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NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research
On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.
Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023
Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...
Meeting the Ongoing, Urgent, Unmet Needs of Uvalde Residents After the Robb Elementary School Shooting
15PNIJ-23-GG-04105-AERX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$1,000,000
Campus Sexual Assault Responses (CSAR): Informing Trauma-Informed Policies, Protocols, and Training
April 2022
Sexual violence is a significant criminal justice problem with long-term effects for its victims. In particular, sexual assault on or related to college campuses across the United States presents a growing public health and economic burden, starting with significant impacts on academic outcomes.
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Economic Justice for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
October 2022
Financial abuse is a common strategy used by those who abuse to gain power and control. The first panelist will discuss how intimate partner violence intersects with economic justice. In the second panelist's presentation, intimate partner violence shelter approaches and housing policies will be addressed. The final panelist will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on economic security and survivors’ experiences of economic hardship.
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Defining and Studying Elder Abuse Polyvictimization
January 2023
Series
NIJ Social Science Analyst Yunsoo Park shares her knowledge about elder abuse, a widespread issue in the U.S. and around the world, particularly polyvictimization — the experience of a range of different types of abuse and maltreatment. As much as 11% of community-residing older adults experienced some form of abuse or mistreatment in the past year. Yunsoo discusses risk factors, difficulties in defining and studying elder abuse polyvictimization, and strategies for intervention and prevention. Stacy Lee Reynolds, a Communications Assistant with NIJ, hosts.
Report on NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Forensic DNA Applications of Massively Parallel / Next Generation Sequencing
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
ProSynAR: a reference aware read merger
Date Published
April 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
STRait Razor v2.0: The improved STR Allele Identification Tool – Razor
Date Published
2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Global mtDNA Databasing Project
2005-DN-R-086-1
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2004
$180,000
Global mtDNA Databasing Project
2005-DN-R-086-1
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2005
$350,000
Global mtDNA Databasing Project
2005-DN-R-086-1
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2005
$2,572,553
Global mtDNA Databasing Project
2005-DN-R-086-1
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2005
$1,891,390
Population Informative Markers Selected Using Wright's Fixation Index and Machine Learning Improves Human Identification Using the Skin Microbiome
Date Published
September 2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Reverse Complement-PCR, An Innovative and Effective Method for Multiplexing Forensically Relevant Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Marker Systems
Date Published
August 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Cases Associated with Violence in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs): The Examination of Circumstances & Characteristics Project
Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
5 Facts about V.O.I.C.E.
Date Published
July 2021
Publication Type
Factsheet
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Research on Offender Decision-Making and Desistance From Crime: A Multi-Theory Assessment of Offender Cognition Change
Date Published
October 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Houston and Harris County Develop Partnership To Combat Elder Abuse
Date Published
July 2017
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Cruiser Smarts
Date Published
October 2006
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Protecting Against Stress and Trauma - NIJ Research for the Real World Seminar
July 2019
Series
At this Research for the Real World seminar, NIJ brought together law enforcement practitioners and leading researchers in the field of stress to discuss the current research evidence and practical benefits of targeted stress-management interventions and how they can promote officer mental wellness.
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Subadult Ancestry Estimation Using Craniometrics, Macromorphoscopics, Odontometrics, and Dental Morphology
2019-DU-BX-0039
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$785,847
Detecting and Processing Clandestine Human Remains with Unmanned Aerial Systems and Multispectral Remote Sensing
2019-DU-BX-0027
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$286,468