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Original Release Date: November 10, 2023 In episode 6 of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Richard Vorder Bruegge, Senior Physical Scientist at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to discuss how facial recognition technology was used to help identify individuals in photographs in two landmark cases. Many individuals encounter facial recognition […]
Original Release Date: November 3, 2023 In episode five of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Justin Schorr, Principal Collision Reconstruction Engineer, and Tim Primrose, Mobile Forensic Analyst, at DJS Associates, Inc. to discuss utilizing digital evidence in real-world cases. In the digital age, forensic technology has broad applications for investigations. […]
Original Release Date: October 27, 2023 In episode four of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Josh Yonovitz, expert witness in forensic audio, to discuss the history of utilizing voice identification in investigations and the current state of forensic audio. In the 1960’s, voice identification started being used in forensics, but the […]
Original Release Date: October 20, 2023 In episode 3 of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Laura Matson, an Advanced Latent Print and Footwear Examiner with the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratories, to discuss the value of providing footwear investigative leads. Footwear impressions are commonly found in crime scenes; however, these impressions can […]
Original Release Date: October 13, 2023 In episode two of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Crime Scene Technician Brian Turner and Detective Roberto Caceres from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office to discuss a new methodology for processing fired cartridge cases. When a cartridge case is recovered from a crime scene, investigators […]
Original Release Date: October 6, 2023 In episode one of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Ian Oxton, Forensic Identification Specialist for the Calgary Police Service, to discuss a triple homicide case involving the longest lasting Amber Alert in Alberta, Canada’s history. Operation Amber started as a race against the clock for […]
Original Release Date: September 29, 2023 In this special release episode, Just Science sat down with Kristin Henning, Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law and Author of The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth, to discuss the biases that exist in the American criminal legal system, which disproportionally […]
Original Release Date: September 22, 2023 In this special release episode, Just Science sat down with Patricia Powers, an attorney advisor with AEquitas, to discuss her experience working on the Enhancing Conviction Integrity through Forensics training series, as a part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. The Enhancing Conviction Integrity through […]
Project Overview In an effort to understand the specific investigative and testing needs of crime laboratories and law enforcement agencies (LE) regarding digital evidence and its data, RTI International is leading the Evaluation of Digital Evidence Processing Efficiencies in Publicly Funded Crime Laboratories (NIJ- 2020-DQ-BX-0016) project. RTI is a trusted research institute and provider of training and technical assistance in proficiency testing, forensic science improvement programs, and dissemination of forensic resources to over 22,000 forensic and LE practitioners. This formative study uses...
Course Details This NLCP course provides guidance on the validation of various analytical methods, including immunoassays, GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, and other methods required for specimen validity testing (SVT), as well as the validation of oral fluid collection devices. The content is divided into four modules: Module 1: Validating SVT Methods used in HHS-Certified Drug Testing Laboratories Module 2: Validating Immunoassay Methods used in HHS-Certified Drug Testing Laboratories Module 3: Validating Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) Method used in HHS-Certified Drug Testing Laboratories Module...
