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Applying the Rules of Evidence to Expert Testimony About Risk

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Expert opinion about dangerousness or risk is common at sentencing, criminal commitment proceedings and some types of pretrial detention hearings. This article argues that such evidence must be (1) “material” (logically relevant, empirically generalizable, and epistemologically germane), (2) “probative” (a measure of accuracy, which is ...
Christopher Slobogin
wiley   +1 more source

A new place for psychiatry among the forensic sciences. [PDF]

open access: yesForensic Sci Res, 2021
Tony G, Gérard N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Jaw resection in routine Queensland forensic odontology examination – historical perspective and current practice.

open access: yes, 2008
Jaw removal protocols are discussed as they have been practiced in routine forensic odontology examination in Queensland between 1994 and 2008, illustrating changing trends in response to changing imperatives and standards.Griffith Sciences, School of ...
Forrest, Alex
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“Evil is Real and Attitude is Everything”: Applying Shattered Assumptions Theory to Worldview Changes Following Wrongful Conviction

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wrongful convictions continue to occur at high rates. Research has revealed that negative posttraumatic cognitive changes are a risk factor for the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder, yet little research has examined whether exonerees experience posttraumatic cognitive changes, such as changes to their worldview. Thus,
Kathryn A. Thomas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forensic sciences and medicine. The clinical or living aspects

open access: yes, 1990
Click on the link below to access the article (may not be free).This presentation of information regarding the application of the forensic sciences and medicine to the evaluation of living persons and its related problems is based on the case experience ...
Eckert, William G.
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Data reduction and data mining framework for digital forensic evidence: storage, intelligence, review and archive [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
With the volume of digital forensic evidence rapidly increasing, this paper proposes a data reduction and data mining framework that incorporates a process of reducing data volume by focusing on a subset of information.
Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Darren Quick
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Beyond the Adversarial Rivalry: A Developmental Rights‐Based Model for Minor‐on‐Minor Crime, Part 2

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When children harm children, the conventional victim–perpetrator framework is ill‐equipped to address the developmental, relational, and institutional complexities involved. While juvenile justice scholarship increasingly emphasizes rehabilitation, and victims' rights literature has advanced child‐sensitive protections, minor‐on‐minor ...
Tali Gal, Ruthy Lowenstein Lazar
wiley   +1 more source

Identification and Resolution of Capability Gaps in Forensic Science

open access: yes
Although forensic biology is a powerful tool in criminal investigations, there are a number of capability gaps; namely, the interpretation of low-level DNA mixtures, associating the DNA profile with a body fluid, and the issue of consent in sexual ...
Williams, Graham Andrew
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