Articles Published by NIJ

NIJ grantee Robert Maher is changing the field of audio forensics with novel techniques to document and interpret gunshot recordings.

Researchers create a metric to determine the difficulty of matching latent and known fingerprints, then link that difficulty to error rates.

There is no standard method of detailed documentation of the latent print examination process, but researchers have developed software that improves the standardization and quantifiability, implemented as part of the FBI’s Universal Latent Workstation.

A sensor technology first developed for medical use is being adapted to detect and visualize destroyed serial numbers in firearms.