Develop non-PCR-based target enrichment reagents and methods for MPS analysis of forensic DNA
2020-R2-CX-0029
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$100,000
Missing persons
TECHBeat, March 2018
Date Published
March 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Cold Case Investigation Units and Advances in Investigative Techniques
March 2020
Sergeant Jason Moran of the Cook County (IL) Sheriff’s Office discusses the current situation of cold cases in the United States, why it’s important to establish cold case units, how current tools and technology can help solve cold cases, and what National Institute of Justice resources are available to assist in solving cold cases.
Sergeant Moran was a participant on an NIJ Saturday Session panel at IACP 2019.
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Notes from the Field: Solving Missing Persons Cases in Indian Country
Date Published
November 2019
Agencies
NIJ
Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania
2017-IJ-CX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$40,932
Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
2016-MU-BX-K007
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$5,500,000
Detection and Diagnosis of Mobility Impairment via Cortical and Trabecular Bone Properties to Aid in the Identification of Human Remains in a Medicolegal Context
2019-R2-CX-0052
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$150,000
Forensic Application of Pollen DNA Barcoding
2019-R2-CX-0039
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$150,000
A Multifactorial Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Hispanics Using Cranial and Dental Data
2019-R2-CX-0050
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$150,000
Dense DNA Data for Enhanced Missing Persons Identification
2019-DU-BX-0046
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$743,927
A Descriptive Analysis of Missing and Murdered Native Women and Children in Nebraska, Barriers to Reporting and Investigation, and Recommendations for Improving Access to Justice
2019-75-CX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$169,264
NIJ Journal Issue No. 256
Date Published
January 2007
Agencies
NIJ
Series
Funding Opportunities for Publicly Funded Crime Labs, Fiscal Year 2017
January 2017
This webinar will inform the audience of the changes to three programs available for publicly funded forensic laboratories and introduce a new program for FY 2017. Changes to existing programs will be highlighted and presenters will discuss the background and goals of the solicitations, recommendations for successful applications, application expectations and requirements, the review process, and the application checklist. There will also be time for questions and answers at the end of the webinar.
Solicitations discussed include:
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Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
Thank you, and good morning. My name is Howard Spivak and I am the Principal Deputy Director of the National Institute of Justice, NIJ.
For those of you who aren’t familiar, NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. We use science to inform and advance criminal justice policies and practices across the country. To do this, we provide...
"Sentinel Event" Review in the Criminal Justice System
January 2014
Listen to James Doyle discuss the basics of a "sentinel event" review in the criminal justice system. This learning-from-error approach borrows from principles that medicine, aviation and other high-risk enterprises have successfully used. Former NIJ Fellow Doyle offers the basics to understand this innovative idea that takes a system-wide perspective of error, bringing all stakeholders together in a non-blaming, forward-looking way after a bad outcome, such as a wrongful conviction, occurs.
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