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Optimized Risk Assessment in Forensic Practice: A Comparison of Machine Learning and Manual Scoring Approaches

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As correctional jurisdictions and risk instrument developers look to optimize scoring for specific population needs, an open question remains ‐ which method is optimal. Popular scoring methods range from manual simple scoring approaches (e.g., Burgess) to more complex machine learning algorithms (e.g., random forests).
Danielle J. Rieger, Ralph C. Serin, Shelley L. Brown   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A longitudinal study of child and adolescent psychopathology in conditions of the war in Ukraine

European Psychiatry
Introduction According to UNICEF, 2 million children have left the country since the beginning of the war. 2.5 million Ukrainian children are internally displaced persons. Minors often become victims or witnesses of violence.
T. Skrypnyk, I. Martsenkovsky, I. Martsenkovska   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forensic Examination of Soil Evidence.

Japanese journal of science and technology for identification, 2003
Soil can provide important information to criminal investigations as transfer evidence because many criminal cases take place under circumstances such that soil transfers to a criminal or victim. The variation in soils from place to place makes soil valuable evidence to prove linkage between a suspect and a crime scene. Soil is a complex mixture with a
openaire   +2 more sources

Descriptive Analysis of Sexual Assault Nurse Examinations in Anchorage: 1996-2004 [PDF]

, 2007
This project examined the characteristics of 1,383 sexual assault victimizations recorded by sexual assault nurse examiners in Anchorage, Alaska from 1996 to 2004.
Henry, Tara, Rosay, André B., The Alaska Department of Law, The Department of Health and Human Services (Municipality of Anchorage)   +3 more
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An investigation into the detection of latent marks on the feathers and eggs of birds of prey [PDF]

, 2014
There are numerous enhancement techniques (physical and chemical) which have been developed for the successful visualisation of latent fingermarks. Nonetheless, problems arise when latent fingermarks require enhancement on difficult surfaces such as ...
Farrugia, Kevin J., Gentles, Dennis, McMorris, Helen   +2 more
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On Second Thought: The Impact of Confessions, DNA, and Belief Perseverance on Students' Perceptions of Guilt and Interrogations

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing public knowledge of false confession cases, research with students and community members continues to find that people assume confessions indicate guilt. The present research explored the implications of belief perseverance: the tendency to maintain a belief even when confronted with compelling contradictory evidence.
Taya D. Henry, Kimberley A. Clow, Victoria Hall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forensic examination of a fragmentary funerary portrait in the collection of the Harvard art museums. [PDF]

Forensic Sci Int Synerg, 2023
Rayner G, Eremin K, Smith K, Cartwright C, Degryse P, Ebbinghaus S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Towards a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM): Implications for Youth Justice

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Youth justice systems are frequently justified by reference to developmental change, yet chronological age is often treated as a proxy for underlying psychological processes. This paper develops a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM), integrating evolutionary criminology with contemporary developmental neuroscience to clarify ...
Evelyn Svingen
wiley   +1 more source

Variation in rates of sexual assault crisis counsellor usage during forensic examination in California: an observational study. [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2023
Serenska A, Sarnquist CC, Darmstadt GL.
europepmc   +1 more source

FASD and Intellectual Disability Equivalence: A Meta‐Analysis of Suggestibility During Forensic Interviews

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Intellectual disability (ID) equivalence describes conditions in which individuals function cognitively and adaptively at levels comparable to ID without meeting IQ‐based diagnostic criteria. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is characterised by impaired executive and adaptive functioning despite IQs often above the ID threshold ...
David J. Gilbert, Stephen Ikechukwu Azumara, Jacqueline M. Wheatcroft, Karen Steele, Penny Cook, Raja Mukherjee, Gisli Gudjonsson, Natalie Novick Brown   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source