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High-Priority Technology Needs

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Through collaboration and consultation with practitioners, NIJ has updated it's high-priority criminal justice technology needs. Review those needs in these five focus areas:

Read the complete publication (pdf, 40 pages)

Comment Sought on Selection Guides

NIJ is seeking comments on draft selection and applications guide Selection and Application Guide to Ballistic-Resistant Body Armor.

Comments are due Sept. 6, 2010.

Access the draft guide and learn about submitting comments. Exit Notice

The opportunity to provide comments on this document is open to industry technical representatives; criminal justice agencies and organizations; research, development and scientific communities; and all other stakeholders and interested parties.

Testing Computer Forensic Tools

Criminals often leave evidence of their crimes on computers. Computer forensics specialists now have a growing number of commercially available products that help to capture and preserve this electronic evidence. NIJ has worked with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to test many of these products to learn just how well they work.

DNA for Officers of the Court

NIJ has released a new case study to complement the online course Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court.

The case study presents critical information needed to prosecute, defend or preside over criminal trials involving DNA evidence.

Go to the case study.

Take the course on DNA.gov (registration required).