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Perceptual expertise in forensic facial image comparison [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2015
Forensic facial identification examiners are required to match the identity of faces in images that vary substantially, owing to changes in viewing conditions and in a person's appearance. These identifications affect the course and outcome of criminal investigations and convictions.
David, White   +4 more
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Human factors in forensic science: The cognitive mechanisms that underlie forensic feature-comparison expertise

open access: yesForensic Science International: Synergy, 2020
After a decade of critique from leading scientific bodies, forensic science research is at a crossroads. Whilst emerging research has shown that some forensic feature-comparison disciplines are not foundationally valid, others are moving towards ...
Bethany Growns, Kristy A. Martire
doaj   +3 more sources

Forensic science expertise for international criminal proceedings: an old problem, a new context and a pragmatic resolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Expert witness testimony provides an important source of information for international criminal proceedings, and forensic science expertise from mass graves is no exception: findings from exhumations and examinations have featured in the ad hoc ...
Klinkner, Melanie Josefine
core   +1 more source

The role of forensic examination in judicial practice [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Forensic examination is one of the most reliable means of proof in civil, criminal, administrative and arbitration proceedings. There are many different examinations that can be divided into groups.
Kozlova Anastasiia, Golyakova Yulia
doaj   +1 more source

Determining ‘Age at Death’ for Forensic Purposes using Human Bone by a Laboratory-based Analytical Method [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Determination of age-at-death (AAD) is an important and frequent requirement in contemporary forensic science and in the reconstruction of past populations and societies from their remains.
A. Williams   +40 more
core   +1 more source

Improving the safety indicators of Ukrainian railways: A study of the longitudinal stability of the railway track [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences
The article considers the problem of improving safety indicators on the railways of Ukraine, in particular, with regard to the temperature-stressed jointless track, which makes up more than 75% of the total length of the main tracks. During the operation
Bal Olena   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suicide by Bomb, with Decapitation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Suicide by explosion is rare outside of the context of terrorist activities. We present a case of a man with a history of explosives expertise who committed suicide by bomb/decapitation.
McLemore, Amanda M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Les enfants d’abord ? La prise en charge médico-légale des mineurs entre soin et expertise

open access: yesAnthropologie & Santé, 2018
Forensic examinations on minors are a borderline case of forensic expertise because they destabilise the care/record dichotomy according to which therapeutic work must disappear behind the expertise of assaulted bodies.
Romain Juston
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic structure and forensic characterisation of 36 Y-chromosomal STR loci in Hmong-Mien-speaking Miao population

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 2020
Background Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) are widely used in paternity identification, pedigree investigation, and human population genetic history.
Jing Tang   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subject, Objects and Types of Railway Forensics

open access: yesТеория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2020
Railway forensic examinations are one of the primary means to establish the circumstances in the detection and investigation of crimes connected to the safety of traffic and operation of railway transport or traffic accidents.
N. N. Il’in
doaj   +1 more source

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