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Opioid Crisis – A Public Health Enemy Webinar Series

Overview Rates of opioid use and misuse have reached epidemic proportions and are impacting many aspects of both criminal justice and forensic sciences programs. Opioid addiction is the driving force behind this increase in use with more than 2.5 million…

Forensic DNA: The Beginning of the SNP Era

Overview The field of forensics is constantly evolving. While short tandem repeats (STRs) are currently used in all forensic DNA laboratories for human identification, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have emerged as new markers of interest. These new markers present several…

Record Linkage of CODIS Profiles with SNP Genotypes

← Back to Series Overview This webinar will describe a method for assessing whether a set of genotypes at the CODIS microsatellite markers is drawn from the same person as a set of genome-wide SNP genotypes. Forensic-genetic work in the…

Detection of Organic Gunshot Residue Using Capillary Microextraction of Volatiles with Cryofocusing

Date July 2017 Overview Researchers at Florida International University’s (FIU’s) International Forensic Research Institute evaluated the capability of capillary microextraction of volatiles (CMV) to extract the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that constitute organic gunshot residue (OGSR) on the hands of…

Evaluation of Existing Technologies for Novel Analysis and Probabilistic Interpretation of Organic Gunshot Residue

Date July 2017 Overview Firearms exposure has traditionally been monitored by screening for the presence of inorganic particles prevalent in gunshot residue (GSR). These inorganic compounds are associated with the primer in ammunition. Recent research efforts have explored alternative approaches…

Opioid Substances: A Threat to Animal Welfare & Safety

← Back to Series Overview The opioid crisis has impacted animal welfare and safety several ways. This webinar will review risks to pets of opioid abusers and working K9s and will make recommendations to help keep K9s safe, including risk…

Dreamland – Sam Quinones Explores America’s Opiate Epidemic

← Back to Series Overview Sam Quinones is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist and author of three books of narrative nonfiction. His latest book is Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic (Bloomsbury, 2015), for which he traveled across…

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis on Textiles: A Technology Transition Workshop

Title Bloodstain Pattern Analysis on Textiles: A Technology Transition Workshop Date & Time October 11th-13th, 2017 8:00AM – 5:00PM Location Raleigh, NC Venue North Carolina State University Instructor Dr. Stephen Michielsen Description Every year, millions of items of…

Fentalogs – Pharmacology, Toxicology & Analytical Approaches

← Back to Series Overview We will review the chemistry of fentanyl, its analogs and precursors, their pharmacology and relative potency, and approaches to identifying novel fentanyl analogs in forensic toxicology casework. Fentanyl and its analogs, sometimes called “The Fentalogs”,…

Just Gunshot Acoustics Research

← Back to Just Science Podcast Original Release Date: July 31, 2017 In this special release episode of the 2017 NIJ R&D Symposium, Just Science interviews Dr. Rob Maher. Below is the abstract submitted where Dr. Rob Maher explains his…

Category: Discipline (page 67)

Category: Discipline (page 67)

Opioid Crisis – A Public Health Enemy Webinar Series

Forensic DNA: The Beginning of the SNP Era

Record Linkage of CODIS Profiles with SNP Genotypes

Detection of Organic Gunshot Residue Using Capillary Microextraction of Volatiles with Cryofocusing

Evaluation of Existing Technologies for Novel Analysis and Probabilistic Interpretation of Organic Gunshot Residue

Opioid Substances: A Threat to Animal Welfare & Safety

Dreamland – Sam Quinones Explores America’s Opiate Epidemic

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis on Textiles: A Technology Transition Workshop

Fentalogs – Pharmacology, Toxicology & Analytical Approaches

Just Gunshot Acoustics Research

Introduction

Category: Discipline (page 67)