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Trace Metal Detection Techniques in Law Enforcement

Date Published

October 1970

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Training (Handbook/Manual), Technical Assistance

Chemical Discrimination of Lubricant Marketing Types Using Direct Analysis in Real Time Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

Journal

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Microbial Similarity between Students in a Common Dormitory Environment Reveals the Forensic Potential of Individual Microbial Signatures

Journal

mBio

Date Published

July 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Toner Particles as Forensic Evidence: Microanalytical Characterization of Known Toner and Recognition of Toner in Environmental Samples

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

July 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Making Use of What's Not Visible in Trace Evidence Examinations

Date Published

July 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Making Use of What’s Not Visible in Trace Evidence Examinations

TECHBeat, February 2019

Date Published

February 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Grants and Funding

Success Story: Enabling Forensic Field Testing With Paper Microfluidic Devices

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

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

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Evaluation and Optimization of DNA Recovery and Amplification From Bullet Cartridge Cases

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Embracing Next Generation Methods for Forensic DNA Sequence Analysis

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

National Institute of Justice: Strengthening Science and Advancing Justice

October 2019

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Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Determining Time Since Deposition of Epithelial Cell Samples Using Intrinsic Fluorescence Signatures

2019-DU-BX-0041

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$469,468

Development of Dual-Resolution 3D Imaging Device and Software Tools for Shoe and Tire Impression Evidence Collection, Visualization, and Recognition

2019-R2-CX-0069

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$823,804

Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research

2019-DU-BX-0025

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$808,296

Development of Microscopical Methods for the Systematic Analysis of Chemically Reacted, Improvised Low Explosives and Related Residues

2019-DU-BX-0047

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$157,863

Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification and Characterization

2019-R2-CX-0035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$150,000

Forensic Application of Pollen DNA Barcoding

2019-R2-CX-0039

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$150,000

Application of Particle-Correlated Raman Spectroscopy for the Forensic Examination of Soils

2019-DU-BX-0017

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$686,336

Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue

2019-R2-CX-0044

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$100,000

Development of a Baseline Survey of Random Presence of Glass and Paint for the Interpretation of Evidence in the U.S. Courts

2019-DU-BX-0015

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$326,820

The National Institute of Justice — At the Forefront of Forensic Science Research

NIJ Journal Issue No. 266

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

June 2010

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work