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Meeting the Forensic Challenges of Subadult Skeletons

Challenges in Identifying Novel Psychoactive Substances and a Stronger Path Forward

Best Practices for DNA Laboratory Efficiency

Date Published

May 26, 2022

Introduction to the National Best Practices for Improving DNA Laboratory Process Efficiency

Multidisciplinary Team Works to Reduce Preventable Deaths of Older Adults

A Century of Ballistics Comparison Giving Way to Virtual 3D Methods

Applying Modern Investigation Methods to Solve Cold Cases

How Good Are the Data? Novel Metric Assesses Probability That an Unknown Drug Sample Matches a Known Sample

Date Published

March 17, 2022

NIJ-funded researchers developed a novel metric to assess probability that an unknown sample of a drug matches a library sample, with profound implications for standardization of mass spectrometry results.

Forensic Laboratory Needs Technology Working Group — A Channel to Improve Forensics

Detecting Opioid Distribution Networks Using Network Modeling and Community-Based Intelligence

Study Reports Error Rates for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

How Prevalent is Violence in Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases?

How Things Burn: Developing Realistic Models of How Materials Combust and Degrade in a Fire

Crime Scene Documentation: Weighing the Merits of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning

The Effects of Temperature on Blowfly Colonization of Decomposing Human Bodies

Improving Bruise Detection with Alternate Light

Improving the Collection of Digital Evidence

Scientists Seek Connection Between Toxin-causing Bacterium and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

NIJ’s Courts Research: Examining Alternatives to Incarceration for Veterans and Other Policy Innovation

Evaluating Aerial Systems for Crime-Scene Reconstruction

The Search for a Microbial Death Clock

Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset

Date Published

August 20, 2021

A new postmortem image database will be a resource for research in forensic anthropology, pathology, and radiology.

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Meeting the Forensic Challenges of Subadult Skeletons

Challenges in Identifying Novel Psychoactive Substances and a Stronger Path Forward

Best Practices for DNA Laboratory Efficiency

Multidisciplinary Team Works to Reduce Preventable Deaths of Older Adults

A Century of Ballistics Comparison Giving Way to Virtual 3D Methods

Applying Modern Investigation Methods to Solve Cold Cases

How Good Are the Data? Novel Metric Assesses Probability That an Unknown Drug Sample Matches a Known Sample

Forensic Laboratory Needs Technology Working Group — A Channel to Improve Forensics

Detecting Opioid Distribution Networks Using Network Modeling and Community-Based Intelligence

Study Reports Error Rates for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

How Prevalent is Violence in Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases?

How Things Burn: Developing Realistic Models of How Materials Combust and Degrade in a Fire

Crime Scene Documentation: Weighing the Merits of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning

The Effects of Temperature on Blowfly Colonization of Decomposing Human Bodies

Improving Bruise Detection with Alternate Light

Improving the Collection of Digital Evidence

Scientists Seek Connection Between Toxin-causing Bacterium and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

NIJ’s Courts Research: Examining Alternatives to Incarceration for Veterans and Other Policy Innovation

Evaluating Aerial Systems for Crime-Scene Reconstruction

The Search for a Microbial Death Clock

Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset

Algorithm Quantifies What Experts See When They Examine Skeletons

The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind

Using Forensic Intelligence Analysts to Drive Gun Crime Investigations

Genetic Variants Linked to Sudden Unexplained Deaths

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