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From 15,000 to near zero: Cuyahoga County's eight‐year effort to address lawfully “owed” DNA

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract This study presents the final outcomes of an eight‐year, countywide initiative to address “lawfully owed” DNA (LODNA) among individuals who should have had a DNA sample in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) following a qualifying arrest or conviction but did not.
Rachel E. Lovell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences Between Victims of Domestic Violence and Victims of Violence in Public Spaces. [PDF]

open access: yesDtsch Arztebl Int
von Thadden A   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Area of origin analysis for expirated patterns using HemoVision

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Although bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) can be performed on various types of patterns, there is a lack of research looking into whether the area of origin (AO) can be determined for expirated patterns. Expirated patterns are formed when blood is pushed out of an opening in the body by the force of air, in some cases forming a pattern of ...
Lathursha Kalaranjan, Eugene Liscio
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholders' perspectives on integrating point‐of‐care diagnostics into forensic death investigations in South Africa

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Unnatural and unexplained deaths present critical challenges to the criminal justice, medico‐legal, and public health systems. This study explored forensic professionals' perspectives on the integration of point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostics into unnatural death investigations in South Africa.
Sebueng Ramatsokotla   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determining the utility of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for disaster victim identification (DVI)

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology was evaluated as a method for electronically tracking human remains and associated identifying information during mass fatality incidents. Conventional tags are prone to physical damage and failure, which can compromise identification processes and hinder the repatriation of bodies.
Makena P. McLean   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying humanitarian principles within forensic medico‐legal investigations to better support families impacted by the MMIWG2+ crisis

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing public awareness and political attention, the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two‐Spirit People (MMIWG2+) in Canada and the United States remains unresolved. Indigenous families continue to report that the disappearances and deaths of their loved ones are investigated inadequately and without ...
Steff King   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of work ability among victims of severe interpersonal violence: a file-based study in Germany. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Psychotraumatol
Melzner L   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Statewide sanctuary policies and female homicide rates, 2016–2021

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract The current study examines whether state immigration enforcement policies, such as sanctuary policies that limit local police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, are associated with female homicide rates in the United States (2016–2021).
Kaitlin M. Boyle   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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