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Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cryptography in Forensic Science and Forensic Examination: History and Current State

open access: yesТеория и практика судебной экспертизы
This article makes an attempt to pay tribute to the contribution of forensic scientists to the theory and practice of using cryptography. It considers publications on cryptography issues of the founders of forensic science – Antonio Cospi, Hans Gross ...
Sh. N. Khaziev, A. N. Shtokhov
doaj   +1 more source

Forensic science in Ghana: A review

open access: yesForensic Science International: Synergy, 2019
The use of forensic science continues to grow across the world. In Ghana, major advancements took off in 2011, including the introduction of modern DNA profiling and the establishment of an automated fingerprint identification system.
Aaron O. Amankwaa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How can Francis Bacon help forensic science? The four idols of human biases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Much debate has focused on whether forensic science is indeed a science. This paper is not aimed at answering, or even trying to contribute to, this question.
Dror, I
core  

Forensic Science: Oxymoron? [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2003
I n detective novels and television series, criminals often get caught because they leave fingerprints at the scene. Well, art does imitate life; fingerprint analysis is widely used in U.S. courts and those of many other countries. But last year a funny thing happened to fingerprint evidence on the way to a conviction. Applying the standard set for the
openaire   +2 more sources

Integrating whole‐bone and regional analyses to understand human scapular growth

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates ontogenetic changes in human scapular morphology using three‐dimensional geometric morphometrics with whole‐bone and region‐specific analyses. The aim is to evaluate whether the scapula follows a regular developmental pattern and whether its functionally distinct components, the scapular spine (SS) and glenoid fossa ...
Azahara Salazar‐Fernández   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Probabilistic and Statistical Methods to Test the Significance of Scientific Evidence: Comparative Analysis of Current Forensic Practices in Russia and Abroad

open access: yesТеория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2018
The article addresses the problem of developing scientifically sound approaches and quantitative criteria for assessing reliability of expert evidence that take into account the contextual information contained in case materials and are based on ...
A. I. Usov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forensic science evidence in question [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
How should forensic scientists and other expert witnesses present their evidence in court? What kinds and quality of data can experts properly draw on in formulating their conclusions? In an important recent decision in R.
Aitken, Colin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Recent advances in the application of stable isotope ratio analysis in forensic chemistry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This review paper updates the previous literature in relation to the continued and developing use of stable isotope ratio analysis in samples which are relevant to forensic science.
Benson   +40 more
core   +1 more source

A call for more science in forensic science [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018
Forensic science is critical to the administration of justice. The discipline of forensic science is remarkably complex and includes methodologies ranging from DNA analysis to chemical composition to pattern recognition. Many forensic practices developed under the auspices of law enforcement and were vetted primarily by the legal system rather than ...
Suzanne Bell   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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