Forensic Information Data Exchange and the Partnership Between Law Enforcement and Crime Laboratories
May 2010
NIJ Conference Panel
Standards development
Equipment Standards and Conformity Assessment Activities
The NIJ Standards and Testing Program fosters development of equipment standards and related conformity assessment programs that specifically address the needs of law enforcement, corrections and other criminal justice agencies. The goal is to ensure to the degree possible that equipment is safe, reliable and performs according to established minimum...
NIJ Civil Disturbance Unit Standards: The Importance of Standards and Testing
July 2019
Mark Greene, Physical Scientist, National Institute of Justice, and Alan Hanson, Captain, Fairfax County (Va.) Police Department, discuss the importance of standards and testing and why it is important to develop CDU standards for agencies across the country.
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Keeping Up With Firearms Evolution: NIJ Revising Firearms Standards
Date Published
2016
Publication Type
Standard,
Spreadsheet,
Solicitation,
Research Paper,
Research (Theoretical),
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Technical),
Report (Technical Assistance)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Special Technical Committees: How They Are Changing NIJ's Standards Development Process - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2010
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Presentation (Multimedia),
Issue Overview,
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
Funding to support the operation of the Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics
2016-IJ-CX-0112
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$47,000
Drug Treatment Courts
Date Published
May 2024
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Factsheet
Agencies
BJA,
NIJ,
OJJDP
National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Dog and Sensor Subcommittee Builds on Achievements by Scientific Working Group for Dog and Orthogonal Detector Guidelines (SWGDOG)
Date Published
April 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Summary),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Issue Overview,
Factsheet
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Application of Raman and Infrared Microscopy for the Forensic Examination of Automotive Clear Coats and Paint Smears
2017-IJ-CX-0022
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$484,163
Quantifying and Qualifying the Influence of Standard Laboratory Procedures on Aged, Degraded, and/or Low Copy Number DNA
2017-DN-BX-0139
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$997,831
Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice
2015-DN-BX-K409
Open
Funding First Awarded
2017
$404,255
Funding to support the operation of the Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics
2016-IJ-CX-0112
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$42,000
Providing Access to the Best Equipment Standards
Date Published
August 2015
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Standard,
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material,
Historical Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Funding to support the operation of the Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics
2016-IJ-CX-0112
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$50,000
Furthering Understanding of Forensic Units: A Detailed Examination of Louisville Metro Police Dept.'s CSU
2016-R2-CX-0006
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$32,000
NIJ Issues a Revised Bomb Suit Equipment Standard
Date Published
May 17, 2016
The revised standard provides updated test methods and requirements for the protective ensembles worn by public safety bomb technicians.
Public Safety Bomb Suit Standard, NIJ Standard-0117.01
Date Published
April 2016
Publication Type
Test/Measurement,
Technical Assistance,
Standard,
Report (Technical)
Agencies
NIJ