Current Season
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month; a national campaign which aims to support sexual assault survivors while also highlighting innovations in sexual assault response and prevention. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness month, Just Science host and forensic social scientist, Jason Chute, sat down with several subject matter experts to discuss sexual assault evidence collection, cold case investigation, and survivor advocacy. Listen along as our guests provide valuable insight into the field of sexual assault response and discuss the importance of taking a trauma-informed approach.
This season is funded in part by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (Award No. 15PNIJ-21-GK-02192-MUMU) and RTI International’s Justice Practice Area.
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Previous Season
Roadmap to Improving Technology Transition
The National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Laboratory Needs Technology Working Group, or FLN-TWG, brings together a diverse group of forensic researchers and practitioners to advise, assess, and exchange information about the technology needs of state and local forensic laboratories. One of the largest challenges faced by these laboratories is transitioning new research and technology innovations into real-world laboratory practice. As a result, a FLN-TWG subcommittee has developed a roadmap report, which provides actionable guidance to improving the research, development, testing, evaluation, and implementation of new forensic research products into the forensic laboratory. In this season, innovation advisor and roadmap author Rebecca Shute speaks with the co-authors of the roadmap who are on the FLN-TWG research subcommittee to discuss the culture of the forensic science community, the need for guidance, and the lessons learned along the way.
This season is funded in part by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (Award No. 15PNIJ-21-GK-02192-MUMU) and RTI International’s Justice Practice Area.
Listen to all podcast episodes here: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, & Google Podcasts!
Past Season
Case Studies
Reviewing case studies is an important way to better understand forensic and criminal legal practices in the context of real-world events. While new cases arise every day, each has their own unique details, nuances, and lessons to be learned. In this year’s Case Studies season, host Jaclynn McKay sits down with several diverse and experienced practitioners at the 2023 International Association for Identification Forensic Educational Conference to hear about how they are applying forensic technologies to their casework and discuss lessons learned from their career defining cases. Listen along as guests discuss how they are applying new methodologies to better resolve cases, building internal databases to generate forensic leads, exploring the use of current forensic technologies in new ways, and much more!
This season is funded in part by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (Award No. 15PNIJ-21-GK-02192-MUMU).
Listen to all podcast episodes here: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, & Google Podcasts!
The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this podcast episode are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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