Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
Postmortem CT Scans: Can They Effectively Replace Full Autopsies?
Study examines the impact of CT scans on workflow and tallies the cost savings of postmortem CT in lieu of full autopsy.
Complex Drug Mixtures Analysis, Using Open-Source Search Software and Library Building Tool
Seized drug analysis aided by the development and release of new data interpretation software.
Meeting the Forensic Challenges of Subadult Skeletons
Determining sex, age, and other forensic information from the skeleton of a young person has stymied investigators for decades.
Understanding and Characterizing Labor Trafficking Among U.S. Citizen Victims
Predicting Recidivism: Continuing To Improve the Bureau of Prisons’ Risk Assessment Tool, PATTERN
Review of PATTERN 1.3 demonstrates its ability to accurately predict recidivism
Safer Schools: Efforts to Improve School Climate in Virginia
To better inform school safety and violence-prevention efforts, Virginia secondary schools sought to improve upon their comprehensive surveys of school climate.
Reentry Research at NIJ: Providing Robust Evidence for High-Stakes Decision-Making
NIJ is committed to promoting rigorous research on how best to successfully integrate individuals returning from jail or prison.
A Century of Ballistics Comparison Giving Way to Virtual 3D Methods
New systems allow high-definition scans of bullets and cartridge cases to be shared and compared virtually.
Five Things About Juvenile Delinquency Intervention and Treatment
Results from the National Institute of Justice Recidivism Forecasting Challenge
Improving recidivism forecasts through data sharing and open competition
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
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
Study Reports Error Rates for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Creation of School Shooting Open-Source Database Fuels Understanding
Researchers have created the first open-source catalog of U.S. school shootings to better understand the causes of school-related gun violence and identify intervention points.
What Are Predictors of School Violence? What Are Its Consequences?
How Things Burn: Developing Realistic Models of How Materials Combust and Degrade in a Fire
Researchers have created a more accurate methodology for predicting how things burn