DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
Solicitation Now Available: Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
FY 2020 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence Funding Available
FY 2020 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence
Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program
This program supports efforts by state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies, working with their partners, in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cold case homicides suspected of having been racially motivated.
SAKI Solicitation Released
National Association of Women Judges Conference
Los Angeles, CA
Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse: Why Can't We Be More Like CSI? (Webinar)
National Association for Justice Information Systems Annual Conference
Baltimore, MD
Nearly $43 Million Awarded to Support the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
BJA has awarded almost $43 million via 32 grants to support the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), an effort to strengthen jurisdictions’ capacity to act on evidence resulting from sexual assault kits. Learn more about SAKI and the FY 2018 awards.
Forensic-led Policing in Denver
Hosted by the BJA National Training and Technical Assistance Center in partnership with the Denver, Colorado Police Department, this October 19, 2016, webinar provided the criminal justice community with information about the Denver Crime Lab, including how their customer-focused philosophy has helped solve crime.
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'Looking backwards can tell us a whole lot about moving forward'
DOJ BJA's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Helps Bring Serial Killer Samuel Little to Justice
The Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), an innovative program of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) which is helping law enforcement agencies nationwide test rape kits and close cold case sexual assaults and homicides, is one of the critical investigative tools that led authorities to believe Samuel Little may be the worst serial killer in American history, by enabling police across...
Over 47,000 Kits Tested Through BJA's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative since 2015
Collecting Lawfully Owed DNA
National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)
This initiative helps law enforcement and prosecutors address the challenges associated with unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) and reduce the number of unsubmitted SAKs in their jurisdictions.