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CSAFE Explores Unique Footwear Examination Methods with New NIJ Grant

October 31, 2019

The NIJ recently awarded CSAFE researchers a grant to explore how to improve the usefulness of current forensic shoeprint analysis methods. Most often, research in footwear examination looks at randomly acquired characteristics that individually identify a suspect. Through this grant, CSAFE researchers are approaching the problem differently. The new CSAFE project asks the question: What […]

CSAFE Builds Governmental Relationships at Congressional Briefing

October 20, 2019

CSAFE demonstrated the critical need for independent organizations researching forensic science in a October 16, 2019 congressional briefing in Washington, DC. Attendees ranged from governmental staff, representatives from AAAS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, House Science Commission, Innocence Project and more. Speakers engaged in critical discussion with participants, demonstrating how CSAFE collaborative, multidisciplinary approach addresses critical [...]

We’re Hiring! Apply Today and Help CSAFE Improve Forensic Science

October 3, 2019

Are you passionate about collaborative research? Do you love to apply your knowledge of statistics to real world problems? Consider joining our team! CSAFE, in partnership with the Department of Statistics at Iowa State University, is hiring a tenure-track faculty member specializing in forensic statistics to conduct research in statistical areas that support that Center’s […]

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