Articles Published by NIJ

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Forensic Science Strategic Research Plan, 2022-2026 (Version 1.1)

Advancing Justice for the Missing and Unidentified Through Research

Safeguarding Forensic Science Professionals

Direct Comparison of Body Fluid Identification Technologies

Postmortem CT Scans Supplement and Replace Full Autopsies

Drugs and Crime Research Projects

Detecting Fentanyl Use Through Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing

Child Trauma: Determining Accidental Injury From Intentional Abuse

Improving Sexual Assault Kit Outcomes

What’s That Drug? Fast Screening of Seized Drugs

Reducing Gun Violence Through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Sharing

New Screening Method to Detect Drugs and Poisons Postmortem

Detecting Drugs in Hair: Is It Drug Use or Environmental Contamination?

Drug-Impaired Driving: The Contribution of Emerging and Undertested Drugs

The Daunting Task of Strengthening Medical Examiner and Coroner Investigations Across Hundreds of Jurisdictions

Determining the Age-At-Death of Infants, Children, and Teens

Forensic Science Research and Development Technology Working Group: Operational Requirements

Patents Generated by NIJ-Sponsored Projects

Is It an Accident or Abuse? Researchers Develop Predictive Models for Pediatric Head Injuries

Advances in Detecting and Identifying Explosives After an Attack

New Forensic Methods to Accurately Determine THC in Seized Cannabis

Date Published

February 13, 2024

NIJ-funded researchers address the need for simple, cost-effective ways to differentiate hemp from marijuana.

Police Crime Lab Accreditation Initiative

Improving Analysis of “Trace DNA” Evidence

The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us

The Impact of False or Misleading Forensic Evidence on Wrongful Convictions