Highlights

TRAINING

• NIJ sponsors free attendance to 16 week DNA Academy!
  The next Academy will begin on Monday, July 27 and run until Friday, November 20, 2009. The Academy will be held at the NERFI facility located on the University at Albany's campus in Albany, New York.
  
  
• Twelve online courses available free through the Forensic Training Network

PUBLICATIONS

• Publications from DNA Initiative research updated.

About Forensic DNA

See also our free online training courses!

DNA Databases

• Combined DNA Index System
  (CODIS)
• Capabilities of CODIS
• Local, state and national databases
• Procedures and administration
• Types of profiles
• Database hits

From the FBI

• National DNA Index (NDIS) Statistics
• Quality Assurance Standards: DNA Testing Laboratories
• Quality Assurance Standards: DNA Databasing Laboratories

Reducing the Backlog

Describing the Backlog

• About the backlog of evidence
• Forensic casework backlog
• Convicted offender backlog
• Affect of clearing the backlog

Funding Programs

• Convicted Offender/Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction
  • Outsourcing contracts
  • Grants program
  • Funding awarded under the grants program
• Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction
  • Funding awarded

Solving Crimes

Cold Cases

• Solving Cold Cases
• Practical considerations
• Identifying, prioritizing and analyzing cases
• Funding for solving cold cases

Solving Property Crimes

• Solving property crimes
• Cost effectiveness

Identifying Persons and Victims

Postconviction Testing

See also...

Postconviction DNA Testing: Recommendations for Handling Postconviction Requests

Tools for Forensic Scientists

Services for Laboratories

• Sample Analysis
• Audits and Accreditation
• Collection Kits
• Quality Documents
• Expert System Testbed
• Sequencing Unusual STR Alleles
• Validation Information
• U.S. Y-STR Database
• Quality Assurance Standards (FBI)

See also...

• Tools for forensic scientists
• Forensic science support from the FBI

Statues and Case Law

Other Resources for DNA Information

• DNA and Forensics
• State and Local Laboratories
• The Human Genome
• General Resources to Learn About DNA
• General Research Resources
• DNA and Medicine
• DNA and Wildlife Forensics