31,974