Unidentified human remains
Physical and Biochemical Factors Affecting the Recovery and Analysis of DNA from Human Skeletal Remains
Date Published
2014
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Thesis/Dissertation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Overview of Forensic Anthropology
Forensic anthropologists examine skeletal human remains to assess age at death, sex, stature, and ancestry; identify injuries; and estimate the time since death to provide investigators with information that can assist in identifying a decedent.
Forensic odontologists examine the development, anatomy, and any restorative dental corrections of the teeth, such as fillings or extractions, to make a comparative identification of a person.
Bones and teeth are...
Advancing Justice for the Missing and Unidentified Through Research - 2024 NIJ Research Conference
September 2024
Forensic science research is developing essential knowledge to fill in the holes in death investigations, creating new ways to identify challenging skeletal remains. These methods inform cause of death, time of death, and familial relationships to guide investigations, identify suspects, support prosecutions, and bring justice to families.
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Enhancing Equitable Forensic Identification: An Evaluation of Pelvic Morphology for Parity Detection and Age Estimation in Unidentified Skeletal Remains
15PNIJ-24-GG-01579-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$180,000
A Multi-Method Genetic, Craniometric, and Isotopic Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Unidentified Latinx Remains
15PNIJ-24-GG-01578-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$180,000
Highlighting Significant NIJ Forensic Science Investments: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Site Visit
Date Published
February 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains
Date Published
November 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Evaluation of Target Enrichment for SNP Genotyping of Skeletal Remains
15PNIJ-23-GG-04224-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$659,287
Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation
15PNIJ-23-GG-04229-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$467,325
Ontogenetic Study of the Pelvis Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Sex and Age Estimation
15PNIJ-23-GG-01940-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$111,000
Design and operation of a portable scanner for high performance microchip capillary array electrophoresis
Date Published
2010
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Fuzzy Choquet integration of homogeneous possibility and probability distributions
Date Published
2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Intra- and Inter-Element Variability in Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA from Fresh and Environmentally Exposed Skeletal Remains
Date Published
2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Fluvial Transport of Human Remains Forensic Application of a HECRAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA
Date Published
December 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Identifying forensically relevant urban scavengers in Johannesburg, South Africa
Date Published
May 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
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
Just Science Podcast: Just Managing Mass Fatality Incidents
Date Published
February 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science Podcast: Just DNA Results in Rapid Time
Content Advisory
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Date Published
February 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science Podcast: Just Teeth and Technology
Date Published
January 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Improve craniometric ancestry estimation with deep learning methods
15PNIJ-22-GG-04431-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$306,271
The Effectiveness of Forensic Genetic Genealogy Techniques for Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color
15PNIJ-22-GG-04394-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$556,300
Global mtDNA Databasing Project
2005-DN-R-086-1
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2005
$1,891,390
Global mtDNA Databasing Project
2005-DN-R-086-1
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2004
$180,000