Shoe prints and tire tracks

Forensic Footwear: A Retrospective of the Development of the MANTIS Shoe Scanning System

Date Published

August 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Attribution of tire marks via their elemental profile

15PNIJ-24-GG-03849-NIJB

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$299,344

Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics

Date Published

July 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Estimate of the Random Match Frequency of Acquired Characteristics in Footwear: Part II - Impressions in Dust

Date Published

January 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Estimate of the Random Match Frequency of Acquired Characteristics in Footwear: Part I - Impressions in Blood

Date Published

January 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Quantifying Randomly Acquired Characteristics on Outsoles in Terms of Shape and Position

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Just Footwear Impressions on Fabric

Date Published

November 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Accuracy, reproducibility, and repeatability of forensic footwear examiner decisions

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Spatial frequency of randomly acquired characteristics on outsoles

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Flexible structured light system calibration method with all digital features

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Estimate of the Random Match Frequency of Acquired Characteristics in a Forensic Footwear Database

Date Published

May 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Quantitative assessment of the discrimination potential of class and randomly acquired characteristics for crime scene quality shoeprints

Date Published

2015

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Poisson Processes and Randomly Acquired Characteristics: Are Wear Features on Footwear Randomly Distributed?

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ Awards Over $11 Million to Support Forensic Science Research and Development in 2022

On September 30, 2022, NIJ announced $11.6 million in funding to support 23 projects under the “NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes” solicitation. Through its research and development grant funding, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the...