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Expanding Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System

December 2020

In 2004, the National Institute of Justice created the social science research on forensic sciences (SSRFS) research program to explore the impact of forensic sciences on the criminal justice system and the administration of justice. Much of the early research from the SSRFS program focused on DNA processing and the use of DNA in investigations and prosecutions.

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Just Science Podcast: Just the Grim Sleeper Serial Killer

NCJ Number

255902

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

Publication Link

HTML | iTunes (Audio)

Just Science Podcast: Just the Jodi Arias Case

NCJ Number

255816

Date Published

November 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

Publication Link

HTML | iTunes (Audio)

Migrant Farm Labor Trafficking in North Carolina: Pinning Down Elusive Data

NCJ Number

255635

Date Published

November 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Link

HTML

What Do the Data Reveal About Violence in Schools?

Gangs vs. Extremists: Solutions for Gangs May Not Work Against Extremism

NCJ Number

255357

Date Published

October 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

HTML

Assessing the Strength of Trace Evidence Fracture Fits Through a Comprehensive, Systematic, and Quantifiable Approach

2020-DQ-BX-0012

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$466,543

Assessment of the Contribution to Drug Impaired Driving from Emerging and Undertested Drugs

2020-DQ-BX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$478,783

A Rapid, Microfluidic Transcriptomic Method for Body Fluid Identification from Forensic Samples

2020-DQ-BX-0027

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$436,934

An Affinity-Free, Centrifugal Microfluidic System for Rapid, Automated Differential Extraction

2020-DQ-BX-0024

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$466,886

Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

NCJ Number

255358

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

October 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Publication Link

PDF | HTML

Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

Date Published

October 21, 2020

Integrating forensic evidence into the intelligence process is an evolutionary next step in reducing, disrupting, and preventing violent crime.

Post-mortem Changes and Translocation of Bacterial Community Structure and Function for Use in Criminal Investigations

NCJ Number

255172

Date Published

August 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Publication Link

PDF

Examining the Black Box: A Formative and Evaluability Assessment of Cross-sectoral Approaches for Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence

2020-VA-CX-0003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$539,232

Access to Justice for Adolescents and Young Adults Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Effectiveness and Accessibility of Civil Protection Orders

2020-VA-CX-0001

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$1,022,215

Developmental evaluation of a combinatorial qPCR multiplex for forensic body fluid identification

2020-R2-CX-0031

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$49,994

Advances in Spatial Statistical Methodology for Urban Crime

2020-R2-CX-0033

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$60,065

A nationally representative examination of the prevalence, characteristics, and consequences of statutory rape in the United States

2020-VA-CX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$203,939

Population and Subgroup Differences in the Prevalence and Predictors of Campus Sexual Assault to Inform Preventive Interventions

2020-VA-CX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$254,196

SCA Follow-up Study: A Longitudinal Study of 2009 Second Chance Act Adult Demonstration Program Participants

2020-MU-MU-0014

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$1,699,867

Investigating Key Risk Factors across Violent and Non-Violent Extremists in the United States

2020-R2-CX-0017

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$74,406

Examining Radicalization's Risk and Protective Factors: A Case-control Study of Violent Extremists, Non-criminal Extremists & Regular Homicide Offenders

2020-ZA-CX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$771,610

Assessing the Impact of Plea Bargaining on Subsequent Violence for Firearm Offenders

2020-75-CX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$369,412

Understanding the potential for Multidisciplinary Threat Assessment Teams to prevent terrorism: Conducting a formative evaluation of the MassBay Threat Assessment Team

2020-ZA-CX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$488,390

The Road to Reentry: A Randomized Control Trial of Young Adults in Custody from the Inside to the Outs

2020-R2-CX-0038

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$1,557,676