Forensic laboratories

National Institute of Justice: Celebrating Over 50 Years

NCJ Number

252960

Date Published

October 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

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A Rapid, Microfluidic Transcriptomic Method for Body Fluid Identification from Forensic Samples

2020-DQ-BX-0027

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$436,934

Inter-laboratory variation in interpretation of DNA mixtures

2020-R2-CX-0049

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$1,063,335

Assessing the Strength of Trace Evidence Fracture Fits Through a Comprehensive, Systematic, and Quantifiable Approach

2020-DQ-BX-0012

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$466,543

Evaluation of Digital Evidence Processing Efficiencies in Publicly Funded Crime Laboratories

2020-DQ-BX-0016

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$348,052

An Affinity-Free, Centrifugal Microfluidic System for Rapid, Automated Differential Extraction

2020-DQ-BX-0024

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$466,886

Interpretation of Y chromosome STRs for missing persons cases

2020-DQ-BX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$198,362

Validation of a LC-DAD-ESI/MS/MS method for the accurate measurement of THC and THCA-A among twenty cannabinoids in various products of Cannabis

2020-DQ-BX-0021

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$160,181

Comparative Assessment of Emerging Technologies for Body Fluid Identification

2020-DQ-BX-0015

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$501,115

An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation

2020-DQ-BX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$205,963

Detection of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris by Using Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS)

2020-DQ-BX-0003

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$285,229

Expanded Quantitative Cannabinoid Testing in Biological Specimens to Combat the Ever Changing Cannabis Landscape

2020-DQ-BX-0017

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$290,353

Evaluating the Robustness and Ruggedness of a Statistical Method for Comparison of Mass Spectral Data for Seized Drug Identification

2020-DQ-BX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$228,918

Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)

2020-DQ-BX-0007

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$555,401

Comprehensive Assessment of Novel Reference Materials and Analytical Methods for the Analysis and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues

2020-DQ-BX-0010

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$476,517

Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

NCJ Number

255358

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

October 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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Exploring New Short Tandem Repeat Markers for DNA Mixture Deconvolution

NCJ Number

255133

Journal

WIREs Forensic Science

Date Published

August 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Use of an Automated System to Evaluate Feature Dissimilarities in Handwriting Under a Two-Stage Evaluative Process

NCJ Number

255123

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

August 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

Date Published

October 21, 2020

Integrating forensic evidence into the intelligence process is an evolutionary next step in reducing, disrupting, and preventing violent crime.

Proteomic and microRNA Markers of Fly Development: Stable Correlates of Insect Age To Improve Forensic Entomology Casework

NCJ Number

255339

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

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Forensic Footwear Reliability: Part II - Range of Conclusions, Accuracy, and Consensus

NCJ Number

255350

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Forensic Footwear Reliability: Part I - Participant Demographics and Examiner Agreement

NCJ Number

255349

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Evaluation of the Simultaneous Analysis of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues Within a Large Population Data Set Using Electrochemical Sensors

NCJ Number

255146

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

August 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

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Forensic Footwear Reliability: Part III - Positive Predictive Value, Error Rates, and Inter-Rater Reliability

NCJ Number

255351

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Investigation of the Impact of Body Temperature and Post-Mortem Interval on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Unfixed Tissue

NCJ Number

255314

Date Published

September 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

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