Medical examiners

Error and bias in race and ethnicity descriptions in medical examiner records in New Mexico: Consequences for understanding mortality among Hispanic/Latinos

NCJ Number

307798

Journal

Forensic Science International: Synergy

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

NCJ Number

307873

Date Published

November 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ Announces $1.9M to Fund Research in Public Forensic Laboratories in 2023

On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $1.9 million in funding to support five new projects under its Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories (Public Labs R&E) program. Through its forensic science research funding, NIJ continues to improve the examination and interpretation of physical evidence across the community of practice through identification of the most efficient...

New Synthetic Opioid Protonitazene Increasing in Prevalence as "Nitazenes" Gain Traction Across the United States and Canada

NCJ Number

307416

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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New High Potency Synthetic Opioid N-Pyrrolidino Etonitazene (Etonitazepyne) Linked to Overdoses Across United States

NCJ Number

307414

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Modern Death Investigation: Hub and Spoke Models for Adequate Workforce

Event Dates

November 7, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence

15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$300,000

Research and Development of an Approach for Non-invasive Determination of Cannabis Ingestion for Forensic Science Purposes

15PNIJ-23-GG-04236-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$291,801

Analytical Challenges with Proliferating THC Analogues

15PNIJ-23-GG-01421-COAP

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$726,360

Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US

15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2023

$492,810

Molecular genetic characterization of sudden deaths due to thoracic aortic dissection or rupture

NCJ Number

307424

Journal

Cardiovascular Pathology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Synthetic Stimulant Market Rapidly Changing as N,N-Dimethylpentylone Replaces Eutylone in Drug Supply Typically Sold as "Ecstasy" or "Molly"

NCJ Number

307419

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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New Potent Synthetic Opioid—N-Desethyl Isotonitazene—Proliferating Among Recreational Drug Supply in USA

NCJ Number

307415

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF

N,N-Dimethylpentylone (NPS Stimulant)

NCJ Number

307413

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Positivity of New Synthetic Cannabinoid 4F-MDMB-BICA Increasing in U.S. as Prevalence of 5F-MDMB-PICA Wanes

NCJ Number

307389

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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N-Pyrrolidino Etonitazene (NPS Opioid)

NCJ Number

307388

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF

Metonitazene (NPS Opioid)

NCJ Number

307385

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF

Bromazolam Prevalence Surging Across the United States Driven In Part by Increasing Detections Alongside Fentanyl

NCJ Number

307382

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF

Femur Morphology in Healthy Infants and Young Children

NCJ Number

307155

Journal

Clinical Anatomy

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Cardiac Channelopathy Testing in 274 Ethnically Diverse Sudden Unexplained Deaths

NCJ Number

255745

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

The ethics of conducting molecular autopsies in cases of sudden death in the young

NCJ Number

255709

Journal

Genome Research

Date Published

2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

The Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD): An Accessible Repository of Contemporary Subadult Reference Data

NCJ Number

307025

Journal

Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Just Science Podcast: Just Thriving in a Forensic Workplace

NCJ Number

307066

Content Advisory

Some content in this podcast may be considered sensitive and may evoke emotional responses, or may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

Date Published

June 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

NIJ.ojp.gov | Apple Podcast | Spotify

Blunt force trauma to the ribs: Creating predictive models

NCJ Number

306240

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Software Tool and Methodology for Enhancement of Unidentified Decedent Systems with Postmortem Automatic Iris Recognition

NCJ Number

306479

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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