Emergency nurses' experience providing care and perceptions about using telemedicine for sexual assault patients - Walsh WA, Allison MK, Zielinski M, Searcy-Lyle S.
Most emergency medical clinicians are not trained to conduct forensic sexual assault exams yet are often the first to care for survivors of recent sexual assault. Before the implementation of live sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) consultation provided ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Social, forensic, and clinical correlates in female observandi referred for non-violent crimes - Nemavhola M, Melapi TAS, Hoffman D, Gerber-Schutte O.
BACKGROUND: Globally, crime is highly masculinised and research into female criminality is scarce. In South Africa, no research specifically investigating the characteristics of female observandi referred for non-violent crimes has been published. AIMS: Th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Optimization of forensic identification through 3-dimensional imaging analysis of labial tooth surface using open-source software
Conclusion: The exceptional performance observed for the labial surfaces of anterior teeth underscores their potential as a dependable criterion for accurate 3D dental identification. This was achieved by assessing a minimum of 4 teeth. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - April 19, 2024 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Ministry Orders Forensic Audit At Cimas
[The Herald] The Ministry of Health and Child Care has ordered an independent forensic audit into the operations of Cimas following allegations of financial impropriety running into millions of US dollars. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth Corruption Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
The gendered context of women charged with violent offences in the forensic psychiatric setting - Nagdee M, Artz L, Subramaney U, Young C, Pieterse A, Pettitt J.
BACKGROUND: Women charged with violent offences may be referred by courts for forensic psychiatric assessment to determine whether mental disorder or intellectual disability impacts their fitness to stand trial and/or criminal responsibility. The profile o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
"Just to jog my memory": an examination of forensic interviewers' note-taking behaviors and perceptions of notes with child witnesses - Williams S, McWilliams K.
In the current study, we surveyed forensic interviewers (N = 137) on their note-taking practices, perceptions of note-taking, and note-taking training. Many forensic interviewers surveyed (81%) reported that they take notes during forensic interviews. Of t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
'Poisoned Chalice?': the challenges of forensic science and technology for homicide investigations - Gibbs Van Brunschot E, Abela G, Witt C, Hak JW.
The challenges accompanying the investigation of homicide have been observed for some time. Although police today can gather evidence in ways not imagined decades ago, the use of forensic science and technology (FST) have created challenges and consequence... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Validity and reliability of the Violence Risk Scale-Sexual Offense version in a community sexual offense outpatient setting - Wielinga FE, Olver ME.
The present study examined the convergent, structural, and predictive properties of Violence Risk Scale-Sexual Offense version (VRS-SO) scores in a sample of 200 men on community supervision for sexual offenses, attending forensic community outpatient serv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Role of postmortem toxicology in drowning investigations - Ojanper ä I, Kriikku P.
Drowning is the third most common cause of unintentional injury death worldwide. In forensic medicine, drowning refers to an event in which the victim dies due to liquid penetrating into the airways or due to submersion in a liquid. Medico-legal examinatio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The use of machine learning for the determination of a type/model of firearms by the characteristics on cartridge cases - Giverts P, Sorokina K, Barash M, Fedorenko V.
Cartridge cases are commonly collected at crime scenes involving firearms. One of the stages in forensic examination is the determination of the type and model of firearms based on the class characteristics of these cartridge cases. A firearm examiner eval... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Towards a forensic semiotics - Crispino F.
For years, forensic science has been criticized for its lack of scientific foundations, explaining its methodological drawbacks. Notwithstanding recommendations to upgrade quality management and counter cognitive biases, the ontology of the trace and the v... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Forensic description of suitsid[sic] cases [suicide cases] - Abduazimovich HS, Rashidbekovna SM, Erkinovich GD.
The choice of suicide method is influenced by the cultural environment, the presence of suicidal thoughts and intentions, easy access to suicide instruments, and similar factors. In addition, the gender paradox is also important, that is, parasuicidal case... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Othram Announces the Appointment of Paul Holes as Forensic Investigator
Mr. Holes will lend his forensic and investigative experience to law enforcement agencies across the nation to enhance their efforts to solve active and longstanding cold cases. THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Othram, the leading forensic sequencing laboratory... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PER Source Type: news
To study the unnatural deaths among female children and adolescents - Dixit SP, Dixit AP, Alam S.
AIM: To study the unnatural Deaths Among Female Children and Adolescents.
Material and Methods: A retrospective investigation was carried out in the Department of Forensic Medicine. A total of 70 instances of non-natural deaths were examined in the curr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Evaluating layperson interpretation of actuarial sexual violence risk data: a multi-method comparison of risk communication with attention to gender bias - Coaker LC, Batastini AB, Davis RM, Lester ME.
Forensic clinicians are often called upon to help courts determine the likelihood that someone will continue to commit sexually violent acts in the future. The utility of these evaluations depends largely on how effectively the results are communicated to ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
