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Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
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Subtopic: Medicolegal death investigations
The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us
Date Published
January 9, 2024
Multidisciplinary Team Works to Reduce Preventable Deaths of Older Adults
Date Published
May 9, 2022
Algorithm Quantifies What Experts See When They Examine Skeletons
Date Published
August 16, 2021
Researchers created an open-access computer program for estimating the age of skeletal remains that outperforms current methods. The algorithm is based on 20 age-related skeletal changes identified by experienced forensic anthropologists.
The National Institute of Justice’s Role in the Strategy to Combat Heroin and Other Opioids
Date Published
December 5, 2017
NIJ Journal Issue 267, Winter 2010
Date Published
October 1, 2017
Research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
Quantifying Error Rates for the Measurement of Human Skeletal Remains
Date Published
July 10, 2017
In response to the National Academy of Sciences’ call for scientific data to support forensic evidence, researchers revised forensic anthropology procedures to include an “error metric” for the measurement of human skeletal remains.