Forensic laboratories
Comprehensive toxicological screening of common drugs of abuse, new psychoactive substances and cannabinoids in blood using supported liquid extraction and liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
A Data-Informed Response to Emerging Drugs
The emerging drug crisis in the U.S. touches both criminal justice and public health, and experts from both fields came together at NIJ’s 2023 National Research Conference to discuss strategies and tools to fight this problem. Dr. Frances Scott, NIJ scientist and program manager, continues the conference discussion with two fellow panelists: Ciena Bayard, the Method Development and Validation Program Manager for D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and Haley Greene, the Deputy Epidemiologist for the Central Region for the Virginia Department of Health. Read the transcript.
Evaluation of the long-term stability of select phenylacetylindole, cycloalkylindole, quinolinyl, and carboxamide synthetic cannabinoids using LC–MS/MS
A case study for local data surveillance in opioid overdose fatalities in Cuyahoga County, OH 2016-2020
Physics and Statistical Models for Physical Match Analysis Utilizing 3D Microscopy of Fracture Surfaces
What’s Missing Matters: Examining Missing Data Problems in Sexual Assault Kit Data
Simplified COI barcoding of blow, flesh, and scuttle flies encountered in medicolegal investigations
Comprehensive toxicological screening of common drugs of abuse, new psychoactive substances and cannabinoids in blood using supported liquid extraction and liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
A Novel Method for the Detection of Cocaine in Hair using a Freeze/Thaw Method and GC/MS Analysis
Superhydrophobic Surface Modification of Polymer Microneedles Enables Fabrication of Multimodal Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Substrates for Synthetic Drug Detection in Blood Plasma
Expert Forensic Communication: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls
Understanding Forensic Intelligence: The NIJ Framework
What’s Missing Matters: Examining Missing Data Problems in Sexual Assault Kit Data
Simplified COI barcoding of blow, flesh, and scuttle flies encountered in medicolegal investigations
A case study for local data surveillance in opioid overdose fatalities in Cuyahoga County, OH 2016-2020
State of Charge Effects on Active Material Elemental Composition Changes between Pre-thermal-runaway and Post-failure States for 8-1-1 Nickel-manganese-cobalt 18650 Cells
A bacterial signature-based method for the identification of seven forensically relevant human body fluids
Evolution of LIBS technology to mobile instrumentation for expediting firearm-related investigations at the laboratory and the crime scene
Analysis of amphetamine, methamphetamine, methylenedioxyamphetamine and methylenedioxymethamphetamine in whole blood using in-matrix ethyl chloroformate derivatization and automated headspace solid-phase microextraction followed by GC-MS
Advancing Research and Collaborative Research Partnerships in Forensic Science