Pathways to truth: using criteria-based content analysis in missing person cases - Richards Y, Keatley D.
PURPOSE When investigating missing persons cases, witness and suspect statements are often the only available evidence to investigators. As such, forensic linguistics can be useful to police when seeking information from individuals during investigative in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Pervasiveness of inorganic gunshot residue (IGSR) in handguns after cleaning and conditioning procedures - Donghi M, Orsenigo S, Manna L, Profumo A, Mattino A, Merli D.
Memory effect in firearms that is, the possibility for a weapon to release inorganic particles whose elemental composition depends on its entire shooting history, is responsible for most of the interpretation difficulties encountered in forensic gunshot re... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
The relation between psychopathy factors and emotional states prior and during criminal behaviour in a Dutch sample - Keulen-de Vos M, Herzog-Evans M, Benbouriche M.
PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to examine the predictive value of psychopathy features on crime-related emotional states in forensic male patients with offence histories who were mandated to Dutch clinical care. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Recognition of trauma informed care responses in forensic nurses: learning constructs and pedagogy - Speck PM, Tepper MM, Li P, Dowdell EB.
Trauma is universal, affecting health and behavioral choices. Trauma Informed Care (TIC) principles guide healthcare providers to avoid re-traumatization. States now mandate Trauma Informed Care (TIC) education. When implemented consistently, TIC benefits ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Self-collection following rape: an integrative literature review - Speck PM, Ekroos RA, Faugno DK, Johnson JL, Sievers V, Mitchell SA.
The forensic nurse purports a trauma informed and person-centered approach, focusing on the health needs of the patient with a rape experience. Timing of evidence collection recently expanded, but with passing time, DNA detection decreases. One solution pr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Violence Against Women Act: re-authorization and impact for forensic health professionals - Holbrook D.
Since Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 1994, millions of dollars have been expended to raise awareness and combat domestic violence to improve and increase provision of services to victims of violence including domestic, intimate pa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Domestic violence in Kazakhstan: forensic-medical and medical-social aspects - Mussabekova SA, Mkhitaryan XE, Abdikadirova KR.
Background
The consequences of domestic violence can be very serious for both individuals and society as a whole. Domestic violence, being one of the widespread instruments of dependence, requires study by forensic-investigative, forensic-medical and publ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Misuse of statistical method results in highly biased interpretation of forensic evidence in Guyll et al. (2023) - Rosenblum M, Chin ET, Ogburn EL, Nishimura A, Westreich D, Datta A, Vanderplas S, Cuellar M, Thompson WC.
Since the National Academy of Sciences released their report outlining paths for improving reliability, standards, and policies in the forensic sciences (NAS, 2009), there has been heightened interest in evaluating the scientific validity of forensic scien... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Forensic implications of classification of accident-related deaths: a case report and review of the medical and legal literature - Santoro L, Melinek J.
One of the most important documents produced by physicians is a death certificate. It is not only used in the field of forensic science but is also utilized by statisticians, administrators, historians, researchers, and public health experts. Insurance com... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Unusual weapon of a murder case- a case of fatal penetrating chest trauma - Mayorathan U, Sriluxayini M.
To solve complex forensic cases, medico-legal issues such as cause of death, manner of death, weapon used, postmortem interval, and volitional activity must be resolved. An otherwise healthy 43-year-old male was found dead in a pool of blood 500 m from his... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Violence and Weapons Issues Source Type: news
Analytical techniques for screening of cannabis and derivatives from human hair specimens - Kale R, Chaturvedi D, Dandekar P, Jain R.
Cannabis and associated substances are some of the most frequently abused drugs across the globe, mainly due to their anxiolytic and euphorigenic properties. Nowadays, the analysis of hair samples has been given high importance in forensic and analytical s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Editorial: Objective and measurable predictors of violence risk and outcome among forensic patients with psychosis - Sen P, Kumari V.
Forensic mental health services are tasked with predicting the risk of future violence for patients, to perform the very important societal function of keeping the public safe. The largest proportion of patients within forensic mental health services su... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Forensic psychiatric and criminal dimensions of juvenile homicide/attempted homicide cases in Turkey - Tasdemir Ta şdemir I, Boylu ME, Dogan Doğan M, Ozcanli Özcanlı T, Karacetin Gül Karaçetin G.
This study aimed to analyze a sample (n = 65) of juvenile homicide/attempted homicide cases in terms of psychiatric, demographic, criminal characteristics, IQ scores, and Rorschach test (where available) characteristics and decisions on criminal... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Women in acute forensic psychiatric care: comparison of clinical, sociodemographic, and detention-related characteristics in pretrial detention, sentence execution, and court-ordered treatment - D'Orta I, Weber K, Herrmann FR, Giannakopoulos P.
Compared to men inmates, women display decreased prevalence of severe mental disorder but increased occurrence of substance use disorders (SUD) and higher rates of previous contacts with mental health services. The group of women in detention is highly het... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The investigation of an accident site with an atypical electrocution exit wound and burn in an unusual location: a rare case report and review of literature - Mathew D, Thakral S, Setia P.
Cases involving electrocution burns are tough to investigate for the clinical forensic practitioner. Burns from high-voltage electrocution might seem like burns from other sources, especially if the victim is in an unconscious state. In this situation, cir... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
